Comparison

Chess Next Move Calculator vs BChess

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

Head to head
About

Chess Next Move Calculator

Features
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Point your camera at a chessboard and find the best move in seconds. Chess Next Move Calculator runs Stockfish — the strongest chess engine in the world — directly on your iPhone. Set up any position, get the best continuation, and understand what you should have played. SCAN A REAL BOARD Playing over the board, reading a chess book, or stuck on a puzzle in a magazine? Photograph the position and the app reads the pieces for you. Fix anything it misread with a tap, and you have a live position ready to analyze — no manual setup. FIND THE BEST MOVE Stockfish evaluates the position and draws the strongest move straight on the board. Adjust how long the engine thinks: a quick read when you just need a check, a deeper search when the position is sharp. Analyze as White or as Black. SET UP ANY POSITION Tap to place pieces on an empty board, or paste a FEN string to load a position instantly. Flip the board, take back a move, or clear and start again. Useful for studying an opening line, working through a tactics puzzle, or replaying the game you just lost. PLAY AGAINST THE ENGINE A full game against Stockfish, with difficulty set by Elo rating — dial it down to a gentle opponent while you are learning, or up to a level that will punish a careless move. Castling, en passant and promotion are all handled. Track your score, your move count and your personal best. WORKS WITHOUT A CONNECTION The engine is built into the app, so analysis and games run with no internet and no data usage — on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. (Board scanning is the one exception: photo recognition runs on our servers.) 49 LANGUAGES Including Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Vietnamese and Indonesian, with full right-to-left support. FREE TO USE Engine moves and take-backs draw on a coin balance that refills on its own, so you are never locked out. Premium removes coins altogether and supports continued development. Whether you are reviewing your own games, solving puzzles, preparing an opening or simply want to know the move you missed — Chess Next Move Calculator gives you an engine-strength answer in seconds. Terms of Use (EULA): https://chessnmp.mahajanworks.com/terms

About

BChess

Features
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BChess é xadrez contra o robô — rápido, offline e com visual limpo. Escolha a dificuldade (Fácil, Normal ou Difícil), jogue de brancas ou pretas e acompanhe o material capturado. Use dicas e desfazer com cotas grátis; depois, pode assistir a um anúncio para continuar. Personalize o tabuleiro e as peças, consulte suas estatísticas locais e aprenda o básico em “Como jogar”. Sem conta. Sem multiplayer. Só você, o tabuleiro e o robô.

Screenshots

Chess Next Move Calculator4 screens
BChess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BChess at 13.0 against Chess Next Move Calculator's 16.6. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Chess Next Move Calculator versus BChess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Next Move CalculatorBChess
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB136 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRaj MahajanBRUNA Gontijo

In-app purchases

None

Chess Next Move Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

BChess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Next Move Calculator free?
Chess Next Move Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BChess free?
BChess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chess Next Move Calculator or BChess have ads?
Both Chess Next Move Calculator and BChess show ads.

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