Comparison

Chess Premium+ vs Oddfish

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

Head to head
About

Chess Premium+

Features
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Chess Premium+ is a modern, powerful, and completely free chess app designed for players of every skill level. Whether you're learning the basics, sharpening your tactics, or challenging one of the world's strongest chess engines, Chess Premium+ provides everything you need in one elegant experience. Powered by Stockfish 18, the app delivers fast, accurate, and reliable chess analysis while maintaining smooth performance and responsive gameplay. Play complete chess games, solve tactical puzzles, create custom positions, and improve your decision-making with advanced AI—all without subscriptions or advertisements. FEATURES • Play Against Stockfish 18 Challenge one of the world's strongest chess engines with adjustable AI strength suitable for beginners through advanced players. • Daily Chess Puzzles Improve tactical vision, calculation, pattern recognition, and checkmating skills with new chess challenges. • Advanced Game Analysis Review completed games, discover mistakes, analyze critical positions, and learn stronger continuations using Stockfish 18. • Position Editor Create any custom chess position, test opening ideas, practice endgames, or explore tactical scenarios with full engine support. • Multiple AI Opponents Play against balanced, aggressive, defensive, and positional AI personalities for a varied training experience. • Achievement System Unlock trophies, complete milestones, and track your progress as you improve your chess skills. • Optimized Performance Enjoy fast engine calculations, smooth animations, responsive controls, and a stable chess experience designed for long playing sessions. WHY CHESS PREMIUM+ • 100% Free • No Advertisements • No Subscription Required • Offline Gameplay • Stockfish 18 Engine • Daily Chess Puzzles • Position Editor • Game Analysis • Modern Premium Interface • Optimized Performance Whether you want to play chess, solve puzzles, analyze games, study openings, practice endgames, or simply improve your skills, Chess Premium+ provides a complete chess experience in one beautifully designed application. Download Chess Premium+ today and start mastering chess for free.

About

Oddfish

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Chess, but a little stranger. Oddfish starts with serious Stockfish chess, then changes one rule at a time. RattleFish loses confidence when you play well. GluttonFish grows stronger when you feed it pieces. Restfish makes moved pieces take a nap. Twenty-nine modes across six families turn a familiar board into something wonderfully peculiar. MEET GIL A small gold fish with opinions explains every mode, reacts to the game, and reviews the aftermath. PLAY YOUR WAY • Classic chess or 28 strange variations • Adjustable engine strength • Game history and PGN import • Optional move evaluation and hints • Carefully designed for iPhone and iPad Six modes—including Classic, RattleFish, FumbleFish, Restfish, GluttonFish, and ChapelFish—are free. A single Full Oddfish purchase unlocks every remaining mode. No subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your device. Oddfish has no accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking and does not collect personal data. Stockfish plays the chess. Oddfish supplies the personality problem.

Screenshots

Chess Premium+4 screens
Oddfish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Premium+ at none against Oddfish's 1. Oddfish's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 days) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support 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. Oddfish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Premium+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Premium+ ships an update every 2 days, Oddfish daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Chess Premium+ versus Oddfish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Premium+Oddfish
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYusuf OZCANJOHN EBENEZER JOHNSON

In-app purchases

None

Chess Premium+

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Oddfish

One-time1
  • Full Oddfish$4.99

Questions

Is Chess Premium+ free?
Chess Premium+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oddfish free?
Oddfish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chess Premium+ or Oddfish have ads?
Neither Chess Premium+ nor Oddfish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chess Premium+ or Oddfish?
Chess Premium+ ships an update every 2 days, and Oddfish daily. Most recently, Chess Premium+ was updated on October 24, 2026 and Oddfish on October 17, 2026.

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