Comparison

Serene Chess vs Chess

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

Head to head
About

Serene Chess

Engage in deep chess play with a powerful engine and thousands of tactics puzzles. Analyze your games with detailed reviews and practice specific chess concepts. Enjoy a calm, offline experience with no ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • Tunable chess engine opponent
  • Thousands of tactics puzzles
  • Detailed game review and analysis
  • Offline play with no account required
  • Practice specific chess tactics
  • Calm and distraction-free interface
Features
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Serene Chess is a calm space for deep play: a strong engine, four thousand tactics puzzles, and a review that shows you where the game actually turned. Everything works offline, with no account, no ads, and no data collected. PLAY • A tunable opponent, from a gentle club player to full strength • Three playing styles: Defender, Balanced, Aggressor • Hints, takebacks, draw offers, resignation, and PGN sharing • Your opening named as you play it, from the standard ECO tables PUZZLES • 4,000 tactics puzzles bundled in the app and playable anywhere • Four difficulty bands, from Gentle to Severe • Choose the idea you want to practise: forks, pins, skewers, deflection, back-rank mates, endgames • A new puzzle every day, with streaks and honest progress REVIEW • The engine walks back through your finished game, move by move • Accuracy for both sides, and the moments that decided the result • See what the engine would have played instead • Tap any moment to jump straight to that position on the board QUIET BY DESIGN Soft wood tones, an evaluation bar you can switch off, gentle haptics, and a dark mode that stays dark. Nothing flashes, nothing nags, nothing is sold to you. Stockfish runs entirely on your device. No account, no network, no analytics: your games never leave your phone.

About

Chess

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Train your tactical vision with PuzzleRush, a focused chess puzzle experience built for quick, distraction-free practice. Features: • Solve tactical positions for both sides • Get clear feedback for correct and incorrect moves • Use hints when you need a nudge • Build a puzzle-solving streak • Practice promotions and multi-move combinations • Continue training without an internet connection • No account, ads, or tracking Find the best move, calculate the continuation, and improve one puzzle at a time.

Screenshots

Serene Chess4 screens
Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

Serene Chess and Chess are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Serene Chess versus Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSerene ChessChess
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam AlstonYENAL DUMAN

In-app purchases

None

Serene Chess

No in-app purchases

None

Chess

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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