Comparison

Warrior Chess vs Chess Era

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

Head to head
About

Warrior Chess

Experience chess in a visually rich 3D environment with multiple themed locations. Features include an interactive board, AI opponents with adjustable difficulty, and a comprehensive tutorial. Enhance your gameplay with move hints, opening galleries, and the ability to save and analyze games.

Highlights
  • Interactive 3D board with rotation and zoom
  • 10 unique themed locations
  • AI opponents with 50 difficulty settings
  • Move hint and trainer features
  • Opening moves gallery
  • Timed games and move undo/redo
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Play chess in this glorious high resolution 3D world. With 10 highly detailed Locations "Easter Village", "Baroque", "Courtyard", "Country Garden", "Medieval Times", "1066: Battle of Hastings", "Aztec Ruins", "Stone Mountain", "Steam Punk" & "Halloween: Trick Or Treat?" "Halloween: Trick Or Treat?" Location is currently FREE to play for the holiday season. Can you beat the AI and become a true Chess Warrior? Game Features Include: ► Interactive 3D board, rotate, zoom and view & play from any angle ► 10 Locations · Easter Village · 17th Century Baroque · Courtyard · Country Garden · Medievial Times · 1066: Battle of Hastings · Aztec Ruins · Stone Mountain · Steam Punk · Halloween: Trick Or Treat? ► Use the Trainer Feature in the Hint menu to show all the legal moves for each piece before playing, and the possible outcome of the move (Check,Checkmate, Promotion, En Passante, Castle & Piece Taken) at each position. ► 3D & 2D Chess pieces ► Opening moves gallery, browse 2500+ chess openings and play through them ► 2 Player board rotation. Place the device on the table like a real chess board! ► 50 AI difficulty settings, from Easy to Grand Master ► Timed games from 5 minutes to 99 minutes. ► Stuck?, use the move hint generation feature ► Undo & Redo moves, even after Checkmate. ► Show all the moves for the current game ► Hovering Chess Icons, to help identify the pieces ► Using Undo/Redo, walk through all the moves ► Restart a completed game from any previous point ► Save & Load games, to be replayed / analysed or finished later ► Detailed "How to Play" chess tutorial showing all the moves ► Support for "Castling", "En Passant" and "Pawn Promotion" ► Device Performance control - Use the "Visual Quality" settings in the options to adjust the performance on your device ► Time/Day settings for each Location (Sunrise, Day, Sunset, Night) ► Camera settings to disable in-game panning, or lock the camera to a fixed view ► Use In-App purchase to remove adverts and unlock all features Note: If you have previously bought the game and it is locked, select the "Restore" option to unlock and restore your purchase!

About

Chess Era

This online chess school connects students, coaches, schools, and parents. Students can play, challenge friends, and track progress. Coaches can conduct tournaments and provide live online lessons, while schools manage classes and students.

Highlights
  • Play with other students
  • Challenge friends
  • Track progress
  • Collaborative study
  • Conduct tournaments
  • Online coaching with video
  • Student game analysis
  • School management dashboard
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Congratulations on choosing Chess as one of the means to improve our child's critical thinking and problem solving skills. Chess Era is an Online Chess School built around 4 key stake holders: Students, Coaches, Schools and Parents. 1. Starting with Students, they can: 1. Play with other students 2. Challenge their friends 3. Track their progress 4. Share their ideas with others to have a collaborative study 2. We have some excellent tools for the Coaches as well. They can: 1. Conduct tournament among students 2. Do Online Coaching with Board and Live Video 3. Can analyse every student's game and work 4. Have full control on student's progress and tracking 3. Now the most important feature the Chess Era provides is for the School managements: 1. Gives you a dashboard for the class and the student 2. Can do announcements 3. Assign coaches for the batches and track them 4. Handle multi school/branches with tracking 4. Parents also benefit from the Chess Era as it ensures 1. Their child's engagement and enthusiasm 2. And help them track the progress of their Child

Screenshots

Warrior Chess4 screens
Chess Era4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Era at none against Warrior Chess's 14. Warrior Chess's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 25%). On price, update cadence, 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. Warrior Chess sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Chess Era asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Warrior Chess versus Chess Era: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWarrior ChessChess Era
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB106 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAfter Dark Studios LtdKREEDALOKA PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

Warrior Chess

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Chess Era

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Warrior Chess

One-time12
  • Stone Mountain2 variants$2.99
  • Baroque2 variants$2.99
  • 1066: Battle of Hastings$2.99
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  • Medieval Times$2.99
  • 1066 Battle of Hastings$2.99
  • Halloween$2.99
  • Aztec Ruins$2.99
  • Steam Punk$2.99
  • Country Garden$2.99
  • Courtyard$2.99
  • Easter Village$2.99
  • Unlock All Themes & Ads$19.99
None

Chess Era

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Warrior Chess free?
Warrior Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Era free?
Chess Era is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Warrior Chess or Chess Era have ads?
Both Warrior Chess and Chess Era show ads.
Which is updated more often, Warrior Chess or Chess Era?
Warrior Chess ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chess Era every 3 weeks. Most recently, Warrior Chess was updated on October 11, 2026 and Chess Era on October 1, 2026.

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