Comparison

AI Chess vs Chess Evolutions

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

Head to head
About

AI Chess

Features
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Play chess against a real chess engine — one built from scratch, running entirely on your iPhone. No account. No internet required. No ads. AI Chess is powered by Andromida, our own engine written from the ground up in Swift. It isn't a wrapper around someone else's engine: the search, the evaluation, and the opening book are all ours, tuned through hundreds of measured self-play matches. A REAL ENGINE, NOT A TOY • Alpha-beta search with quiescence, transposition tables, null-move pruning, late move pruning, and reverse futility pruning — the same family of techniques the strongest engines use, implemented and measured one at a time. • Andromida starts from a 72-position opening book and quietly learns which lines work against you, favouring them over time. • Twenty strength levels and five play styles, from Passive to Aggressive — a fair fight whether you're learning the pieces or you're rated. • Two engine flavours, classic and bitboard, if you like to tinker. YOUR OWN CHESS COACH Turn on Coach Mode and every move you play is rated the moment you make it — Best, Good, Inaccuracy, Mistake, or Blunder. • On-board arrows show the move you should have played, and the reply your opponent was threatening. • Plain-English reasons: "Hangs your Knight." "Missed a forced checkmate." • Heads-up prompts before pivotal moves, so you get the chance to spot the tactic yourself. • Spoken coaching in four voices — pick the coach whose pace and tone suit you. • Every mistake is remembered. The Practice screen groups your recurring patterns and drops you back into the exact position to try again. PLAY HOW YOU LIKE • Play White, play Black, pass-and-play with a friend, or move both sides yourself in Analysis mode. • Time controls from 1+0 Bullet to 30+20 Classical — plus Custom and Unlimited for when you'd rather think than race. • Hints and live analysis, with evaluation and best-line arrows on the board. • Set up any position with the built-in editor. • Save, load, and e-mail your games as PGN. • Board themes, coordinates, figurine notation, legal-move dots, take-back and step-forward. OPTIONAL AI OPPONENTS Would you rather play a large language model LLMs? Bring your own API key (BYOK) and face Claude, GPT, Grok, Gemini and other providers — or download an on-device model and play a neural opponent with no internet at all. Your key is kept in your device's Keychain and used only to talk to the provider you picked. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no tracking, no data collection. Your games, your settings, and your AI Provider API keys stay on your device. FREE AND PRO The on-device AI opponent is free to play, indefinitely. An optional AI Chess Pro subscription unlocks the Andromida engines, Hint, Analysis, and Coach Mode. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial — cancel any time before it ends and you won't be charged. Subscriptions ; users still pay their AI provider directly for model usage. This apps is offering following auto-renewable subscriptions. 1. AIChess- Pro - Yearly Subscription - Title of auto-renewing subscription : Yearly - Length of subscription - Yearly auto renewal subscription - Price of subscription - $99.99 USD / Year - App privacy policy - https://aidigiapps.com/aichess/privacy.html and - Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ 2. AIChess- Pro - Monthly Subscription - Title of auto-renewing subscription : Monthly - Length of subscription - Monthly auto renewal subscription - Price of subscription - $9.99 USD / month - App privacy policy - https://aidigiapps.com/aichess/privacy.html and - Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chess Evolutions

Explore a reimagined chess experience with custom armies and unique pieces. Discover new strategies and gameplay modes beyond traditional chess. This game is designed for continuous growth with future updates.

Highlights
  • Customizable armies with point budgets
  • Fairy chess pieces
  • New gameplay modes
  • Traditional chess matches
  • Strategic experimentation
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Chess Evolutions reimagines the classic game of chess with new pieces, custom armies, and new ways to play. Build your own army within a point budget, experiment with fairy chess pieces, and discover strategies that aren't possible in traditional chess. Play classic-style matches or explore more advanced ways to build and battle. Chess Evolutions is designed to grow over time with new pieces, features, and ways to play.

Screenshots

AI Chess4 screens
Chess Evolutions3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Evolutions at none against AI Chess's 2. On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. AI Chess sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Chess Evolutions asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
AI Chess versus Chess Evolutions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI ChessChess Evolutions
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMahesh ShindeFAITH ILYSE KAUFMAN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AI Chess

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$99.991 Year
None

Chess Evolutions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AI Chess free?
AI Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Evolutions free?
Chess Evolutions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AI Chess or Chess Evolutions have ads?
Neither AI Chess nor Chess Evolutions shows ads.

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