Comparison

Chess DNA vs Chessigma

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chess DNA

This app analyzes your chess games to identify recurring mistakes and weaknesses. It provides personalized training drills based on your actual gameplay, helping you understand and improve your strategic patterns. Track your progress across various skill dimensions to focus your learning effectively.

Highlights
  • Game analysis for progress tracking
  • Identification of recurring mistakes
  • Personalized training drills
  • Skill radar for openings, tactics, and more
  • Import games from chess.com and Lichess
  • Share game insights with others
Features
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Chess DNA turns every game you play into progress. Connect your chess.com or Lichess account and Maya, your AI chess coach, reviews each game seconds after it ends: the moment it turned, why it happened, and the move that would have saved it. YOUR CHESS DNA Eight skills scored from your real games: Openings, Tactics, Defense, Positional play, Endgames, Calculation, Time management and Resilience. See your strengths, your leaks, and exactly what to fix first. EVERY MOVE, EXPLAINED Stockfish finds the best move. Maya tells you why, in plain words, in your language. Key moments, missed tactics and the patterns that keep costing you games are marked for you. REPLAY YOUR MISTAKES Step back into your own lost positions, rewound to the move before it broke, and find the save this time. Every drill comes from a game you actually played. A TRAINING PATH BUILT FROM YOUR LEAKS Maya turns each weakness into a five-minute drill and re-orders your path after every game, so today's step is always the one that matters most. PLAY THE COACH WHO KNOWS YOU Play a full game against Maya at your own rating. She flags every move that drops material, live, while you play. SHARE YOUR BEST MOMENTS Biggest scalp, longest streak, cleanest win. Every milestone becomes a card you can share in one tap. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Chess DNA is available in 13 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Arabic and Hindi. You can set the coach's language separately from the app's. Free to start. Bring your games, and see who you really are at the board. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://chessdna.app/privacy

About

Chessigma

Analyze your chess games, identify mistakes, and train with personalized exercises. Features include AI coaching, opening courses, and brain games. Offers a free tier with core analysis and a paid Supercoach plan for advanced features.

Highlights
  • Game review with move grading
  • AI coach chat and daily plans
  • Opening courses and Puzzles
  • Brain games and Sparring bots
  • Player report with blind spot heatmap
  • Scan positions from images
Features
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Chessigma reviews your chess games, shows you where the points went, and turns your own mistakes into training. The app has five tabs: Home, Train, Coach, Games and Brain. FREE - Game review: import your games from Chess.com or Lichess by username, or paste a PGN or a game link. Every move is graded, the turning points are marked, and you see the better move and the evaluation graph. The Stockfish engine runs on your phone, so a review needs no account. - Scan: pick a screenshot, a photo of a screen or a diagram from a book, and the analysis board opens on that position with the best move. It reads screens and diagrams, not real boards. - Puzzles: a daily puzzle to keep your streak, classic puzzles, and Woodpecker sets that repeat the same positions until the patterns stick. - Opening Trainer: learn opening courses line by line. The first lines of every course are free. - Brain Games: twelve short games with scores and leaderboards. Nine are built on chess, and three need no chess: a reaction time test, Queens and Memory Match. - Sparring: play the first bots on the sparring ladder. - A first look at your player report, built from your recent online games. - One move explanation from the coach each day when you are signed in. Signing in is free and keeps your streak, puzzle rating, scores and progress on every device. SUPERCOACH Supercoach is the paid plan. It adds: - Coach chat: ask the AI coach about your games, your openings and your habits. - Your full player report in six chapters (Overview, Blunders, Clock, Tactics, Conversion, Openings), with a heatmap of your blind spots. - A daily plan of coached tasks picked from your own games. - Move explanations in every game review, and the option to play on from any position. - Blunder Shield and Blunder Training: drills built from the positions where you blundered. - Conversion Trainer: practice winning the games you were winning. - Every rival on the sparring ladder and every line of every opening course. Coach messages come from a monthly allowance. Coach answers are written by an AI model through a third-party service, and every answer has a Report button. ACCOUNT Sign in with Apple, Google or your email address (we send a 6-digit code, no password). If your Chessigma account already has Supercoach, it works in the app as soon as you sign in. You can delete your account in Account > Delete account. SUBSCRIPTION Supercoach is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. The price and billing period are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.chessigma.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.chessigma.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Chess DNA4 screens
Chessigma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Chess DNA at free against Chessigma's freemium. Chess DNA also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Chessigma's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (100 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chess DNA sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Chessigma sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chessigma holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chessigma has 100 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Chess DNA's written reviews are positive against 80% of Chessigma's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess DNA ships an update every 2 weeks, Chessigma every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chess DNA versus Chessigma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess DNAChessigma
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)4.7 (100 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7100 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuval InczeChessigma

Customer experience

Chess DNA

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chessigma

All ratings95 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chess DNA

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
One-time2
  • 90-Day Pass$19.99
  • Founder$79.99
2 purchases

Chessigma

Subscriptions2
  • Supercoach Monthly$14.001 Month
  • Supercoach Yearly$97.001 Year

Questions

Is Chess DNA free?
Chess DNA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chessigma free?
Chessigma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chess DNA or Chessigma?
Chessigma is rated higher. Chess DNA averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Chessigma averages 4.7 from 100 ratings.
Do Chess DNA or Chessigma have ads?
Neither Chess DNA nor Chessigma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chess DNA or Chessigma?
Chess DNA ships an update every 2 weeks, and Chessigma every 9 days. Most recently, Chess DNA was updated on November 5, 2026 and Chessigma on November 10, 2026.

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