Comparison

Chess Coach vs Zenmate

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

Head to head
About

Chess Coach

Features
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Most chess apps hand you a wall of mistakes. Chess Coach gives you one. It reads your recent games, finds the single highest-leverage weakness holding your rating back, shows you the evidence, and tracks whether it's actually getting better. HOW IT WORKS โ€ข Enter your Chess.com or Lichess username, or import a PGN โ€ข It reads every game, looking for the patterns that keep costing you points โ€ข You get one Focus Area, like "endgame conversion" or "hanging pieces under time", with a number behind it โ€ข Each Focus Area cites the games it came from, plus books, videos and articles to fix it TRACK REAL IMPROVEMENT Re-check the same weakness on your newer games and see the trend: improving, holding, or slipping. When it's solved, Chess Coach moves you on to the next thing. FREE, WITH NO ADS Analyses are unlimited and free. No ads, nothing to buy, no subscription. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT It reads the games you actually played, blitz, rapid or classical, not generic puzzles. And it won't bury you in forty findings you'll never act on. No account, no setup. Your games are sent securely to run the analysis and are never stored. Or bring your own Anthropic API key in Settings. Stop guessing what to work on. Fix one thing at a time. Privacy Policy: https://superduper.nz/apps/chess-coach/privacy

About

Zenmate

Features
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Zenmate is a calm, beautifully designed chess app built for focused play. Play a quiet game against the AI, start a match with friends through Game Center, or pass-and-play on one device. Zenmate keeps the interface simple and refined so the board stays central and every move has room to breathe. Features: - Play vs AI with multiple difficulty levels - Play with friends using Game Center - Local 2-player pass-and-play - Light and dark mode - Optional board coordinates - Flip board support - Clean timers and move-focused gameplay A quiet game of kings. Designed to slow you down, one move at a time.

Screenshots

Chess Coach4 screens
Zenmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zenmate at none against Chess Coach's 1. Chess Coach's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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. Chess Coach sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Zenmate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Coach ships an update every 5 days, Zenmate every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Chess Coach versus Zenmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess CoachZenmate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper DuperTimothy Nice

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess Coach

Subscriptions1
  • Pro$3.991 Month
None

Zenmate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Coach free?
Chess Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zenmate free?
Zenmate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chess Coach or Zenmate have ads?
Neither Chess Coach nor Zenmate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chess Coach or Zenmate?
Chess Coach ships an update every 5 days, and Zenmate every 6 weeks. Most recently, Chess Coach was updated on November 5, 2026 and Zenmate on October 31, 2026.

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