Comparison

Chessnut Next vs Chessigma

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

Head to head
About

Chessnut Next

Enhance your chess experience by connecting a smart board to digitally record moves, play against AI, and analyze games. Offers tactical training, custom position creation, and voice input for hands-free play. Review your games with detailed reports and share your progress.

Highlights
  • Smart board connection
  • Play against chess engines
  • Automatic game recording
  • On-device Stockfish analysis
  • Tactical training and puzzles
  • Board editor and position recognition
  • Voice move input
Features
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Chessnut Next is the companion app for Chessnut smart chessboards, bringing physical chess and digital tools together in one seamless experience. Connect a compatible Chessnut board to play naturally with real pieces while the app synchronizes positions, records moves, and saves your games automatically. Whether you are playing against a computer, practicing tactics, reviewing a finished game, or playing face-to-face, Chessnut Next helps you get more from every move. Key Features • Smart Board Connection Connect a compatible Chessnut electronic chessboard and synchronize physical positions with the app in real time. • Play Against Chess Engines Challenge computer opponents with different strengths and playing styles using either a physical board or the on-screen board. • Online Chess Support Use a compatible physical board with supported online chess platforms for a more natural playing experience. • Automatic Game Recording Create and save complete PGN records, including moves, players, results, and time information. • Local Stockfish Analysis Review games with on-device Stockfish analysis to explore evaluations, recommended moves, and critical mistakes. • Maia and Personalized Practice Train against human-like chess engines designed to provide realistic play across different skill levels. • Game Review Reports Generate easy-to-understand reports that highlight strong moves, mistakes, turning points, and opportunities to improve. • Puzzles and Tactical Training Improve calculation, pattern recognition, and practical decision-making with chess puzzles and focused exercises. • Board Editor and Position Recognition Create custom positions manually or use supported image-recognition features to extract a chess position from a photo. • Voice Moves In supported game modes, speak origin and destination squares to enter moves hands-free. • Chess Clock and Over-the-Board Play Record face-to-face games and manage player time with compatible Chessnut devices. • Game Library and Sharing Browse saved games, filter records by source, refresh game data, and share games or review results. • Multiple Languages Choose from a range of interface and content languages. From your first move to detailed post-game review, Chessnut Next combines smart-board connectivity, game recording, engine analysis, and training tools in one app.

About

Chessigma

Analyze your chess games with detailed move-by-move feedback and personalized puzzles based on your mistakes. Improve your play with clear explanations and a powerful engine, all for free.

Highlights
  • Game review with move grading
  • Plain-English move explanations
  • Integrated Stockfish engine
  • Mistake-based puzzle generation
  • Supports Chess.com, Lichess, and PGN
Features
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Free chess game review that actually makes sense. Paste your Chess.com or Lichess username, or drop in a PGN, and Chessigma walks through the whole game with you. Every move gets a grade, you see the moments it turned, and you get the move you should have played instead. It reads like a coach talking, not a wall of numbers. No account, no limits. Then fix it. Chessigma turns your own mistakes into quick puzzles and replays them until you find the better move, so you stop losing the same way twice. What you get, free: - Every move graded, from brilliant to blunder - Plain-English reasons for each move, not just numbers - A real engine (Stockfish) you can switch on for any position - Evaluation bar, graph, and a clear read on where you stand - Replay your own mistakes as puzzles until they stick - Works with Chess.com, Lichess, or any PGN It's the game review you already use, cleaner and completely free.

Screenshots

Chessnut Next4 screens
Chessigma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chessigma at every 5 days against Chessnut Next's every 3 weeks. Chessnut Next's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chessnut Next against 5.0 for Chessigma. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chessnut Next has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chessnut Next ships an update every 3 weeks, Chessigma every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chessnut Next versus Chessigma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessnut NextChessigma
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size338 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXenx Technology LimitedChessigma

Customer experience

Chessnut Next

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chessigma

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chessnut Next

No in-app purchases

None

Chessigma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chessnut Next free?
Chessnut Next is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chessigma free?
Chessigma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chessnut Next or Chessigma?
Chessnut Next and Chessigma are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Chessnut Next or Chessigma have ads?
Neither Chessnut Next nor Chessigma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chessnut Next or Chessigma?
Chessnut Next ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chessigma every 5 days. Most recently, Chessnut Next was updated on September 17, 2026 and Chessigma on September 21, 2026.

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