Chesswise vs Fianchetto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Chesswise
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AI Chess Coach is a focused chess app for learning while you play. Play against a Stockfish-powered opponent, choose your side, adjust engine strength, and get help from an AI chess mentor when you need it. The AI mentor can explain the current position, suggest plans, and highlight immediate threats using the board state, move history, and engine recommendation. Features: - Play as White or Black - Adjustable engine difficulty - Stockfish-powered move generation - AI mentor explanations
Fianchetto
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Fianchetto is your personal chess coach in your pocket. It combines playing against an engine, professional analysis of your own games, and personalized training built from your real mistakes - all fully offline, with no subscription and nothing ever sent to the cloud. TWO ENGINES, TWO PERSONALITIES ⢠Caissa (modern NNUE) - shows the objectively best move. ⢠Arasan - a classic engine with a more "human" playing style. Both are compiled natively and run 100% on your device. PLAY ⢠Spar with the bot across five difficulty levels, from beginner to expert. ⢠Choose your color, follow a live evaluation bar, and get engine hints. ⢠Save any game to your Library and analyze it with a single tap. ANALYZE YOUR GAMES ⢠Import games from Lichess and Chess.com (by username, from a link, or from a PGN file). ⢠Every move classified: brilliant, best, inaccuracy, mistake, blunder, missed win. ⢠Accuracy, ACPL, evaluation graph, and key moments of the game. ⢠Quick and deep modes - catch the obvious errors first, then dig into the critical positions. ANALYSIS THAT TELLS A STORY ⢠Every game gets a written recap split into chapters - not just numbers. ⢠Arrows and highlights on the board, with detection of tactical motifs and opening plans. ⢠Two narration tones: casual and technical. Available in English and Polish. TRAIN ON YOUR OWN MISTAKES ⢠Daily puzzles generated automatically from your blunders - not from a generic database. ⢠Smart spaced-repetition system (SM-2) and a daily streak to keep you motivated. ⢠Train the openings you actually play: win rate, accuracy, and recurring mistakes. ⢠Tactical stats, eval-loss heatmaps, and a ranking of your recurring weaknesses. ⢠"Your game" dashboard: Game Score, a skill profile, and a weekly focus to improve. FREE POSITION ANALYSIS ⢠Interactive board with a variation tree and MultiPV analysis. ⢠Position editor, "threat goggles", arrows, and FEN/PGN paste. ⢠Auto-saved sessions - jump back to the position you were analyzing yesterday. SCOUT YOUR OPPONENTS ⢠Import a rival's games and prepare for the matchup. ⢠Opening explorer, repertoire by color, and the opponent's recurring tactical weaknesses. PRIVACY FIRST ⢠All analysis runs on your device - your positions never go to the cloud. ⢠Your data (games, analyses, puzzles) is stored locally. You can wipe it anytime. Fianchetto is built for the club and amateur player who wants to improve systematically - with no subscription and no compromise on privacy. Install it, import your games, and start playing smarter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chesswise at none against Fianchetto's shown. Fianchetto's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Chesswise | Fianchetto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | ā |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 16.4 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cuong Nguyen | Dawid Wrzesinski |
In-app purchases
Chesswise
No in-app purchases
Fianchetto
No in-app purchases









