Comparison

Stockfish 19 Chess Engine vs Down Round

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

Head to head
About

Stockfish 19 Chess Engine

Engage in a straightforward chess experience against a top-tier AI. This application allows you to play offline without needing an account, offering a pure challenge against a powerful engine.

Highlights
  • Play against Stockfish AI
  • Offline chess gameplay
  • No account required
  • Choose your side (White/Black)
  • Simple interface
Features
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Play chess against Stockfish, one of the world's strongest chess engines. Enjoy a simple and focused chess experience designed for players who want to challenge a powerful AI opponent without unnecessary features. PLAY AGAINST STOCKFISH Challenge the Stockfish chess engine and test your chess skills against the computer. Choose whether you or Stockfish plays as White or Black. PLAY OFFLINE Play chess without an internet connection. No online account is required to play against the Stockfish engine. SIMPLE CHESS EXPERIENCE Open the app, choose your side, and start playing. FEATURES * Stockfish chess engine * Play against AI * Offline chess gameplay * No account required Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy : https://sites.google.com/view/stockfish-chess-privacy/home

About

Down Round

Features
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You raised the money. Now survive the people. Down Round is a swipe-card startup simulator. Every card is someone at your door — your co-founder, your CTO, a reporter, the investor who already owns a piece of you. Swipe left or right. Every answer you give moves four meters: Cash, Morale, Hype, Product. The catch is that all four kill you at both ends. Run out of cash and it's payroll day. Never spend a dollar you didn't have to, and the board finds someone braver. Zero hype and nobody writes about the shutdown. Maximum hype and somebody finally asks to see the numbers. SIX ROUNDS, GARAGE TO BELL 426 hand-written cards across The Garage, the Angel Round, Series A, Series B, Series C and the IPO. Ten endings. Only one of them rings the bell. PLAN THE ROUND, THEN SURVIVE IT Every round opens with a board planning meeting. Pick your terms — take the full round, a tight one, or none at all — then commit your budget to R&D, Growth, Revenue, People or Efficiency. Every track is a trade, not a bonus, and what you commit stays committed. Your burn and runway sit on screen all day, and every hire makes the burn heavier. Keep the board's trust and it forgives a near miss at review. Every round dilutes your stake, and how much you still own when the bell rings decides what kind of IPO it was. NO TWO RUNS THE SAME Pick one of 10 company types — AI, fintech, Web3, games, health tech, developer tools, marketplace, consumer app, enterprise SaaS, software agency — and one of 10 founders, then name the company yourself. Every pick deals its own private cards into the deck, so the run in front of you is never quite the last one. WHAT SURVIVES THE RUN 14 achievements, ten of them a permanent legacy bonus on every run after it — also on Game Center, alongside leaderboards for your take at the bell (all-time and weekly) and your longest run. A Hall of Fame holding your record and a gallery of endings to fill in. A run takes 10–20 minutes, and it saves in the middle when the day doesn't cooperate. BUILT BY HAND 55 original anime-style illustrations, and portraits that breathe, blink, and look let down the moment you lean toward the wrong answer. Every sound effect and every note of the score is synthesized on your device as it plays, darkening chapter by chapter — there is not one audio file in this app. FREE TO START, ONE PAYMENT TO FINISH The Garage and the Angel Round are free in full. The paywall appears only after you have passed your first board review — never after a loss, because being replaced is an ending too, and it belongs in your Hall of Fame like any other. All 10 company types and all 10 founders are free. Series A through the IPO unlocks with a single one-time purchase. Not a subscription. Bridge Loans are an optional consumable, and your first one in every run is free. One will pull a blown meter back from the edge, buy a board round you came up short on, pass on a card you would rather not answer, or cover a headhunter's fee to bring someone in early. You never need one to reach the bell. NO STRINGS No ads. No account. No tracking. No connection needed to play — the whole game runs on your device. Game Center is optional; sign in only if you want the leaderboards. Playable in English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Deutsch, Français, 日本語 and 한국어.

Screenshots

Stockfish 19 Chess Engine4 screens
Down Round4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stockfish 19 Chess Engine at none against Down Round's 3. Stockfish 19 Chess Engine also leads on chart position (#121 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Down Round sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Stockfish 19 Chess Engine asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Stockfish 19 Chess Engine versus Down Round: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStockfish 19 Chess EngineDown Round
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#121 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB27 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperIshrak khanDajiale

In-app purchases

None

Stockfish 19 Chess Engine

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Down Round

One-time3
  • 3 Bridge Loans$0.99
  • 10 Bridge Loans$2.99
  • Down Round — Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Stockfish 19 Chess Engine free?
Stockfish 19 Chess Engine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Down Round free?
Down Round is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stockfish 19 Chess Engine or Down Round have ads?
Neither Stockfish 19 Chess Engine nor Down Round shows ads.

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