Comparison

Dominex vs Chesspy

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

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About

Dominex

Features
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Grow your kingdom. Break theirs at the seams. Dominex is focused, turn-based territory strategy for one player against five computer rivals. Every connected kingdom keeps its own treasury and defense. One border capture can increase your income, join two kingdoms, split a rival's economy, or expose its capital. Take your time over every move. Undo and redo any move until you end your turn. Step away anytime and resume where you left off. Dominex plays offline, and four new maps are generated on your device every day—one free, all four with Premium. Capture land for income. Combine units to cross stronger borders. Defend the territory holding your kingdom together. Stronger units cost more to maintain; if a kingdom cannot pay, it goes bankrupt. Choose your opening with the Starting land slider. Begin with scattered kingdoms or fewer, larger ones, and preview every player's exact land before starting. Larger kingdoms also start with more gold. Read your rivals' economies as well as your own. Tap any rival kingdom to inspect its gold, income, and upkeep. Review bankruptcy warnings before ending a turn, undo a purchase that leaves you short, and see why units were lost to upkeep. Master every Core map at every level. Stats counts your wins toward 16 goals across four Core maps and four difficulty levels, and tracks your win rate, streaks, and fewest-round wins from Classic starts. Finish a daily map each day to build your streak, and look back at the final board of every new match. Share a daily or bonus map result to send a friend the same challenge, with its difficulty and Starting land. Friends can play shared challenges without Premium, on the web or in the iOS app. Every match stays single-player. Climb the optional daily leaderboard. Join with a nickname, conquer the free daily map on Casual or Legend in as few rounds as you can, and see where you rank on one shared board, Legend conquests first; every ranked win is checked by replaying it. Each free daily map has a par, the rounds the computer took to win it in your place, so you know what to beat. When your last turn can take every hex left, Win now finishes the conquest for you and keeps the most gold. Once a day's leaderboard closes, watch its best conquests. Watch your own last 20 matches again move by move, and share a replay link anyone can open in a browser. Features • One player against five computer rivals • Casual, Normal, Veteran, and Legend difficulty—all free • Starting land choices with a live opening preview • Rival finances and clear bankruptcy warnings • Daily result sharing with playable challenge links • Optional daily leaderboard of Casual and Legend conquests, with par • Replays of your last 20 matches, shareable by link • Stats with streaks, best wins, and final boards • Four hand-crafted Core maps • Four on-device daily maps, one free each day • Automatic saving and one-tap resume • Offline play with no account and no ads • One-time tips and an in-match rules reference • Opponent turns at your choice of pace, with every capture outlined • Soft sound and quiet match music, with one switch • Map library with 105 classic Slay Islands maps, free • High-distinction board colors and cues beyond color • Touch-first controls and haptics for iPhone and iPad Start with four Core maps, one new daily map, 105 hand-picked classic Slay Islands maps, and every difficulty level free. Dominex Premium is one lifetime purchase, not a subscription. It opens all four daily maps every day and a new picture-shaped bonus map each week, with its own weeklong leaderboard, and lets you play the daily maps from any earlier day. Your results and daily history stay visible without Premium. Try the map editor for free: draw a 35 × 24 battlefield from scratch or edit a copy of a Core or classic map. Premium lets you save and play your own maps. Your next kingdom is ready.

About

Chesspy

Solve logic puzzles by placing chess pieces to attack numbered targets. Compete with friends in real-time battles or tackle daily challenges. Offers a tutorial for non-chess players and a Pro version for unlimited access.

Highlights
  • Numbered target puzzles
  • Daily missions and S-Rank challenges
  • Real-time multiplayer battles
  • Tutorial for non-chess players
  • Unlimited play mode
  • Hint system
  • Dark mode and color-blind palette
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Place chess pieces. Hit every number. Numbered squares are targets. Place chess pieces so each target is attacked by exactly its number — in the app, your pieces are called agents. A 0 is a safe square: nothing may attack it. Match every number and the next board is right there. Every board has exactly one solution, and you can reach it by logic alone — no guessing. Today’s Mission • Twenty boards in a row, growing from 3×3 to 6×6. • Three hearts. Placing or moving an agent so a number newly turns red costs one heart. Removing and undoing are always free. • Lose your last heart and you can see that board’s answer. • Everyone gets the same mission each day. Finish it to see your Top % today. • Sundays bring the S-Rank Mission: it starts at 4×4 and the last five boards are 7×7. Battles • Create a battle and get a six-digit code. Paste the link in a group chat and friends jump straight in. • Everyone plays the same five boards with three hearts. Most boards, then fewest hearts lost, then fastest time wins. • Up to 16 players, each joining as a chess piece: king, queen, rooks, bishops, knights and pawns. • A battle stays open for 7 days. Creating and joining are free for anyone. The agents • The rook attacks along rows and columns, the bishop along diagonals — all the way to the edge, right past other agents. • From board 10 the knight joins in, jumping in an L. • No chess needed. A four-board tutorial shows you how on the board. More to play • Unlimited: opens after today’s mission. Endless boards that grow to 7×7 — two free runs a day. • Hints: stuck in Unlimited or a past mission? Get the reason for the next move, one step at a time. One free hint a day. • Past missions: anyone can play one past day for free. • Streaks, six achievements that unlock agent designs, and a result card to share. • Dark mode and a colour-blind palette. • English, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, German and Spanish. Pro (one-time purchase) • Unlimited, with no daily limit • Hints, with no daily limit • Start at any level: begin Unlimited at 5×5, 6×6 or 7×7 • Hard battles: five boards from 6×6 up to 7×7 • Keep your battles: ranks and wins stay after the 7 days • Every past mission — fill a missed day to keep your streak • Every agent design and detailed stats • Pro never touches a daily score, and Today’s Mission has no hints. Everyone plays by the same rules. No ads. No account. Your records stay on your device; Top % and battles use only a random ID with no name.

Screenshots

Dominex4 screens
Chesspy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Dominex at 3 against Chesspy's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. Dominex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chesspy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dominex ships an update every 3 days, Chesspy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dominex versus Chesspy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDominexChesspy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB14 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMatt Westgate037

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dominex

One-time1
  • Dominex Premium$4.99
1 purchases

Chesspy

One-time1
  • Chesspy Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Dominex free?
Dominex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chesspy free?
Chesspy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dominex or Chesspy have ads?
Neither Dominex nor Chesspy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dominex or Chesspy?
Dominex ships an update every 3 days, and Chesspy every 2 days. Most recently, Dominex was updated on November 7, 2026 and Chesspy on November 10, 2026.

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