Comparison

OpeningDrill vs ChessCounter

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

Head to head
About

OpeningDrill

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OpeningDrill is a minimal, focused chess opening trainer. Pick an opening, and the app walks you through the main line move by move. You tap your moves, the opponent plays automatically, and you learn by repetition. No accounts. No ads. No clutter. Just a board and the lines you need to know. Openings included: King's Gambit, Italian Game, Sicilian Defense, Queen's Gambit, French Defense, Caro-Kann, Ruy Lopez Features: - Tap to move interaction on a clean, dark board - Instant feedback on correct and incorrect moves - Accuracy tracking per drill session - Hints when you're stuck - Fully offline. No internet required - Stockfish powered evaluation shows the cost of mistakes Built for players who want to sharpen their repertoire without the noise of a full chess platform.

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ChessCounter

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ChessCounter teaches popular chess openings through guided, move-by-move lessons. Pick an opening, choose which side to play, and follow the arrows drawn on the board for every move you need to make. HOW LESSONS WORK Every move you play is scored against the taught line, chess.com-style (Brilliant, Great, Best, Excellent, Good, Book, Inaccuracy, Mistake, Miss, Blunder). Any move other than the taught one is still played onto the board, badged as a blunder, and ends the lesson right there. Undo just that move to retry it, or restart the lesson from the beginning. 13 OPENINGS AND TRAPS, EITHER SIDE Tennison Gambit, Scholar's Mate, Italian Game, Ruy Lopez, Sicilian Defense, Caro-Kann, French Defense, Queen's Gambit, London System, Englund Gambit, King's Gambit, Scandinavian Defense, Budapest Gambit. Every opening system teaches both White and Black, not just the side that "traditionally" plays it, and each one offers several named variants to drill, or "Surprise me" to react to whatever the opponent throws at you. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY - Learn: the guided lessons above. - Free play: a full unscripted game against a built-in chess engine. - Play in person: pass-and-play on one device, no engine, the board flips after every move. - Identify the opening: watch an opening's moves get revealed and name it before it finishes revealing, then, for the two traps, play out the real refutation. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS A points total and a day streak follow you across every mode, alongside per-variant lesson completion. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics, no internet connection required. ChessCounter makes no network requests of any kind. Every lesson and every game happens entirely on your own phone or tablet. FREE, NO CATCH All 13 openings, unlimited, from the first launch. No in-app purchases, no subscriptions. Available in English and Spanish, with light and dark themes and a choice of piece art.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: ChessCounter at 2 against OpeningDrill's โ€”. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
OpeningDrill versus ChessCounter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpeningDrillChessCounter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 9 days
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTYLER ANTHONY BUSSANICHEstanislao Perez Nartallo

In-app purchases

None

OpeningDrill

No in-app purchases

None

ChessCounter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpeningDrill free?
OpeningDrill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessCounter free?
ChessCounter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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