Comparison

CHESS/RUPT vs Match Attack

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

Head to head
About

CHESS/RUPT

Experience a unique twist on chess where capturing pieces changes your abilities. Solve over 50 gravity-defying puzzles or engage in endless runs with dynamic board mechanics. Play offline and compete with friends on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Gravity-defying chess puzzles
  • Dynamic board transformations
  • Capture pieces to change abilities
  • Daily challenges and puzzles
  • Offline play
  • Leaderboard competition
Features
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Gravity Chess: 50+ puzzles. Play the first 10 levels free. Move a familiar chess piece. Capture another to change what you can do. Then find a way off a board that is breaking beneath you. CHESS/RUPT turns the moves you already know into fast, tactical runs. Move as the king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn; transform when you capture; and survive while tiles crack, collapse, and reshape the board. Start with a free Daily Challenge or Daily Puzzle. Everyone gets the same rules that day, so you can solve it your way, protect a streak, and compare scores on optional Game Center leaderboards. Want a longer run? Crown Trials, Puzzle Mode, Free Play, and battle modes turn familiar chess movement into new problems: * Survive a shrinking board and escalating enemy pressure * Plan captures through portals, frozen pieces, and changing movement * Claim territory, chase signals, outlast a snake, or be the last piece standing * Play short sessions offline, then submit optional Game Center scores Daily Challenge and Daily Puzzle are free. One optional, one-time Unlimited Plays purchase unlocks all non-daily modes. No ads, subscriptions, consumable currency, or random loot.

About

Match Attack

Engage in roguelike match-3 combat where tile swaps trigger attacks, defense, and healing. Collect powerful relics and build game-breaking synergies across multiple chapters. Enjoy single-player, offline gameplay with no timers or energy systems.

Highlights
  • Match tiles to attack, defend, and heal
  • Create powerful tile cascades
  • Collect over 280 synergistic relics
  • Progress through three distinct chapters
  • Unlock permanent relics through runs
  • Ascension tiers for increased difficulty
Features
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Match Attack is a match-3 roguelike game where the board is your weapon! Swap tiles to make matches and watch satisfying cascades. Set up the perfect board, collect upgrades and create gamebreaking builds! - Match tiles to attack, defend, recharge and heal - Get rewarded for bigger matches with clears, empowered tiles, wildcards, and bombs - 280+ relics with synergizing mechanics - Three chapters, each with fights, elites, events, shops, rest sites, and a boss finale - Earn experience from every run to permanently unlock new relics - Ascension tiers add difficulty for uncapped replayability Single-player, fully offline. No timers, no energy. One optional in-app purchase to removes ads and support the solo developer!

Screenshots

CHESS/RUPT4 screens
Match Attack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CHESS/RUPT at none against Match Attack's shown. CHESS/RUPT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Match Attack's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (19 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. CHESS/RUPT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Match Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CHESS/RUPT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 19 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CHESS/RUPT ships an update every 3 weeks, Match Attack every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CHESS/RUPT versus Match Attack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCHESS/RUPTMatch Attack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings419 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB111 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAnkur Gupta LLCMichael Ip

Customer experience

CHESS/RUPT

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Match Attack

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CHESS/RUPT

One-time1
  • Unlimited Plays$4.99
1 purchases

Match Attack

One-time1
  • Match Attack Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is CHESS/RUPT free?
CHESS/RUPT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Match Attack free?
Match Attack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CHESS/RUPT or Match Attack?
CHESS/RUPT is rated higher. CHESS/RUPT averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Match Attack averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do CHESS/RUPT or Match Attack have ads?
Match Attack shows ads; CHESS/RUPT does not.
Which is updated more often, CHESS/RUPT or Match Attack?
CHESS/RUPT ships an update every 3 weeks, and Match Attack every 2 days. Most recently, CHESS/RUPT was updated on October 29, 2026 and Match Attack on October 29, 2026.

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