Gallery Gamble vs Chesspy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gallery Gamble
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Whose photo is that? A random picture from someone's camera roll fills every screen, and the whole room races to guess whose it is. Gallery Gamble is a party game for 3 or more friends in the same room, each on their own iPhone or iPad. The photos already on your phones are the questions, so no two games are the same. HOW IT PLAYS 1. One player hosts. Everyone else finds the lobby nearby and joins with its code. 2. Each player gets a random grid of 4, 9 or 16 photos from their own library. Spot one you'd rather keep to yourself? Re-roll it for a different one. 3. The game starts and a photo appears. Tap the friend you think it belongs to before the fuse burns out. Pinch to zoom for clues. 4. The reveal shows whose photo it was and who guessed whom. A correct guess scores up to 1,000 points, and faster guesses score more. 5. After the last round, the leaderboard crowns the winner. Your own photos come up too. Fail to recognise one and the leaderboard keeps count. THE HOST SETS THE PACE • Photos per player: 4, 9 or 16 • How many of each player's photos get played • A round timer from 1 to 30 seconds • Standings after every round, or just the votes FEATURES • Local multiplayer for 3+ players on iPhone and iPad • No internet connection needed. Devices connect directly to each other, so Wi-Fi only has to be switched on • Dropped out mid-game? Reconnect and carry on • Game Center achievements, plus leaderboards for games played and games won • In English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Hungarian PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up. No cloud uploads. The photos in a game are sent directly from device to device, only to the players in that game, and are never uploaded to a server. You choose how much of your library the game can see. FREE TO PLAY Gallery Gamble is free with ads, and you start with a stock of re-rolls. Get more by watching an ad or buying a re-roll pack. Gallery Gamble Unlimited removes ads and gives you unlimited re-rolls and custom home backgrounds. It is available as a weekly, monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://gallerygamble.com/privacy_policy Terms & Conditions: https://gallerygamble.com/terms_and_conditions
Chesspy
Solve logic puzzles by placing chess pieces to attack numbered targets. Compete with friends in real-time battles or tackle daily challenges. Offers a tutorial for non-chess players and a Pro version for unlimited access.
- Numbered target puzzles
- Daily missions and S-Rank challenges
- Real-time multiplayer battles
- Tutorial for non-chess players
- Unlimited play mode
- Hint system
- Dark mode and color-blind palette
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Place chess pieces. Hit every number. Numbered squares are targets. Place chess pieces so each target is attacked by exactly its number — in the app, your pieces are called agents. A 0 is a safe square: nothing may attack it. Match every number and the next board is right there. Every board has exactly one solution, and you can reach it by logic alone — no guessing. Today’s Mission • Twenty boards in a row, growing from 3×3 to 6×6. • Three hearts. Placing or moving an agent so a number newly turns red costs one heart. Removing and undoing are always free. • Lose your last heart and you can see that board’s answer. • Everyone gets the same mission each day. Finish it to see your Top % today. • Sundays bring the S-Rank Mission: it starts at 4×4 and the last five boards are 7×7. Battles • Create a battle and get a six-digit code. Paste the link in a group chat and friends jump straight in. • Everyone plays the same five boards with three hearts. Most boards, then fewest hearts lost, then fastest time wins. • Up to 16 players, each joining as a chess piece: king, queen, rooks, bishops, knights and pawns. • A battle stays open for 7 days. Creating and joining are free for anyone. The agents • The rook attacks along rows and columns, the bishop along diagonals — all the way to the edge, right past other agents. • From board 10 the knight joins in, jumping in an L. • No chess needed. A four-board tutorial shows you how on the board. More to play • Unlimited: opens after today’s mission. Endless boards that grow to 7×7 — two free runs a day. • Hints: stuck in Unlimited or a past mission? Get the reason for the next move, one step at a time. One free hint a day. • Past missions: anyone can play one past day for free. • Streaks, six achievements that unlock agent designs, and a result card to share. • Dark mode and a colour-blind palette. • English, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, German and Spanish. Pro (one-time purchase) • Unlimited, with no daily limit • Hints, with no daily limit • Start at any level: begin Unlimited at 5×5, 6×6 or 7×7 • Hard battles: five boards from 6×6 up to 7×7 • Keep your battles: ranks and wins stay after the 7 days • Every past mission — fill a missed day to keep your streak • Every agent design and detailed stats • Pro never touches a daily score, and Today’s Mission has no hints. Everyone plays by the same rules. No ads. No account. Your records stay on your device; Top % and battles use only a random ID with no name.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chesspy at none against Gallery Gamble's shown. Chesspy also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Gallery Gamble sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 7 days and Chesspy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gallery Gamble ships an update every 6 days, Chesspy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gallery Gamble | Chesspy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Hera | 037 |
In-app purchases
Gallery Gamble
- Weekly$0.497 Days
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$4.991 Year
- Re-rolls - 111pc$0.99
- Re-rolls - 333pc$1.99
- Re-rolls - 999pc$2.99
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- Unlimited - Lifetime$12.49
Chesspy
- Chesspy Pro$1.99









