Comparison

Tempo64 vs Chess Pro Trainer™

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

Head to head
About

Tempo64

Transform your chess games into engaging short videos for social media. Add custom sound effects, cinematic clips, and AI-generated captions to make your content stand out. Play, train with puzzles, or analyze existing games.

Highlights
  • Create short chess game videos
  • Add custom sound effects to moves
  • Analyze and train with chess puzzles
  • Play against computer or friends
  • Import games from other platforms
  • AI-generated captions and headlines
  • Customizable video pacing and visuals
Features
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Make a chess video in 30 seconds. Play a chess game inside Tempo64, or paste a game you've already played somewhere else, and the app turns it into a video ready for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or Twitter — vertical for Shorts or widescreen for long-form. The sounds are what make it. Every check, capture, and checkmate gets its own sound effect — punchy, dramatic, sometimes goofy on purpose. Castling crashes. Captures chomp. Checkmate gets the slow, deep ring-out. Pick your favorites from a menu of ten. TRAIN WITH PUZZLES Solve the Puzzle of the Day or play an endless queue of tactics from Lichess's database. The difficulty adjusts to your level — your Elo rating updates after every puzzle. Solve a position you like? Turn it into a video on the spot. PLAY WITHOUT LEAVING THE APP - Play against the computer. Five difficulty levels, from Easy to Brutal. It "thinks" for a few seconds before each move so it feels like a real opponent, not an instant calculator. - Pass the phone to a friend. Two humans, one board. The board flips between turns so whoever's playing always sees their pieces at the bottom. - Play online with a friend. Create a game, share the 6-letter code, your friend types it in. No accounts. Free. ALREADY HAVE A GAME YOU PLAYED? Paste a chess.com link and Tempo64 looks up your moves automatically. Lichess works too. MAKE IT YOURS - Six board looks. Ten sound effects you can mix and match. Five pacing speeds so quiet stretches don't drag. - A "climax teaser" plays your most dramatic move first — so people scrolling stop to watch. - Big captures (a knight taking a queen, that kind of moment) splice in short cinematic clips with their own audio. (Studio.) - Record a voice reaction on any move and Tempo64 weaves it in over the board. - Studio subscribers can film a face-cam reaction that floats over the board in a little circle bubble. CAPTIONS WRITTEN FOR YOU Apple Intelligence (the AI built into your iPhone) suggests a punchy headline and a short caption for your post. Don't like it? Tap Regenerate. Copy. Post. KNOW HOW GOOD YOUR MOVES WERE Tempo64 grades every move you played using the world's strongest chess engine. Brilliant moves and blunders each get their own dramatic sound effect in your video. A small bar at the side of the board fills up to show who's winning. GAME REVIEW Tap the chart icon on any game. Walk every move on an interactive board, see a best-move arrow from the engine, and trace the advantage curve on a scrollable sparkline. Blunders are flagged — jump straight to where things went wrong. Free: one review per day. Studio: unlimited. WIDGETS Add a Tempo64 widget to your home screen. Small shows your daily puzzle streak. Medium adds today's board position. Large shows the full board so you can actually see the pieces. Streak updates every time you solve a puzzle. YOUR GAME HISTORY Every game you play against a bot and every puzzle you solve saves automatically to your library. Come back an hour later or a week later, tap the entry, and turn it into a video. Your last 30 days of games and last 30 puzzles are always there. Two tabs keep everything organized: Games & Puzzles on one side, rendered Videos on the other. STUDIO (PREMIUM) - Remove the Tempo64 watermark from every video - Unlimited face-cam commentary (free users get one clip per game) - Unlimited voice commentary (free users get one clip per game) - Unlimited Game Review (free users get one per day) - Unlimited puzzles (free users get 5 per day) - Hints for both players in bot games and pass-and-play - A gold app icon Monthly or yearly. Cancel any time in Settings. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything happens on your phone. Your videos, your voice clips, your captions — none of it goes through a server we run. Online multiplayer uses Apple's iCloud to sync moves between you and your friend. No tracking. No analytics. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chess Pro Trainer™

This app enhances tactical vision and calculation in chess through realistic in-game simulations. It teaches players when and how to spot tactical opportunities, unlike traditional puzzle apps. Features include an advanced move evaluation system and various training modules for different aspects of tactical play.

