NRTM vs Lichess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NRTM
This app helps tournament organizers manage "Android: Netrunner" events. It simplifies player registration and handles pairings for both Swiss and double elimination rounds. Supports multiple languages for global use.
- Tournament management
- Player registration
- Swiss round pairings
- Double elimination pairings
- Multi-language support
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NRTM is a tournament manager for "Android: Netrunner". It allows tournament organizers to easily and quickly enter players and manage the pairings for swiss and double elimination rounds. NRTM is available in English, German, Spanish, French and Japanese.
Lichess
Play chess online with millions of users, participate in tournaments, solve puzzles, and analyze games. This free and open-source application offers a comprehensive chess experience for players of all levels, with features for learning and casual play.
- Real-time and correspondence chess
- Arena tournaments
- Chess puzzles
- Game analysis with Stockfish
- Interactive study feature
- Chess clock
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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. The following features are available right now: - play real time or correspondence chess - play arena tournaments - play against online bots - solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline - race against the clock in Puzzle Storm - analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server - board editor - study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature - learn board coordinates - play over the board with a friend - watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments - watch Lichess TV and online streamers - use a chess clock for your over the board games - many different board themes and piece sets - custom background themes - translated into 55 languages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NRTM at 100% against Lichess's 52%. NRTM also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). Lichess's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (662 vs 7). 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
Both are free to download. NRTM sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Lichess asks for nothing beyond the download.
NRTM holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lichess has 662 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of NRTM's written reviews are positive against 52% of Lichess's.
NRTM ships an update every 6 weeks, Lichess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NRTM | Lichess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 4.1 (662 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 51.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 662 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #54 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gereon Steffens | LICHESS.ORG |
Customer experience
NRTM
Lichess
Bugs and requests
NRTM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lichess
Reported bugs
1 issue- Swipe-to-go-back gesture interferes with piece placement
Requested features
3 requests- Name of opening in opening explorer
- Ability to add and subtract additional things on the homepage
- Reset/replay button on puzzles
In-app purchases
NRTM
- Generous Tip$0.99
- Massive Tip$1.99
- Amazing Tip$3.99
Lichess
No in-app purchases
