Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) vs iAddThree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)
Sharpen your chess skills with a vast library of puzzles for all levels. Practice daily, offline, or track your progress with adaptive challenges. Analyze your moves with a built-in engine and customize your experience with various themes.
- Daily puzzles
- Offline puzzle packs
- Progress mode with Elo rating
- Puzzle analysis engine
- Bookmark puzzles
- Multiple board themes
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Improve your chess tactics with this large collection of chess puzzles for all levels! This tactic trainer lets you practice in 3 different modes : - Solve daily puzzles - Solve offline puzzle packs - Use the "Progress" mode to get random problems of your level and know your Elo rating All puzzles are of a high quality and are guaranteed to have a unique solution. The difficulty ranges from beginner to advanced (2000+ Elo). Other features : - A free powerful engine to analyze the puzzles - Level history - Bookmark puzzles - Several board themes - Optimized for both phones and tablets - A simple and intuitive interface, with no useless stuff, and no weird problems
iAddThree
Engage your mind with a unique math game that challenges your focus and cognitive abilities. The objective is to add three to each number presented, with a special rule where numbers wrap around to zero instead of forming double digits. This simple yet effective exercise provides a mental workout.
- Cognitive training
- Focus improvement
- Unique math rules
- Brain exercise
- High score challenges
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Train your brain and improve your focus with the simple yet challenging math game, iAddThree. Adapted from an exercise that was used to measure cognitive focus in the popular book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, iAddThree engages your mind by bending the rules of basic math to give your brain the mental exercise it deserves. THE RULES------------- It's simple. Just add 3 to each of the four numbers that are presented. The challenge? No double digits. Instead, you must wrap around to 0. Normally, 8+3=11, but in iAddThree, 8+3=1. Think of it as a line of numbers that are constantly repeating. 8 -> 9 -> 0 -> 1 -> 2 -> 3. The struggle provided by this simple math game will have you boasting about your high score to all your friends. So, how well do you think you can iAddThree?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) at 3.7K against iAddThree's 1. Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). iAddThree's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and iAddThree sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
iAddThree holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) has 3.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)'s written reviews are positive against 100% of iAddThree's.
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) ships an update every 2 months, iAddThree every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) | iAddThree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Mathis | Nikolai Nobadi |
Customer experience
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)
iAddThree
Bugs and requests
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Incorrect move validation in some cases
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to see captured pieces
- Provide more context and analysis for puzzles
- Improve difficulty categorization of puzzles
- Allow for user feedback on puzzle issues
iAddThree
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)
- Easy mates$1.99
- Intermediate mates$1.99
- Hard mates$1.99
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- Easy tactics$1.99
- Intermediate tactics$1.99
- Hard tactics$1.99
- Mates in 2, 3 and 4 moves$1.99
- Intermediate Tactics - Vol. 2$1.99
- Hard Tactics - Vol. 2$1.99
- Easy Tactics - Vol. 2$1.99
- All-Access Pass$9.99
iAddThree
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
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