Comparison

Chesswise vs Stockfish AI Chess

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

Head to head
About

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

About

Stockfish AI Chess

Play, learn, and analyze chess games offline with powerful AI engines. Offers 19 difficulty levels, a Chess Coach for feedback, and game review to study mistakes. Supports PGN import/export and FEN positions.

Highlights
  • Offline AI chess play
  • 19 difficulty levels
  • Chess Coach feedback
  • Game review and analysis
  • PGN/FEN support
  • Board photo to position
Features
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Play chess, analyze your games and practice on iPhone and iPad with Stockfish 19 and 10 engines running on your device. Choose among 19 difficulty levels in Stockfish, explore openings, or arrange engine matches and tournaments. Enable the optional Chess Coach for feedback on your moves. Use Game Review to study mistakes and suggested continuations. Evaluations are engine estimates, not official player ratings. Turn a board photo into a position for analysis; check and correct the recognized pieces. Physical-board recognition is experimental. Save, import and export PGN games, and copy FEN positions. Play, analysis, coaching and photo processing work offline without uploading games or photos. Public-game imports and optional endgame database downloads require internet access. Independently developed by Tughan Y. Karsli. Not an official app of the Stockfish project.

Screenshots

Chesswise3 screens
Stockfish AI Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stockfish AI Chess at daily against Chesswise's fortnightly. Stockfish AI Chess also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chesswise ships an update fortnightly, Stockfish AI Chess daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chesswise versus Stockfish AI Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChesswiseStockfish AI Chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB943 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCuong NguyenTughan Yusuf Karsli

In-app purchases

None

Chesswise

No in-app purchases

None

Stockfish AI Chess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chesswise free?
Chesswise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stockfish AI Chess free?
Stockfish AI Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chesswise or Stockfish AI Chess have ads?
Neither Chesswise nor Stockfish AI Chess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chesswise or Stockfish AI Chess?
Chesswise ships an update fortnightly, and Stockfish AI Chess daily. Most recently, Chesswise was updated on October 31, 2026 and Stockfish AI Chess on November 6, 2026.

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