Comparison

BridgeFun vs ChessBot

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

Head to head
About

BridgeFun

Practice and improve your bridge skills with a variety of exercises and classic hands. Learn techniques from master players and analyze historical matches. This offline app is perfect for honing your game anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Declarer play exercises
  • Classic hands with master comments
  • Level evaluation system
  • Historical match analysis
  • Custom hand dealing and saving
  • Offline play
Features
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Bridge Exercises It‘s for you to practice bridge, and provide you a lot of classic hands to better understand bridge basic play, it includes: A good bridge declarer relies on a variety of skills, strategies and techniques, it helps you practice more. It's NOT a on-line game, does NOT need internet. It's simply a bridge table that you can learn bridge technique, train yourselves, enjoy bridge master's skills at anytime and anywhere, and a perfect product for you to improve your playing skills. (1) Bridge Exercises It offers tons of declarer play exercises for players of all skill levels to practice playing skills. Level evaluation: 1 star: Winning ratio less than 50% 2 star: Winning ratio more than 50% and leas than 60% 3 star: Winning ratio more than 60% and leas than 70% 4 star: Winning ratio more than 70% and leas than 80% 5 star: Winning ratio more than 80% (2) Bridge Basic Play It SHOWs you a lot of classic hands played by the famous bridge masters with comments to illustrate the various techniques for you to improve your playing skills. The classic hands include safety play, removing play, block and unblock, killing defense, extra chance, etc, which covers all declarer and defense basic playing skills. If you go through all hands with a moment thinking, it would be a noticeable improvement in your playing skill. Tips for you: Don't play to the first trick too quickly. Force yourself to stop and think. Concentrate on the opening lead for a few seconds so you'll remember it later. Decide what it tells you about the leader's length or strength in that suit. Review the bidding. If one of your opponents has bid, try to come up with a general picture of his point-count and his length in the suit bid. Always Count your losers and winners. Hope you become a very good player and have many bridge fun days. (3) Bridge Best Hand of The Year a) The Best Played Hand of the Year (1974-2024) b) The Best Defence of the Year(1985-2024) c) The Best Play by a Junior(1996-2024) d) The BOLS Brilliancy Prize(1977-1987) e) The Best Play of the Year by a Woman(1985-1986) (4) Bridge Bermuda Bowl It includes (Both Open and Close Room) : 1955, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 Bermuda Bowl Final. (5) Easy Bridge When and where you want to play Bridge, take it Easy. Just for fun. (6) My Bridge Hands After setting contract info, you can deal cards manually, then play and save them. When you see a memorable play or good hands in one web, or in a game, or in a magazine, newspaper, you can play it in your device, enjoy it at any time.

About

ChessBot

This app offers a comprehensive chess experience, allowing you to play against AI with adjustable difficulty, challenge friends, and analyze your games. It includes a detailed guidebook with lessons, openings, and puzzles to improve your skills.

Highlights
  • Play vs. AI with scalable ELO
  • Human vs. Human mode
  • Game management and sharing
  • PGN import/export
  • Board analysis and statistics
  • Chess openings, puzzles, and lessons
  • Play with friends via iMessage
Features
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ChessBot is an elegant chess app designed for Apple platforms — play, learn, and analyze on iPhone and iPad. Whether you are picking up your first pawn or refining a tournament repertoire, ChessBot pairs a strong chess engine with a clean, focused board. KEY FEATURES • Play against the computer or a friend — Human vs Human and Human vs Computer modes. • Strong engine hints — get the best next move whenever you are stuck, powered by a modern NNUE engine. • Encyclopedia of Chess Openings — explore and learn named openings from the full ECO catalog. • Classic or 3D board — switch between a crisp 2D board and a real-time 3D board. • Import & export PGN — bring in your games or share them anywhere, and preview PGN files right in the Files app. • Save & share games — keep your games organized and send positions to friends. • Play over iMessage — challenge friends to a game without leaving Messages. • Beautiful, native design — thoughtfully built for iPhone and iPad. Questions or suggestions? We would love to hear from you at chessbotapp@outlook.com.

Screenshots

BridgeFun4 screens
ChessBot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ChessBot at Free against BridgeFun's $6.99. ChessBot also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). BridgeFun's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On ads 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

ChessBot is free to download; BridgeFun costs $6.99 up front. ChessBot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BridgeFun asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BridgeFun ships an update every 3 months, ChessBot every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BridgeFun versus ChessBot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBridgeFunChessBot
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating—4.0 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丽娜 夏Hengyu Zhou

Customer experience

BridgeFun

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

ChessBot

All ratings34 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative27.3%

In-app purchases

None

BridgeFun

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

ChessBot

Subscriptions2
  • ChessBot Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • ChessBot Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Master of Chess$29.99

Questions

Is BridgeFun free?
BridgeFun costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessBot free?
ChessBot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BridgeFun or ChessBot have ads?
Neither BridgeFun nor ChessBot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BridgeFun or ChessBot?
BridgeFun ships an update every 3 months, and ChessBot every 2 months. Most recently, BridgeFun was updated on September 25, 2026 and ChessBot on August 29, 2026.

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