Comparison

詰将棋&必至 vs Kakuso Challenge

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

Head to head
About

詰将棋&必至

Practice Shogi endgame puzzles to improve your tactical play. This app offers 89 puzzles and a creation feature for up to 7-move checkmates. Contact the developer with feedback.

Highlights
  • Solve 89 Shogi endgame puzzles
  • Create up to 7-move checkmates
  • Improve tactical play
  • In-app feedback system
Features
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詰将棋&必至の問題を解いて寄せに強くなろう! *問題数は計89問です。 *創作機能は7手詰めまでの対応となっています。 *ご意見•ご要望がございましたらアプリ内のお問い合わせから メールを送信してください。

About

Kakuso Challenge

Features
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Attractive Layout, Amazing Graphics, Extraordinary Designed Board, Intuitive User Interface, Ease of Use. This is the more advance level board game that you should challenge like you never experience before. Unlimited puzzles with varied level of difficulty to fit your choice. 6x6, 8x8, 10x10, 10x12 You’ll never regret having this Kakuso Challenge, which is just perfectly challenge your mind, your logical thinking skill, your brain cells! Interrupted? Need a Break? Exit Kakuso Challenge and you’ll get to see your incomplete puzzle is saved and awaiting for your return. Stuck? Need some guide? Simply click on hints and you'll get an answer right away! Useful hints as aid, why not! Feature: - Auto Save Mode - Levels of Difficulty - Endless, Randomly Generated Puzzles - Game Timer - Pause/Resume Puzzle - Smart Hints How to play: The goal is to make some of the cells check in such a way that:
 1. Tap to fill the cells with Light Blue and Green squares.

 2. The check cells on each row and column to have equal number of Light Blue and Green squares. 3.1 Three(3) cells same color in row are not allowed for level 6 x 6 and 8 x 8. 3.2 Four(4) cells same color in row are not allowed for level 10 x 10 and 10 x 12 

 Tap to change cells color

Screenshots

詰将棋&必至2 screens
Kakuso Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 詰将棋&必至 at none against Kakuso Challenge's 3. 詰将棋&必至 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On price 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. Kakuso Challenge sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 詰将棋&必至 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

詰将棋&必至 ships an update every 6 weeks, Kakuso Challenge every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
詰将棋&必至 versus Kakuso Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter詰将棋&必至Kakuso Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaruki HisanoAlven Kam

In-app purchases

None

詰将棋&必至

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Kakuso Challenge

One-time3
  • Kakuso Challenge 20 Hints$0.99
  • Kakuso Challenge 50 Hints$1.99
  • Kakuso Challenge 100 Hints$2.99

Questions

Is 詰将棋&必至 free?
詰将棋&必至 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kakuso Challenge free?
Kakuso Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 詰将棋&必至 or Kakuso Challenge have ads?
Kakuso Challenge shows ads; 詰将棋&必至 does not.
Which is updated more often, 詰将棋&必至 or Kakuso Challenge?
詰将棋&必至 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Kakuso Challenge every 6 months. Most recently, 詰将棋&必至 was updated on October 27, 2026 and Kakuso Challenge on October 7, 2026.

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