Comparison

Chess Call vs Crown Soar

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

Head to head
About

Chess Call

Features
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ChessCall is the easy way to play chess with the people you already know. It works like a chat app: pick a contact, send them a link, and once they join you play a real game of chess while messaging back and forth with text and voice. CHALLENGE YOUR CONTACTS Start a chat with anyone in your contacts and challenge them to chess. They tap your invite link and you're playing, no usernames, no sign-ups, just your Apple devices and iCloud. A REAL GAME, WITH A CLOCK Full chess rules, castling, en passant, promotion, check and checkmate, plus a proper chess clock. Choose 3, 5, or 10 minutes, or play with no clock at all. CHAT WHILE YOU PLAY Send text and voice messages right inside the game. Voice notes can play automatically so you never miss a word, and you can turn that off whenever you like. YOUR PRIVATE RIVALRIES There's no global leaderboard. Instead, ChessCall quietly keeps the head-to-head score between you and each contact, so you always know who's ahead. PRACTICE ANY TIME No one around to play? Practice offline against the built-in opponent and set the strength anywhere from beginner to expert. ON YOUR WRIST ChessCall runs on Apple Watch too. Play a full multiplayer or practice game right on the watch, no iPhone needed. And when it is your move in a real game, the watch shows the board so you can answer from your wrist with or without the iphone near by. WORKS EVERYWHERE A universal app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Your games sync through your own iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN ChessCall has no servers of its own. Your games and messages live in your iCloud and are shared only with the people you play. No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Requires an iCloud account. Playing with others requires each player to have ChessCall and be signed into iCloud.

About

Crown Soar

Experience a momentum-based flying game designed for Apple Watch and iPhone. Dive to gain speed, launch off crests, and glide as far as possible. Unlock new areas, birds, and music as you progress through various biomes.

Highlights
  • Momentum-based flying gameplay
  • Unlockable biomes, birds, and music
  • Adventure, Endless, and Ranked modes
  • Companion iPhone app for full experience
  • Earnable watch face complications
  • Offline play supported
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Soar is a momentum flying game built for Apple Watch. Dive into a slope to build speed, launch off the crest, and glide as far as the air will carry you. Every hill is a chance to go faster. HOW TO PLAY Hold to dive, release to fly. Time each dive so you meet the downslope at full speed and a clean landing slingshots you onward. Miss the line and you sink. Easy to pick up in a second, hard to put down. ALWAYS SOMETHING TO UNLOCK Soar is built around steady progress. Every run pushes a challenge forward, and finishing challenges opens the next area, the next biome, another of more than 130 birds, a new track for the soundtrack. Start in the Sunset Fields, then climb through the clouds toward Space or dig down past the Underground to the Core. Seventeen biomes, each with its own art, music and handling, and a new goal waiting the moment you land. THREE MODES • ADVENTURE: work through the world, one area at a time • ENDLESS: no limits, just distance, chasing your own best • RANKED: compete on the leaderboards Plus a Daily Flight every day with a fresh run and a morning reminder. A REAL IPHONE APP The companion is not a settings screen. Soar plays full screen on iPhone too, so you can play the whole game on your phone, follow your stats and listen to all 17 soundtrack pieces. Twelve food birds, from Pizza to Honey Cake, can only be earned by flying on iPhone, each with its own mission. EARN YOUR WATCH FACE Every biome you unlock also unlocks its artwork as a watch face complication. Seventeen in total, all earned by playing. MORE • PLAYS OFFLINE: no wifi, no account, no sign in, ever • ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: 17 tracks composed for the game • Built for the Digital Crown and the small screen, one hand, any moment FREE TO PLAY The Sunset Fields and the Desert are yours from the start, along with your first hop up to the Clouds and your first drop to the Underground. Play as long as you like without paying anything. CROWN GAMES ROYAL PASS Full game unlocked. The Royal Pass lifts the free tier limit and opens the whole world to you, every biome, every bird, every watch face artwork and every soundtrack piece. You still earn each one by flying, exactly as the game intends. The pass removes the wall, not the climb. One subscription covers every Crown game. It unlocks the full version of every other Crown Games title you own, and every game we release from here on. Subscribe once in any of our games and it carries across to the rest automatically, with nothing to sign in to and no account to create. The Royal Pass includes: • The full game unlocked in Soar, all 17 biomes, birds and artworks earnable • The full version of every other Crown Games title • Every future Crown Games release, included at no extra cost • Family Sharing for up to 6 family members Available as a weekly subscription with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers, a yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it any time in Settings. Cancel whenever you like and you keep playing the free biomes. Catch the updraft and see how far you can go. Terms of Use (EULA): https://playcrowngames.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playcrowngames.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Chess Call4 screens
Crown Soar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Call at none against Crown Soar's 4. Chess Call also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days) and device support (6 vs 2). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Crown Soar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Chess Call asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Call ships an update every 2 days, Crown Soar every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chess Call versus Crown Soar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess CallCrown Soar
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB131 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJan CordesRob Veen

In-app purchases

None

Chess Call

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Crown Soar

Subscriptions3
  • Royal Pass Weekly (Offer)$0.997 Days
  • Royal Pass Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Royal Pass Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Royal Pass Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Chess Call free?
Chess Call is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crown Soar free?
Crown Soar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chess Call or Crown Soar have ads?
Neither Chess Call nor Crown Soar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chess Call or Crown Soar?
Chess Call ships an update every 2 days, and Crown Soar every 4 days. Most recently, Chess Call was updated on November 5, 2026 and Crown Soar on October 31, 2026.

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