Comparison

Checkers Mobile vs Original Checkers

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

Head to head
About

Checkers Mobile

Engage in a classic game of Checkers with an advanced AI opponent. Master diagonal moves, strategic jumps, and king promotions to outwit your opponent. Enjoy a simple yet captivating mind game designed for all devices.

Highlights
  • Advanced AI opponent
  • Diagonal piece movement
  • Strategic jumping captures
  • King piece promotion
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Designed for phones and tablets
Features
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Play a captivating game of Checkers. Move your pieces diagonally to unoccupied squares. If the adjacent square has an opponent's piece, and the next square on the diagonal is vacant, you can capture your opponent's piece and move to the empty square. Chain your jumps to move faster and try denying your opponent that chance. A simple and fun game to play! Try it now! FEATURES - Advanced AI opponent - Easy to play and simple to use - Designed for both Tablets and Phones - Beautiful and simple graphics TIPS - You play with the red pieces and the AI plays with the white pieces. - Tap on a piece to select it and then tap the square where you want to place it. - When a piece reaches the top row it becomes a king. Kings can also be moved backwards and capture backwards. - The player without any pieces remaining or the one that cannot move because he has no available moves will lose the game. If you have any technical problems please email us directly at support@gsoftteam.com. Please, don’t leave support problems in our comments – we don’t check those regularly and it will take longer to fix any issues that you might encounter. Thank you for your understanding! Last but not least, a big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who has played Checkers Mobile!

About

Original Checkers

Engage in classic checkers gameplay against AI, a local opponent, or online players. Capture all opponent pieces by strategically moving your checkers diagonally and making captures. The objective is to eliminate all of the opposing checkers to win.

Highlights
  • Play against AI
  • Local multiplayer (same device)
  • Online multiplayer
  • Diagonal checker movement
  • Capture opponent pieces
  • Objective: capture all opponent checkers
Features
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Play a game of standard checkers against the computer, a friend on the same device, or someone over the internet. To play the game, each player moves one of their checkers diagonally, one square at a time. If one of the other player's checkers is on a diagonal square next to yours, then you can capture it, if the next square behind it is empty. To win the game, you need to capture all of the other player's checkers.

Screenshots

Checkers Mobile4 screens
Original Checkers2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Original Checkers at 5.0 against Checkers Mobile's 4.3. Original Checkers also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Checkers Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 1). 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. Checkers Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Original Checkers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Original Checkers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checkers Mobile has 134 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkers Mobile ships an update every 9 months, Original Checkers every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Checkers Mobile versus Original Checkers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckers MobileOriginal Checkers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (134 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings134 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperG Soft TeamMOBILEFUSION APPS LTD

Customer experience

Checkers Mobile

All ratings134 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Original Checkers

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Checkers Mobile

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Original Checkers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checkers Mobile free?
Checkers Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Original Checkers free?
Original Checkers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Checkers Mobile or Original Checkers?
Original Checkers is rated higher. Checkers Mobile averages 4.3 out of 5 from 134 ratings, while Original Checkers averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Checkers Mobile or Original Checkers have ads?
Both Checkers Mobile and Original Checkers show ads.
Which is updated more often, Checkers Mobile or Original Checkers?
Checkers Mobile ships an update every 9 months, and Original Checkers every 5 months. Most recently, Checkers Mobile was updated on November 6, 2026 and Original Checkers on November 2, 2026.

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