Highlights
  • Realistic in-game tactical simulation
  • Advanced Alternate Acceptable Move system
  • Tactics Recognition Training
  • Genius Training for aggressive play
  • Checks and Coordinated Squares Training
  • Unprotected Pieces Training
  • Stockfish-powered Analysis Board
Features
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Are you able to solve chess puzzles but struggle to find those same tactics in your own games? Or are you simply looking to improve your tactical awareness? Then Chess Pro Trainer is for you. Chess Pro Trainer is unlike any chess training app available today. It is designed to improve your tactical vision, calculation, pattern recognition, and overall chess strength through realistic in-game simulation training. Most puzzle apps teach you HOW to solve tactics. Chess Pro Trainer teaches you HOW and WHEN to look for them. In traditional puzzle apps, you know a tactic exists before you make your first move. In real games, nobody tells you a tactic is there. Chess Pro Trainer recreates that experience by presenting positions from real games where tactical opportunities may appear immediately or several moves later. This creates a realistic training environment that directly improves practical over-the-board and online play. The app also features an advanced Alternate Acceptable Move system. Rather than simply marking moves right or wrong, users can earn credit for finding Valid, Equal, or even Better moves than those played in the original game. This rewards creativity, strong decision-making, and deeper calculation. CORE TRAINING MODULES • Tactics Recognition Training Train both tactical awareness and tactical calculation through a unique two-phase training system. • Genius Training Develop attacking instincts through aggressive sacrifice positions and high-level tactical play. • Checks Training Master the ability to identify every possible check in a position. • Coordinated Squares Training Learn to recognize key action squares that often serve as the foundation of powerful tactics. • Unprotected Pieces Training Develop the ability to identify vulnerable pieces using a deeper definition of what "unprotected" truly means. ADDITIONAL FEATURES • Stockfish-powered Analysis Board • Global Leaderboards • Detailed Statistics Tracking • Multiple Difficulty Levels • Board Themes and Sound Customization • Learning Coordinates Module • Random Position Generator • Regular Content Updates Whether you are a beginner or an advanced player, Chess Pro Trainer provides a focused and efficient way to improve your chess skills through realistic tactical training. This is not just another puzzle app. This is a complete tactical training system. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tempo644 screens
Chess Pro Trainer™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chess Pro Trainer™ at every 3 days against Tempo64's every 6 days. Chess Pro Trainer™ also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Tempo64 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Chess Pro Trainer™ sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tempo64 against 5.0 for Chess Pro Trainer™. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempo64 ships an update every 6 days, Chess Pro Trainer™ every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tempo64 versus Chess Pro Trainer™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempo64Chess Pro Trainer™
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings412 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuma Steve OkoroChess With Coach Mark, LLC.

Customer experience

Tempo64

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chess Pro Trainer™

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tempo64

Subscriptions2
  • Tempo64 Studio (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Tempo64 Studio (Yearly)$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Chess Pro Trainer™

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Pro Lifetime1$99.99
  • Pro Lifetime 2 Licenses$149.99
  • Pro Lifetime4$199.99

Questions

Is Tempo64 free?
Tempo64 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Pro Trainer™ free?
Chess Pro Trainer™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tempo64 or Chess Pro Trainer™?
Tempo64 and Chess Pro Trainer™ are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 12 ratings respectively.
Do Tempo64 or Chess Pro Trainer™ have ads?
Neither Tempo64 nor Chess Pro Trainer™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tempo64 or Chess Pro Trainer™?
Tempo64 ships an update every 6 days, and Chess Pro Trainer™ every 3 days. Most recently, Tempo64 was updated on October 17, 2026 and Chess Pro Trainer™ on October 5, 2026.

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