Comparison

Flamingo Chess vs DragonFly Maze

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

Head to head
About

Flamingo Chess

Features
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Flamingo Chess is plain chess for you and your friends: in Messages, live in the app, or across the table on one phone. No login, no tracking, no engine. Just a game of chess between people. PLAY IN MESSAGES Start a game right in a conversation and take turns whenever it suits you. Your opponent's move plays out on the board when you open it. Games in Messages are serverless: your moves travel in the conversation between your iPhones and are never stored on our servers. PLAY LIVE IN THE APP Pick a color, start a game, and share its five-letter invite code. Your friend types in the code and takes the other seat. Moves appear the moment they are made, and every game you play in the app waits in your games list, titled with both players' names, like "blueberry764 vs orange489." PLAY HOT SEAT Two people, one phone. The board turns to face whoever moves next, you can take moves back, and the game stays on your phone until you come back to it. SHARE YOUR GAMES Share any online or hot seat game as a scoresheet: plain text laid out like the paper sheet at a tournament, with the date, both players, the result, and every move in numbered rows. Send it to your opponent or keep it in your notes. KEEP YOUR GAMES Finished games go to the archive, where you can replay them move by move. AND ALSO • Offer a draw or resign, just like over the board • Speak your move: hold the Speech button and say "Move pawn to D3" • Playable with VoiceOver: every square announces its name and its piece, and legal moves are called out • Two board themes, Neon and Standard • Choose your own display name in Settings Have fun everyone!

About

DragonFly Maze

Features
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DragonFly Maze is a fast-paced puzzle game where you guide a dragonfly through randomly generated mazes. Draw a path, swipe to slide, and race against the clock to reach the exit before time runs out. Every level brings a new maze. The grid grows larger, the timer gets tighter, and the path gets trickier. There's no final level — just you, the maze, and the clock. HOW TO PLAY • Drag through cells to draw a path for the dragonfly • Swipe in any direction to slide until hitting a wall • Reach the exit door before time runs out • Reset your path anytime and try a different route FEATURES • Infinite levels with increasing difficulty • Randomly generated mazes — no two are the same • Swipe controls for quick movement • Timer-based challenge that scales with complexity • Game Center leaderboard — compete globally by highest level reached • Clean, dark-themed visuals designed for focus Simple to learn. Hard to master. How many levels can you clear?

Screenshots

Flamingo Chess4 screens
DragonFly Maze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flamingo Chess at none against DragonFly Maze's 1. Flamingo Chess also leads on ads (none vs shown). DragonFly Maze's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price 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. DragonFly Maze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flamingo Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flamingo Chess ships an update every 5 days, DragonFly Maze daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Flamingo Chess versus DragonFly Maze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlamingo ChessDragonFly Maze
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin Kim Đưng-PhạmAmal TS

In-app purchases

None

Flamingo Chess

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DragonFly Maze

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Flamingo Chess free?
Flamingo Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DragonFly Maze free?
DragonFly Maze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flamingo Chess or DragonFly Maze have ads?
DragonFly Maze shows ads; Flamingo Chess does not.
Which is updated more often, Flamingo Chess or DragonFly Maze?
Flamingo Chess ships an update every 5 days, and DragonFly Maze daily. Most recently, Flamingo Chess was updated on October 24, 2026 and DragonFly Maze on October 24, 2026.

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