Chess By Post User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience77.6% of reviews
Neutral5.3% of reviews
Negative experience17.1% of reviews

~ Based on 170 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Chess By Post Safe?

Chess By Post appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Chess By Post is 85/100.

This assessment is based on 244 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

81.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
14.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 244 App Store ratings for Chess By Post.

Is Chess By Post Legit?

Chess By Post is no longer available in the App Store. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Chess By Post is 35/100.

Based on 35 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Score capped because this app is no longer listed.

Top reviews

Ok but

Average game full of chess cheats maybe add a checker that people aren’t useing engines

Glitch

I just played a game where there was a glitch and opponent took my king off the board and the game continued….confusing and frustrating but also really hilarious. Love this app tho, this was a rare glitch

Idiotic draw feature

The Game decides for itself to award draws or stalemates. It’s neither a draw or stalemate when the opponent can no longer move. That’s a loss!!!!!

Needs social updates

It's annoying that people can request games with you that appear everytime you want a ranked game. It is happening quite frequently to the point of wanting to block this person.
However there isn't a way of doing this, which is also annoying as I have to keep losing the game just to try and get another person to play against. Killing my rating.
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Glitches

Game will have glitches where you move two spaces with pon and it lets player kill you like you moved one space has happened on multiple occasions and no contact support to fix problem when it occurs

Puzzles

Many of the moves made by the computer are ridiculous and therefore not realistic

Locked out and can’t sign back in

I played with this app with my friend a lot. Then it locked me out in the middle of a game and I can’t sign back in. Tried to create a new account - it wont let me. Deleted the app, downloaded it again - still wont let me. Purchased the paid version - still wont let me log back in or create a new account. Help please!
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Nice but …

Nicely designed and easy to start a game. However, the ratings are grossly inflated. At my best, I’m around 2010. On this app, I am 2700+. There are players rated in the 2800s, who make careless mistakes.
Feature requests:
When I tap on a notification, I should be taken to that game.
When I submit a move, in a game, I should be taken to the next game.
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Third review… basically amazed u can’t get any customer service in this app.

It’s unbelievable u can’t get any response on an issue… and I haven’t had an issue in 5 years until now. The issue I had is now junior to No one will answer your inquiries!!

No points… terrible support

I played a person one game for two months, his rating was above mine all this time. It looked like he was playing multiple games and just quit playing them… he dropped 600 points in two days. The game analysis had me ahead. I got 0 points for the win after two months. I have written the support but from the other comments I’ve read on the reviews… no one bothers to get back to you. It’s disappointing
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i almost died, great app though

I almost got lured by a pedophile (not drake) when i was dumb and didnt really know what to do in those situations. the user was a user named “rosehannah” and she will ASK FOR YOUR NUMBER for “chess tutorials”. “she” said that “she” could see my games, which isn’t possible, and then said that i was really good when i had a super low ranking and asked for my number for tutorials. anyway, the app is really good and i highly recommend it for cross platform chess games with your friends
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LOL

Love the app, but when the computer makes a mistake on level 4 or higher, it causes a glitch and keeps closing the app lol

Wait time

Great app and ranking system is able to play with excellent players . Only problem I face “waiting time” it’s really abusing several players. Please make it 48 hrs expire time per move instead of 5 days.

Excellent

Splendid

Old friends

My friends and I have stayed in touch because of this game. There’s no pressure to move or to even play that day (you’ve got 30 days between moves). I love it.

App not opening

The app isn’t opening. It’s been like that for 2 days… 18 games in waiting… 😭

Fantastic

A cross-platform app that pairs you up with friends or random players with similar skill level, let's you learn between moves/games with a seemingly endless library of adequately challenging chess puzzles, and all that for free - that is simply amazing.
Sending big kudos from Seattle to the developer to honor this great contribution to the global chess community!!
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Buggy puzzle system and lots of cheaters

First off I wanna say this app is fun to play chess with others when your opponents play fairly. After which it all goes down hill.. there are a lot and I mean a lot of either bots or chess engine cheaters. I have played more then 150 different players all low rated “not my choice the computer auto picks your opponents “who are apparently super grandmasters and are in beatable even though their rating shows otherwise. I am not claiming to be perfect but I have a rating of high 2400’s and have about a 96% move accuracy in which all of my opponents always have 100%. Which is only possible with a chess engine / program. Also the puzzles are highly flawed. I have put the computer into mate so many times and it tells me I am incorrect and would rather me win a piece?? More often then not the puzzles rely on the computer making a blunder after your first move which is completely ludicrous. Please fix your puzzles and add a report button so we can start banning these cheaters..
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Very good!

Very good app! Would love to be able to add my friends as friends so I can access games with them easier but its really not necessary. I hear there is a paid version so I might check if that’s a feature there haha!

I did have one absolutely miserable experience** though. For the first time in YEARS I was very close to winning a game of chess. Was just one turn off checkmate…. Then the game corrupted, coming up with an error any time I tried to access the game and in the end I was forced to ask for a draw 😩 (**It wasn’t actually a big deal and was kinda funny tbh, but I could see it being VERY frustrating to people playing more seriously)
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Roywallingford

Would you please explain the “number “ that frequently comes up near the captured pieces.
Thank you………..Roy