Four Elements vs Mini Chess 5x4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Four Elements
An addictive endless game where players rotate four elements to match them correctly. Compete globally by submitting your high score. Simple mechanics make it engaging for all ages.
- Endless gameplay
- Element rotation mechanic
- Global score submission
- Addictive gameplay
- iPhone and iPad support
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Four Elements is a simple endless game for iPhone and iPad, where you have to rotate the four elements that the individual elements are assigned correctly. Submit your score and compete against the rest of the world. It is a simple game that makes addictive!
Mini Chess 5x4
Experience a unique tactical challenge with a smaller board in this classic strategy game. It offers puzzles, achievements, and an endless mode with randomly generated positions. Play completely offline with no ads or data collection.
- 5x4 chess board variant
- Tactical complexity
- Multiple puzzles
- Achievements and unlockables
- Endless position generator
- Offline play
- No ads
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A mini version of the worlds most popular board game. It may look simple on first sight, but do not underestimate the new tactical complexity of a small board. I created multiple puzzles, achievements and unlockables. When you finish all puzzles you unlock and endless position generator, which allows you to play on forever in randomly generated positions. This app is free and has no ads. We also collect no personal data and the app works completely offline. Thanks for giving it a try! :-).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mini Chess 5x4 at 5.0 against Four Elements's 4.3. Mini Chess 5x4 also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 42 months). Four Elements's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mini Chess 5x4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Four Elements ships an update every 42 months, Mini Chess 5x4 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Four Elements | Mini Chess 5x4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcel Fuchs | Rudolf Dr. Jagdhuber |
Customer experience
Four Elements
Mini Chess 5x4
In-app purchases
Four Elements
No in-app purchases
Mini Chess 5x4
No in-app purchases
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