Comparison

Chess Platform vs ScrollChess

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

Head to head
About

Chess Platform

Engage in the classic game of chess with this intuitive app. Play against real opponents online, test your skills against AI bots of varying difficulty, and sharpen your tactical awareness with hundreds of puzzles. Enjoy a clean interface with customizable themes and offline play options.

Highlights
  • Online play against real opponents
  • Challenge AI bots with adjustable difficulty
  • Hundreds of tactical puzzles
  • Offline play option
  • Clean, distraction-free interface
  • Light and dark board themes
Features
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Chess for Everyone — From Your First Move to Mastery Discover the timeless game of chess in one clean, easy-to-use app. Play online against real opponents, challenge smart bots, and train your tactics with hundreds of handcrafted puzzles — anytime, anywhere. Play Online Find an opponent at your level in seconds. Choose your format: fast-paced blitz, classic games with longer time controls, or bullet for the truly daring. Play whenever the mood strikes. Solve 350 Tactical Puzzles Train your eye with 7 themed categories — 50 puzzles each — covering forks, pins, mates in a few moves, and more. A perfect daily workout to help you spot winning combinations on the board instantly. Challenge Smart Bots Face AI opponents across 8 distinct difficulty levels — from a friendly beginner to a ruthless powerhouse. Pick the right challenge, practice at your own pace, and get ready before you take on live players. Why Players Love Us • Clean, distraction-free interface • Play online or offline against bots • Multiple language support • Light and dark board themes • No intrusive ads Chess is more than a game — it's a workout for your mind, your patience, and your strategic thinking. Download the app and make your first move toward mastery today!

About

ScrollChess

Features
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Chess on Apple Watch you cannot mis-tap. A chess square on a watch is about half the size Apple's own guidelines set as the minimum for anything you tap. So ScrollChess does not ask you to tap one. The Digital Crown moves a crosshair from one legal option to the next, and a tap — anywhere on the screen — confirms it. Nothing on the board is a touch target, so there is nothing to miss. ON YOUR WRIST • Play a full game against a chess engine written for this app, at four levels — from beginner to a strong club player • A daily puzzle that takes about twenty seconds, with a streak. 1,048 of them are in the app, which is a new one every day for nearly three years • Add a complication and today's puzzle is one tap from the watch face • It all runs on the watch alone — no phone nearby, no signal, no account ON YOUR IPHONE • The same engine and the same daily puzzle, with direct taps on a larger board • Take a move back, replay it, and step through the game move by move • Pass and play: hand the phone to someone else and the board turns itself around between moves AN OPPONENT THAT PLAYS LIKE A PERSON The four levels are not one engine with the brakes on. A weaker level chooses among moves the search already approved, so it plays inaccurately rather than absurdly — it will punish a blunder but it will not hand you a queen for nothing. It also takes a moment to answer, because an opponent that replies instantly to a move you thought about is not an opponent, it is a machine. BUILT FOR THE WATCH FIRST Every number in this app came off a wrist rather than a monitor. The board fills the screen, the haptics are tuned so one pulse means one step of the crosshair, and the puzzles were filtered for lines short enough to solve while your arm is up. ACCESSIBILITY The board is fully navigable with VoiceOver on both platforms: every square announces where it is, what stands on it and what is happening to it, and can be played directly. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING There is nothing to sign into and nothing to switch off. The engine, the puzzles and your games live on your device. No analytics, no advertising, no data leaves the app — it works the same in Airplane Mode. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO There is no online play and no matchmaking with strangers. This is a game against the engine, a daily puzzle, and a board you can hand to the person next to you. The watch and the phone each keep their own games and their own streak — nothing syncs between them yet. One purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases. Questions: hey@scrollchess.com

Screenshots

Chess Platform3 screens
ScrollChess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chess Platform at Free against ScrollChess's $6.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Chess Platform is free to download; ScrollChess costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Chess Platform versus ScrollChess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess PlatformScrollChess
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMini Apps Builder, Inc.ANDRII BONDAR

In-app purchases

None

Chess Platform

No in-app purchases

None

ScrollChess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Platform free?
Chess Platform is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScrollChess free?
ScrollChess costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chess Platform or ScrollChess have ads?
Neither Chess Platform nor ScrollChess shows ads.

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