# Chess for Kids: Learn to Play — user reviews > 1,054 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess for Kids by Chess.com, rated 4.70/5 from 100,097 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-for-kids-learn-to-play/id629375826/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-for-kids-learn-to-play/id629375826.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 83,144 · 4★ 9,409 · 3★ 4,020 · 2★ 1,144 · 1★ 2,380 ## What do users think of Chess for Kids? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great for learning chess - 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay - 🎓 Helpful tutorials and lessons - 🤖 Challenging AI opponents - 🏆 Tournaments and competitive play **Cons** - 🔒 Too many features locked behind paywall - 🐛 Bugs and glitches in gameplay - ⏱️ Long matchmaking times for high-rated players - 🔍 Lack of social features (e.g. finding friends) **Commonly reported bugs** - Incorrect move detection and scoring issues - Freezing and crashing during gameplay - Syncing problems between app and website versions **Most requested features** - Add more lesson content and difficulty levels - Improve matchmaking and tournament experience - Implement social features like friend challenges - Allow more free access to puzzles and videos ## Newest reviews (17 of 1,054) ### 2/5 — Cannot review games *2026-08-28, version 10.3.1* You cannot review or analyze games in any meaningful way like you can on duo lingo. It only allows you to see a score sheet under game analysis- there is a prompt requiring gold subscription in order to analyze moves of the game. This was disappointing bc the website said this was part of the free version. ### 2/5 — Ragebait *2026-08-26, version 10.3* The fast chess matchup system is actually Ragebait. I got matched up against so many level 1600 I lost 106 fast chess points in a row (I’m level 1250) but everything else is excellent, and I like the outfits you designed. ### 4/5 — Good. *2026-08-23, version 10.3* This is fun. You can play bots, and more. But chess.com is better. ### 3/5 — Pros and Cons *2026-08-22, version 10.3* Chess is healthy, which I like. But I don’t know what age they are! I wanted to give it a five star review, but I just couldn’t! ### 4/5 — No more presets! *2026-08-16, version 10.3* This game is super fun and I had already made a friend…but, what my least favorite part of the game is is the fact that if you don’t have a gold membership, you have to choose preset usernames. I hate this feature so much that it should be clear that we should make EVERYTHING free, no gold embership, no payments, and I think that should be a good compromise! So please, no more preset usernames. ### 5/5 — Je suis à la maison *2026-08-13, version 10.3* Ce jeu était fantastique, je l’aimais trop c’était très drôle. Merci pour faire cette amusant jeu. ### 4/5 — Nice *2026-08-13, version 10.3* It’s good for kids brain ### 5/5 — 5 stars 🌟 *2026-08-12, version 10.2.9* Chess has been really hard for me lately I have been using chess kid it has told me everything to become a better chess player ### 5/5 — Chess kid *2026-08-12, version 10.2.9* Super fun and very educational. ### 5/5 — Chess kids *2026-08-10, version 10.2.9* Chat and with a mic not just for chess mb fortnight and more but jus lot of chess and back ground we can make it how we want it And us kids have a learning platform were you can use a mic or chat you can set your own club where it doesn’t have to be chess only and the picture of chess kids should be more up grade with like Girls and boys playing chess on it a this one girl is playing a different game ### 5/5 — Best game ever!!! *2026-08-09, version 10.2.9* Chess kid is an awesome app that allows you to improve and play chess!!! You can also make your own character by playing chess and then earning gems and stars and best of all, there is no adds!!!!😁🎉🎉🎉🎉 ### 5/5 — Learning :) *2026-08-09, version 10.2.9* I got so much iQ i used to be 120 now I’m 460 ### 5/5 — Very fun, especially FunMasterMike *2026-08-08, version 10.2.9* A very good app to learn chess ### 4/5 — R *2026-08-07, version 10.2.9* Add harder bots ### 3/5 — Its rigged *2026-08-06, version 10.2.9* Eversince i got to only 1100 it started to let me win every single match then when i got to 1380 it made me lose every match that's Do rigged ### 5/5 — Decent gameplay but abysmal customer service *2026-08-06, version 10.2.9* Been trying for a week to activate the 40% Chess.com subscriber discount for ChessKid but the customer service agents are so slow to reply and not very helpful. My son’s subscription expired yesterday and today it’s still saying he has an active subscription so can’t use the discount code! Also signed up as a parent on ChessKid using the same email address as the one I use for Chess.com but that’s not allowed and they didn’t make it clear. And now can’t change it. Have asked them about this but still no joy. They need to invest in more customer service agents! They have approximately 1.5 million paid users! Where’s that money going to? ### 5/5 — Great *2026-08-05, version 10.2.9* I’m nine years old and it really helps me learn chess with fun puzzles and games . ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 구림 *2026-08-22* 조금 예날 감성이예요 좀더 현대 적으로 봐꾸면 좋을거 같아요 그러면 부탁합니다 화이팅!!! 시간내주셔셔 감시힙니다 😍 **Developer response:** 이 피드백에 감사드립니다. 더 많은 훌륭한 인터페이스 업데이트가 예정되어 있습니다! 제안이 있으시면 알려주세요. 앱이 여러분에게 다섯 개 별의 가치가 되기를 원합니다. 피드백은 www.chesskid.com/support 에서 제출하실 수 있습니다. ### 1/5 — THIS APP IS P2W *2026-08-09, version 10.2.9* ALMOST EVERYTHING IS LOCKED BEHIND A SUBSCRIPTION ### 1/5 — Blew *2026-08-05, version 10.2.9* It takes too loping to download ### 1/5 — This has nothing to do with the app *2026-07-28, version 10.2.8* I’m really frustrated by this player right now, it’s probably my fault. but TallShinyPanda I HATE YOU. Also TallShinyPanda if you’re reading this, don’t take this seriously. ### 1/5 — Unable to unsubscribe *2026-07-27, version 10.2.8* This website is terribly unresponsive and unreasonable about unsubscribing. I had to block them on my credit card since they would not let me unsubscribe in any reasonable fashion or with any customer service support. Do not sign up. ### 1/5 — THIS APP STINKS *2026-07-26, version 10.2.8* THIS APP IS SO BAD IF YOU DON’T HAVE “gold” AND GOLD IS SOOOO EXPENSIVE ### 1/5 — No customer service *2026-07-23, version 10.2.8* Kid lost account access but no customer service is available to help recover my kid’s account. Even we provided the username, the customer service provided no response on chat. There is no other way to get to a human, no phone and email answering. We are even a paid member. ### 1/5 — Used to be genuinely good. *2026-07-10, version 10.2.6* This is half the app it used to be. Sure there are more cosmetics and bots, but most of the new and old features are locked behind gold. A paywall in a kids game. ### 1/5 — Pooooo *2026-07-04, version 10.2.5* This is poooooooo ### 1/5 — Boo *2026-06-22, version 10.2.5* Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — You guys are so cool *2026-08-30, version 10.3.1* I really love if you guys can look into my Rose piggy account. It won’t let me get my account back and I don’t know what my password is. I swear in my life which means you’re wrong. I’ll die, but it’s my account and I just wanna get it back but every time I put the password in it never goes in. ### 5/5 — Chess *2026-08-29* 😊채스판 없이 채스하기!👍 **Developer response:** 어디서나, 언제나 체스. ChessKid의 일원이 되어 주셔서 감사합니다! ### 5/5 — 재미있음 *2026-08-29* 재미있어요 **Developer response:** 체스를 두며 즐거운 시간을 보내셨다니 기쁩니다. ChessKid을 선택해 주셔서 감사합니다! ### 5/5 — Lovely! *2026-08-27, version 10.3* Me and my friend have had fun, and by fun I mean them winning every time and I get to be put in check. But lots of laughter because I’m with a friend! I love that you can make your own avatar, pick out a color theme for chess pieces, play robots in the game, and get to actually learn about each piece and what it does! Thank God there is nothing weird or creepy in this game! It’s beautifully educational and easy to play! Chess is hard, the app is easy! Do I plan to become a chess master? No. Am I good? No. But that’s because I don’t pay attention, I’m writing a fan fiction about the pieces in my head and playing with the horse pieces! If I get better, I plan to travel to Russia to show my mad skills and watch a ballet! But seriously, God bless and have a great day! ### 5/5 — Really fun and addicting to play! *2026-08-26, version 10.3* Each day I love playing chess so this app is perfect for me as I can easily hop on, click a few buttons and quickly jump in a game of chess! I also love doing the daily puzzles, puzzle duels and tournaments as they are quite a nice detail added into the game making the app extremely enjoyable to use! Great app over all! ### 5/5 — Chess rules! *2026-08-23, version 10.3* I like chess kids because the bots are funny and it really helps your brain ### 5/5 — 5 star chess kid game helps them play and get better *2026-08-23, version 10.3* 5 ### 5/5 — A *2026-08-23, version 10.3* Very fun ### 5/5 — CHESSKID *2026-08-22, version 10.3* This app is awesome buy it ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-08-22, version 10.3* This is cool --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*