Easy Checkers vs Original Checkers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Checkers
Enjoy classic Checkers and Giveaway Checkers with English or Russian rules. Challenge AI opponents of varying difficulty or play against friends locally or via Wi-Fi/Game Center. Features smooth animations and authentic sound effects for an immersive experience.
- English and Russian rules
- AI opponent with adjustable difficulty
- Local multiplayer (shared device)
- Wi-Fi and Game Center multiplayer
- Smooth animations
- Authentic sound effects
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Play Checkers and Giveaway Checkers by English or Russian rules on your iPhone or iPad. Computer opponent level gradually varies from 'child's play' to very challenging one. Play with your friend connecting two devices via Wi-Fi or Game Center, or sharing the same device. And, last but not least, enjoy smooth animations and authentic sound effects. If you like the game, please post a review!
Original Checkers
Engage in classic checkers gameplay against AI, a local opponent, or online players. Capture all opponent pieces by strategically moving your checkers diagonally and making captures. The objective is to eliminate all of the opposing checkers to win.
- Play against AI
- Local multiplayer (same device)
- Online multiplayer
- Diagonal checker movement
- Capture opponent pieces
- Objective: capture all opponent checkers
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Play a game of standard checkers against the computer, a friend on the same device, or someone over the internet. To play the game, each player moves one of their checkers diagonally, one square at a time. If one of the other player's checkers is on a diagonal square next to yours, then you can capture it, if the next square behind it is empty. To win the game, you need to capture all of the other player's checkers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Original Checkers at 5.0 against Easy Checkers's 3.5. Original Checkers also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months). Easy Checkers's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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. Easy Checkers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Original Checkers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Original Checkers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Easy Checkers ships an update every 11 months, Original Checkers every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easy Checkers | Original Checkers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ReCreative Labs | MOBILEFUSION APPS LTD |
Customer experience
Easy Checkers
Original Checkers
In-app purchases
Easy Checkers
- Upgrade to full version$2.99
Original Checkers
No in-app purchases
Questions
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