Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) vs Chess Traps
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
Chess Traps
Learn to exploit opponent errors with strategic chess maneuvers. This game focuses on tactical traps to gain an advantage.
- Exploit opponent mistakes
- Strategic chess maneuvers
- Tactical trap learning
- Gain positional advantage
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Chess trappings can effectively exploit the opponent's mistakes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) at 4.7 against Chess Traps's 4.0. Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 50%) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 2). Chess Traps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). 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
Both are free to download. Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Chess Traps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) has 3.7K ratings behind it against 2, 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 50% of Chess Traps's.
| Parameter | Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) | Chess Traps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Mathis | Nguyen Dinh Anh |
Customer experience
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)
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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
Chess Traps
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
Chess Traps
No in-app purchases
Questions
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