Comparison

Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) vs Chess Puzzles

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily puzzles
  • Offline puzzle packs
  • Progress mode with Elo rating
  • Puzzle analysis engine
  • Bookmark puzzles
  • Multiple board themes
Features
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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

About

Chess Puzzles

Enhance your chess tactics with over 100,000 offline puzzles. Train anytime, anywhere, regardless of internet access. Features adaptive difficulty, detailed stats, and various puzzle themes for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • 100K+ chess tactics and puzzles
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Adaptive difficulty adjustment
  • Detailed progress tracking
  • Multiple puzzle themes
  • Smart hint system
  • Customizable board themes
Features
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Sharpen your chess skills Offline with 100,000+ chess puzzles! No Wi-Fi needed, train tactics anytime, anywhere. Perfect for beginners to masters! OffChess offers a massive collection of 100K+ offline chess puzzles designed to challenge and improve your tactical play. Features of OffChess: 1. 100K+ Chess Tactics & Chess Puzzles – Endless tactical challenges, from beginner to master level. 2. Fully Offline – No Wi-Fi? No problem! Solve puzzles anywhere. 3. Adaptive Difficulty – Chess puzzles adjust to your skill level as you improve. 4. Detailed Stats – Track your chess progress, puzzle streaks, and success rate. 5. Multiple Modes – Practice puzzles with specific themes like Checkmate, Mate in 1 chess puzzles, Mate in 2 puzzles, Mate in 3 puzzles, openings, tactics (forks, pins, sacrifices, pawn promotions, zugzwang), and more. 6. Smart Hints – Stuck? Get a nudge in the right direction. 7. Beautiful Themes – Customize your chess board for a personalized experience. 8. Real Chess Games – All chess puzzles are taken from real chess games that you can browse up to move one. 9. Openings - Get chess puzzles that occur in real chess games with the opening you choose like French, Caro-Kann, Ruy Lopez etc. 10. No ads & privacy friendly chess app 11. Rating - Get your chess rating up by solving puzzles, check stats on how many puzzles you have solved and what's the longest streak you have made. Chess is one of the most popular board and strategy game in the world and you can train chess offline on offChess app with so many puzzles to pick from. For All Levels – Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned chess player, there’s always a new chess tactic for you to try. Train smarter, play better with offline and free chess puzzles on OffChess — rush and download today!

Screenshots

Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)4 screens
Chess Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chess Puzzles at none against Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)'s shown. Chess Puzzles also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)'s advantage is ratings volume (3.7K vs 39) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Chess Puzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chess Puzzles 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 39, 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 91% of Chess Puzzles's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) ships an update every 2 months, Chess Puzzles weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) versus Chess Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)Chess Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.7K ratings)5.0 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.1% of reviews91.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.7K — better39
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmmanuel MathisAvadhesh Bhunwaliya

Customer experience

Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)

All ratings3,685 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews332 reviews
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.4%

Chess Puzzles

All ratings37 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%

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 Puzzles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles)

One-time10
  • 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
  • All-Access Pass$9.99
1 purchases

Chess Puzzles

One-time1
  • OffChess Unlimited$3.99

Questions

Is Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) free?
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Puzzles free?
Chess Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) or Chess Puzzles?
Chess Puzzles is rated higher. Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.7K ratings, while Chess Puzzles averages 5.0 from 39 ratings.
Do Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) or Chess Puzzles have ads?
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) shows ads; Chess Puzzles does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) or Chess Puzzles?
Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) ships an update every 2 months, and Chess Puzzles weekly. Most recently, Chess Tactics Pro (Puzzles) was updated on November 6, 2026 and Chess Puzzles on November 8, 2026.

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