Comparison

CCT Chess vs Mangus

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

Head to head
About

CCT Chess

Features
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CCT Chess is a quick way to practise finding checks, captures, and threats. Start a puzzle and scan the position one category at a time. Tap or drag to identify moves. Review anything you missed, then move straight to the next puzzle. Features: - Checks, captures, and threats in three short phases - Clear move feedback and missed-move review - Local rating that adapts puzzle difficulty as you improve - Rating history and accuracy in Settings > Progress - Board themes, piece styles, and optional hidden move counts - Offline play with a bundled puzzle database - No accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking

About

Mangus

Features
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Mangus turns your chess.com games into a coach. Type your username and it pulls your recent games and analyzes every move with Stockfish โ€” right on your phone, no account and no servers. โ€ข See each move graded โ€” best, inaccuracy, mistake, blunder โ€” with the win% it cost you. โ€ข Tap "Show best move" at any position to see what you should have played. โ€ข Understand why you lost each game โ€” the one move that actually decided it. โ€ข Spot your patterns across games: hung pieces, allowed tactics, where your blunders happen. โ€ข Per-game accuracy and an estimate of how strong you played. Everything runs on-device. Your games, coached.

Screenshots

CCT Chess3 screens
Mangus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mangus at 15.1 against CCT Chess's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
CCT Chess versus Mangus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCCT ChessMangus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size23 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael YipWALKER HENRY PATE

In-app purchases

None

CCT Chess

No in-app purchases

None

Mangus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CCT Chess free?
CCT Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mangus free?
Mangus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CCT Chess or Mangus have ads?
Neither CCT Chess nor Mangus shows ads.

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