Chess vs Berlin Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess
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Chess Tracker is your companion for online chess ratings. • Follow favorites — track players on Chess.com and Lichess • Alerts — new peaks, milestones (e.g. crossing 2000), and rating drops • Leaderboard — top players by time control • Player profiles — rating history, openings, heatmap, recent games • Daily puzzle — straight from Chess.com • Compare & favorites ranking — who's ahead? • Your profile — set a rating goal and track progress • Widgets, Live Activity (Lichess), Siri, app icons, iCloud sync, German & English Not affiliated with Chess.com or Lichess. Data from their public APIs.
Berlin Chess
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Berlin Chess is a map of everywhere in the city you can sit down at a board. More than eighty places: the traditional clubs with their Tuesday evenings, the cafés with a standing Saturday meetup, the park tables, and the Späti with boards on the pavement from seven. Each one with its address, what actually happens there, and a route from where you are. And a calendar of what is on. Tournaments, club nights and blitz evenings from across Berlin, gathered from the Berliner Schachverband's own calendar and from the public calendars the clubs publish themselves — then read by a person before anything appears here. Grouped by when they happen: today, tomorrow, next week. Multi-day tournaments show on every day they run, not just the day they open. Save the places you actually play at. Berlin has eighty; you will use four. Tap the star and they are on your profile, one tap from the map and from directions. Free. In English and German. No advertising, no tracking, no analytics. WHAT IT IS NOT You cannot play chess in this app. It tells you where the people are. ABOUT THE DATA Venues were researched one at a time from the Berliner Schachverband's club list. Events come from public calendars and are checked before publication. Something wrong, or a club night missing? Write to berlinchessapp@gmail.com — corrections are welcome and are usually live the same week. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Berlin Chess ist eine Karte aller Orte der Stadt, an denen man sich an ein Brett setzen kann. Über achtzig Orte: die traditionsreichen Vereine mit ihren Dienstagabenden, die Cafés mit festem Samstagstreff, die Tische im Park und der Späti, vor dem ab sieben die Bretter stehen. Jeweils mit Adresse, was dort wirklich läuft, und der Route von deinem Standort. Dazu ein Kalender. Turniere, Spieleabende und Blitzturniere aus ganz Berlin — aus dem Terminkalender des Berliner Schachverbands und den öffentlichen Kalendern der Vereine, geprüft von einem Menschen, bevor etwas erscheint. Sortiert danach, wann sie stattfinden: heute, morgen, nächste Woche. Mehrtägige Turniere stehen an jedem Tag, an dem sie laufen. Speichere die Orte, an denen du wirklich spielst. Berlin hat achtzig; du nutzt vier. Tippe auf den Stern, und sie stehen in deinem Profil. Kostenlos. Auf Deutsch und Englisch. Keine Werbung, kein Tracking, keine Analyse. WAS ES NICHT IST In dieser App kann man nicht Schach spielen. Sie zeigt, wo die Leute sind. Kartendaten © OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Berlin Chess at 16.4 against Chess's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Chess | Berlin Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dustin-Joel Eden | Ozgr Besbudak |
In-app purchases
Chess
No in-app purchases
Berlin Chess
No in-app purchases









