Chess Openings vs CrispChess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Openings
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Chess Openings — Never be caught off guard by move 8: discover your openings, learn them and play them out move by move, in attack and in defense. • 113 opening lines classified by ECO codes, with first-move and attack/defense filters • Interactive replay — move by move, auto-play • Continue an opening vs the robot • Play vs Robot — 8 difficulty levels (800-2400 ELO) • Robot (non-Stockfish) fully customizable • Opening quizzes — test your knowledge • Checkmate puzzles — mate in 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 moves • Practice mode — move-by-move learning with feedback • Stockfish game analysis — accuracy, blunder detection, best move • Live evaluation bar • 27 languages No ads. Anonymous usage analytics only. Works offline. Perfect for beginners and amateurs looking to build a solid repertoire. Free version and Premium (optional in-app purchase) Free: play vs the robot, plus a limited number of opening lessons, quizzes, Stockfish analyses and "Continue vs Robot" sessions every day. Premium removes all daily limits: unlimited opening lessons, unlimited quizzes, unlimited Stockfish analysis, unlimited "Continue vs Robot" and full progress tracking. Premium requires a purchase inside the app — an auto-renewable annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. The price is shown in the app before any purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
CrispChess
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CrispChess shows you chess the way people play it, not only the way engines do. Everything runs on your device, without an account. HUMAN LENS See what players at your rating actually play in any position, how many of them would find the engine's move, and whether the position is a trap that catches most of them. After a game, compare your moves with players of your level instead of with a machine. SCAN A BOARD Choose a photo of a real chessboard or an image of a printed diagram, and CrispChess reconstructs the position so you can analyse it or play it out. Recognition runs on the device. YOUR GHOST Play against an opponent built from your own games: it plays your openings and otherwise plays like a player of your estimated rating. SPEAK YOUR MOVES Tap the microphone and say "knight to f3" or "castles", in English or German. The app matches what you said against the legal moves; no audio leaves your device. OPPONENTS FROM RESEARCH Beyond classic engines: human-like Maia bots, DeepMind's searchless transformers, a state-space network and chess-trained language models, each with a strength rating we measured by playing them against each other. PLAY AND LEARN • Adjustable built-in opponent and optional strong engines. • Rapid, blitz, classical and custom clocks; Chess960, King of the Hill, Three-check. • Tactical puzzles, drills, hints, opening explorer and full analysis. • Import, export and study PGN games and custom positions. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, advertising, analytics or tracking. Games and preferences stay on your device. Models and engines download only when you choose them. CrispChess is free and open source.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CrispChess at none against Chess Openings's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Chess Openings sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per year. CrispChess asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Chess Openings | CrispChess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GanSoft SARL | Christian Strobele |
In-app purchases
Chess Openings
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$9.001 Year
- Premium Lifetime$45.00
CrispChess
No in-app purchases





