Comparison

Tesserae Trails vs Ocean Chess

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

Head to head
About

Tesserae Trails

A relaxing puzzle game where you blend colored glass tiles by jumping them over adjacent tiles. Progress through a campaign or solve daily challenges to master color mixing and achieve efficient solutions.

Highlights
  • Color blending mechanics
  • Tournament-themed campaign
  • Daily puzzles
  • Star-based progression
  • Luminous glass visuals
  • Offline play
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Tesserae Trails is a calm, tactile color puzzle inspired by a classic Macintosh game. Each tile is a pane of colored glass. Jump one tile over a neighbor and onto a third: the middle tile is absorbed and your tile blends its color into where it lands. Red over yellow, blue onto orange — mix the three primaries into secondaries and, finally, into a single glowing piece. • A tournament-themed campaign: twelve groups of trails, unlocked level by level • A new Daily Puzzle every day, each with its own color and difficulty • Earn stars for efficient solutions and open up further trails • Luminous glass visuals, fluid animation, and gentle haptics and sound • No accounts, no ads, no tracking — just you and the board • Plays entirely offline Simple to learn, satisfying to master.

About

Ocean Chess

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Think you know chess? Think again. Ocean Chess takes chess puzzles to a whole new level with boards that break all the rules. Teleport your pieces across the board, step on a transformation tile to become a queen, and watch out for deadly traps! 300 hand-crafted puzzles. One forced solution each. No luck, no guessing — just pure chess logic pushed to its limits. When normal chess feels too easy, try Blindfold mode — memorize the board before it disappears, then solve it from memory. Or race the clock in Time Trial and see how fast you can think. Every puzzle is a new challenge. Every solution is satisfying. Are you smart enough to solve them all?

Screenshots

Tesserae Trails4 screens
Ocean Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tesserae Trails at none against Ocean Chess's 6. Tesserae Trails also leads on ads (none vs shown). Ocean Chess's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Ocean Chess sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Tesserae Trails asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tesserae Trails ships an update monthly, Ocean Chess every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tesserae Trails versus Ocean Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTesserae TrailsOcean Chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael MoelleringTheodor Norenberg

In-app purchases

None

Tesserae Trails

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Ocean Chess

One-time6
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • 1200 Coins$1.99
  • No Ads$2.99
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  • 2500 Coins$3.99
  • 6000 Coins$7.99
  • 25000 Coins$29.99

Questions

Is Tesserae Trails free?
Tesserae Trails is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ocean Chess free?
Ocean Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tesserae Trails or Ocean Chess have ads?
Ocean Chess shows ads; Tesserae Trails does not.
Which is updated more often, Tesserae Trails or Ocean Chess?
Tesserae Trails ships an update monthly, and Ocean Chess every 5 days. Most recently, Tesserae Trails was updated on October 31, 2026 and Ocean Chess on October 31, 2026.

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