Comparison

Width vs MindChess

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

Head to head
About

Width

Test your visual perception by guessing the width of stripes in a series of rounds. Earn points based on accuracy, with a special mode for easier play. Compete with friends and aim for a perfect score.

Highlights
  • Guess stripe widths
  • Score based on accuracy
  • Crybaby Max mode
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Personal best tracking
  • Score sharing
Features
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Do you have a good eye, or do you just say “that’s a little crooked”? In Width, you get 5 rounds to guess the width of a stripe. Sounds easy. So did putting up that shelf, and now everything slides off to the left. The closer you get, the more points you earn. Nail it: 50 points. Way off? You get one for showing up. We do humiliation here, but with love. Finding it tricky? Turn on Crybaby Max mode: the width will always be a multiple of 5. We’re not judging. The mode’s name does that for us. Compete on Game Center leaderboards, beat your personal best, and share your score so your friends know all that time staring at screens finally paid off. 250 points is a perfect game. Your eyes reckon they can handle it. Let’s find out.

About

MindChess

This app offers daily chess training designed to enhance mental visualization and blindfold play. It features mini-games that improve calculation, memory, and concentration, inspired by grandmaster training methods. Practice exercises focus on board elements without needing a physical board.

Highlights
  • Mental visualization training
  • Blindfold chess practice
  • Calculation and memory improvement
  • Concentration exercises
  • Mini-games inspired by grandmasters
  • Progress tracking
Features
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MindChess is a daily chess gym and a study companion. Train board vision, memory and calculation in 60-second sessions, then take what you learn to your own games. THE GYM • Thirteen short drills: Square Color, Coordinates, Same Color, Same Diagonal, Bishop Captures, Two Knights, Collision, Memory, Mate in 1, Fork Finder, Piece Snapshot, Knight Distance and Opening Flash. • Timed mode (60 seconds, Game Center leaderboards) and Training mode (3 lives). • A daily challenge and a daily streak, with streak freezes and an optional reminder. • 39 achievements: badges at 10, 50 and 100 games of every drill, also in Game Center. THE STUDY TOOLS • Repertoire: play through your opening lines and the app brings each one back right before you'd forget it. • My games: game databases, PGN import and a viewer with variations, notes and marks. • Analysis: Stockfish 19 on your device, offline, with an evaluation bar and the top 3 lines. With Pro, the game report marks your mistakes. • Diagram scanner: snap a diagram and get the position ready to edit. Free. • Chess clock: increments, stages and time odds, for games with your phone on the table. • Notation your way: English, Spanish or figurines. The same board, with your look, across the app. • Public roadmap: see what's coming and vote for ideas. ON EVERY SCREEN MindChess works on iPhone, iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac. MINDCHESS PRO Pro unlocks Stockfish analysis and the game report, unlimited repertoires, lines and PGN imports, full statistics, unlimited game databases and clock controls, every drill every day and 11 Pro piece sets. Free stays useful: the scanner, the PGN viewer and the basic drills. MindChess is not an app for playing online games. It is the place where you train between them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Width3 screens
MindChess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Width at none against MindChess's 2. MindChess's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 149 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. MindChess sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Width asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Width against 5.0 for MindChess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Width ships an update every 149 months, MindChess every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Width versus MindChess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidthMindChess
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 149 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB140 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik Sebastián de Ericeomar megdadi

Customer experience

Width

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MindChess

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

In-app purchases

None

Width

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MindChess

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Width free?
Width is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MindChess free?
MindChess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Width or MindChess?
Width and MindChess are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Width or MindChess have ads?
Neither Width nor MindChess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Width or MindChess?
Width ships an update every 149 months, and MindChess every 3 months. Most recently, Width was updated on October 23, 2026 and MindChess on October 24, 2026.

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