Comparison

Remote Checkers vs Dropline.life

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

Head to head
About

Remote Checkers

Features
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Classic American Checkers (or English Draughts) game, designed to be played by two remote players, using two network connected iPads.

About

Dropline.life

Experience a classic board game with enhanced depth, featuring ranked play, diverse game modes, and daily challenges. Customize your experience with unlockable themes and pieces, and maintain your daily streak for rewards.

Highlights
  • Ranked and casual play
  • Multiple game modes (Connect 5, Spin, Ghost, Tic-Tac-Toe variants)
  • Daily puzzles and timed modes
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Customizable themes and pieces
  • Optional Pro subscription
Features
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Dropline is eleven board games in one app, and eight of them are ranked. Every ranked game has its own Elo rating and ladder, from Wood up to Grandmaster. Power Battles Four in a row with powers. Your power charges as you play and you pick the moment to use it: drop a Bomb that clears the squares around it, freeze a column so they can't play there, or rewind their last move. In ranked, each side bans one power before picking. New powers are added over time, and you can star two as your mains. The ranked games • Classic: seven columns, first to four in a row wins • Spin: put a chip in any empty square, then flick its column so it flips end over end • Ghost: only the last eight moves stay on the board, so you play from memory • Gomoku: five in a row on a 15×15 board, and nothing falls • Power Battles • Big Tac Toe: four in a row on a 5×5 board • Vanish: you only ever have three marks, and a fourth takes away your oldest • Ultimate: nine small boards inside one big one, and where you play decides where they play next For fun • Tic-Tac-Toe, and Misère, where three in a row loses • Stack: bigger pieces cover smaller ones, and you can move a piece instead of placing a new one Ways to play Play online with a clock or without one, invite a friend with a link, take on the computer at eight levels from Rookie to Grandmaster, or pass one phone back and forth. Ranked games are played online. Power Battles also has tournaments, against the computer or with friends. Puzzles and getting better • Five new puzzles every day, plus Puzzle Rush and Endless • Journey: 150 levels of puzzles, each one checked by a solver • Learn: short tactics lessons • Game Review grades every move you made, lets you replay the game move by move, and shows what you missed when a move wasn't the best Streaks and levels A game or a puzzle keeps your daily streak going, and every seven days earns a rest day that covers a day you miss. Daily, weekly and monthly quests raise your level, which unlocks boards, chips, avatars and taunts. Friends Add friends, message them, challenge them, and see how they did on the daily puzzles. Every ranked game has its own leaderboard. Make it yours Themes, boards, chip sets and avatars, most of them free or earned as you level up. Dropline Pro Pro is optional. It removes ads and gives you unlimited Game Review, lessons, puzzle practice and move explanations. Free players get one review, one lesson and one explanation a day. Pro also adds Pro themes, a Pro board, avatars and taunts, a custom chip colour and a gold badge on your profile. Choose monthly or yearly. It renews automatically until you cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Remote Checkers1 screens
Dropline.life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dropline.life at Free against Remote Checkers's $0.99. Dropline.life also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 12 months). Remote Checkers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Dropline.life is free to download; Remote Checkers costs $0.99 up front. Dropline.life sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Remote Checkers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Checkers ships an update every 12 months, Dropline.life daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Remote Checkers versus Dropline.life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote CheckersDropline.life
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuigi FontiDONNELL SMITH

In-app purchases

None

Remote Checkers

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dropline.life

Subscriptions2
  • connect4 Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • connect4 Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Remote Checkers free?
Remote Checkers costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dropline.life free?
Dropline.life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Remote Checkers or Dropline.life have ads?
Dropline.life shows ads; Remote Checkers does not.
Which is updated more often, Remote Checkers or Dropline.life?
Remote Checkers ships an update every 12 months, and Dropline.life daily. Most recently, Remote Checkers was updated on October 26, 2026 and Dropline.life on October 23, 2026.

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