Comparison

chess game play vs Chess Codex

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

Head to head

20000+ offline chess puzzles

Free

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About

chess game play

Features

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It is a chess game app you can play with your friend or with the app It is easy to use when you start choose to play with your friend or with app If you choose app you can choose ( easy , medium , hard , expert)

About

Chess Codex

Features

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Chess Codex is a calm, beautiful place to get sharper at chess. 20000+ hand graded puzzles take you from your very first checkmate to tactics that will test a club player. Every puzzle is a real position with one best move to find. Spot the fork, land the pin, set up the mate. Play offline, anywhere. No account, no sign up, no clutter. Chess Codex is part of Penrose Park Puzzles, a family of premium puzzle games.

Screenshots

chess game play4 screens

Chess Codex4 screens

Verdict

The call

chess game play and Chess Codex are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences

chess game play versus Chess Codex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	chess game play	Chess Codex
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 3 days	Every 3 days
Ads	Yes	Yes
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPod
Requires iOS	15.6	15.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	36 MB	36 MB
Age rating	12+	4+
Developer	Manal Mahfouz	Vince Lubbers

In-app purchases

None

chess game play

No in-app purchases

None

Chess Codex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is chess game play free?

chess game play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Chess Codex free?

Chess Codex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do chess game play or Chess Codex have ads?

Both chess game play and Chess Codex show ads.

Which is updated more often, chess game play or Chess Codex?

chess game play ships an update every 3 days, and Chess Codex every 3 days. Most recently, chess game play was updated on October 6, 2026 and Chess Codex on October 15, 2026.