Pulsar Chess Engine vs Tic Tac Toe App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pulsar Chess Engine
Play chess and six popular variants with adjustable AI difficulty levels. Review logged games, access master game collections, and utilize Crafty engine analysis for standard chess and Chess960. Offers accessibility features for blind users.
- Plays 7 chess variants
- Adjustable AI difficulty levels
- Game logging and review
- Master game collections
- Crafty engine analysis
- VoiceOver accessibility
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The Pulsar Chess Engine plays Chess and six variants all with multiple levels. The variants are Chess960, Crazyhouse, Loser's, Atomic, Three Checks and Giveaway. Rules included in-app. In addition, there is also a review mode to look at the user's log file with analysis available for non variants. 10 game collections of classic and modern master games are included to look at including Kasparov, Fischer, Carlsen, Capablanca and Morphy 1858 collections. These collections and the log file are searchable. Pulsar values mobility and active positions. In app there is an article with more on its playing style and how to train against it. With the variants, each has its own style. Chess960, Three Checks and Crazyhouse are the more chess like variants and adoptable to learn to play for anyone with interest. The rules of all games are in app. Pulsar has levels of play from beginner too advanced. Games with a time control are the hardest though Pulsar doesn't call the player's time. The time is more to handicap Pulsar's strength, but users will have a clock and can see if it's gone negative if they want to play the time control. The game button - configure game menu item, lets the user control the variant and difficulty. It defaults to Chess at Easy(lowest level) but remembers the current settings when the App restarts. There are choices of pieces and board color schemes. The Pulsar program was originally developed by me for computers starting in 1998 and came to mobile for the first time in 2014. Pulsar's board is accessible to the blind using Voice Over, a screen reader. Tap on a square and it will say whats on it and double tap to move or choose from three move methods. A screen reader can normally read anything with text like a button, but a board is a collection of images. To make it accessible, text must be returned to Voice Over when a tap is in the area of a square. Pulsar began as a chess program and later learned variants. It ran extensively on two servers for many years both at chess and variants. The ratings on the board reflect strength I saw in rated play on handicapped bots. They are not 100% exact but generalizations I made from the various bots I ran at different settings. If in the new game selector, Play vs. Computer is unchecked the user can move for both sides. This is to allow two people at same location to use the App as a board for a game and have the app enforce move legality and results for whatever variant is selected.
Tic Tac Toe App
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El triqui de toda la vida, pero con algo en juego. ¿Quién lava la loza esta semana? ¿Quién invita el cine? En vez de discutirlo, que lo decida el tablero. Elige la apuesta, juega y que el perdedor cumpla. CÓMO SE JUEGA Dos personas se turnan en el mismo teléfono. Gana la partida quien primero llegue a cinco rondas ganadas, así que una mala jugada no lo decide todo: siempre hay revancha. Antes de empezar eliges entre quiénes es el reto y qué se apuesta. Al terminar, la pantalla final le recuerda al perdedor exactamente lo que debe. MODOS DE JUEGO • Dos jugadores. El modo clásico, con apuesta de por medio. • Contra la CPU. Para practicar cuando no hay con quién jugar, con tres niveles: - Fácil: juega al azar, ideal para los más pequeños. - Medio: juega bien, aunque se le escapan algunas. - Difícil: juego perfecto. Como mucho lograrás empatar. APUESTAS PARA CADA OCASIÓN Cinco categorías pensadas para distintos retos: entre padres e hijos, entre hermanos, entre amigos, entre esposos y entre novios. Desde lavar la loza o sacar la mascota hasta una cena romántica o un día de spa. ¿Ninguna te convence? Escribe la tuya. PONLE NOMBRE A CADA QUIEN Nada de "Jugador 1" y "Jugador 2". Escribe los nombres reales y la app hablará de ustedes: de quién es el turno, quién va ganando y quién quedó debiendo. HISTORIAL Y ESTADÍSTICAS Cada partida terminada queda registrada. Consulta el marcador histórico entre ustedes dos, quién lleva la racha y qué apuestas se han jugado. Se acabaron las discusiones sobre quién gana más. PRESUME TU VICTORIA Comparte el resultado por WhatsApp o donde quieras, con la apuesta incluida. Que quede por escrito. PENSADO PARA TODAS LAS EDADES Reglas que cualquiera conoce, controles grandes y claros, y textos que se adaptan si tienes configurado un tamaño de letra mayor. Los niveles de dificultad permiten que un niño y un adulto encuentren cada uno su reto. SIN COMPLICACIONES • Gratis y sin anuncios. • Sin registro ni cuentas. • Funciona sin conexión a internet. • Tus nombres y tu historial se quedan en tu dispositivo. No se envía nada a ningún servidor. Descárgala, reta a tu gente y que empiece a rodar la cuenta de favores pendientes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tic Tac Toe App at Free against Pulsar Chess Engine's $1.99. Tic Tac Toe App also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Pulsar Chess Engine's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Tic Tac Toe App is free to download; Pulsar Chess Engine costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pulsar Chess Engine ships an update every 2 months, Tic Tac Toe App every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pulsar Chess Engine | Tic Tac Toe App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Adams | JOHN FREDY ARISTIZABAL ESCOBAR |
In-app purchases
Pulsar Chess Engine
No in-app purchases
Tic Tac Toe App
No in-app purchases
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