Comparison

OpeningBook vs Kawn

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

Head to head
About

OpeningBook

Features
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OpeningBook is a clean, offline reference and trainer for chess openings. BROWSE EVERYTHING • Thousands of named openings and variations, organized by ECO volume (A–E), family, and line — sourced from the open Lichess openings database. • Step through any line move-by-move on a real, playable board. • Read key ideas and classic traps for the major openings. SEARCH & FILTER • Find any opening by name, ECO code, or move sequence. • Filter by line length with a simple move-count slider. TRAIN YOUR REPERTOIRE • Add lines to your training set as White or Black. • Drill them in a play-your-side-vs-app loop. • Spaced repetition brings each line back for review at the right time. 100% offline. No account, no ads, no tracking.

About

Kawn

Features
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Kawn is an encyclopedia of the whole universe, written for curious minds in English and Arabic. Meet a snow leopard, fly past the rings of Saturn, then swing a pendulum on the Moon - all in one app. LIVING WORLD - Explore hundreds of thousands of animals and plants with photos, English and Arabic names and family trees - See conservation status, where each species has been recorded and its closest relatives - Life Near You shows the species people have recorded around you SPACE - A 3D solar system you can fly through, with real data for every planet and major moon - The astronomy picture of the day and a sky archive going back to 1995 - The International Space Station live on a map and upcoming rocket launches - Asteroids passing Earth and today's space weather PHYSICS LABS - Live simulations of pendulums, projectiles, gravity and orbits, waves, lenses and electric fields - Change a value and watch the result, with the equation behind it SCIENCE LIBRARY - The great laws of physics with worked examples - The fundamental constants of nature - Scientists across history, including the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age - A timeline of discovery VIDEO LIBRARY - Every category has its own video hub with themed collections, from big cats and carnivorous plants to black holes and quantum physics - Documentaries and explainers in Arabic and English from trusted science channels, played with YouTube's own player - Keep a Watch later list of the videos you want to see LEARN AND PLAY - Daily quizzes, challenge mode, explorer ranks and badges - Save favorites and listen to articles read aloud - Optional Sign in with Apple keeps your progress on all your devices Kawn Pro is a single one-time purchase that unlocks every physics lab, the full video library with Watch later, challenge mode, Life Near You and the full sky archive. No subscription. Content comes from iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NASA, JPL, NOAA and The Space Devs, and every photo is shown with its credit and license.

Screenshots

OpeningBook3 screens
Kawn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OpeningBook at none against Kawn's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. OpeningBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kawn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
OpeningBook versus Kawn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpeningBookKawn
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhenghong PengTariq Al-aqrabawi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OpeningBook

One-time1
  • Training Mode$3.99
1 purchases

Kawn

One-time1
  • Kawn Pro$4.99

Questions

Is OpeningBook free?
OpeningBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kawn free?
Kawn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OpeningBook or Kawn have ads?
Kawn shows ads; OpeningBook does not.

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