# Chess ME - with Friends — user reviews > 121 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess ME by Resonanca IT d.o.o., rated 4.63/5 from 1,429 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-me-with-friends/id1142288275/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-me-with-friends/id1142288275.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,171 · 4★ 123 · 3★ 56 · 2★ 27 · 1★ 52 ## Newest reviews (16 of 121) ### 2/5 — Game crashes *2025-05-28, version 8.3.4* Game crashes often and doesn’t report opponent plays. Can’t email support ### 4/5 — Good Chess *2024-03-09, version 8.3.4* It's non obstructive jus chill play chess ### 4/5 — Could Be Better *2024-01-02, version 8.3.4* Every day I try and join and play chess the game from a couple days before is still on there and I can’t hat rid of it. ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2023-11-21, version 8.3.4* Cool way to incorporate a game in a text message Get to it when you can I e had a few games that it take 2 or 3 days to complete ### 5/5 — Excellent Chess Game *2023-08-13, version 8.3.4* I am new to ChessMe. I played my first game today with a Friend in another country which I happened to win. I haven’t played chess in over twenty years I am very impressed with the design. The interface is intuitive and helpful. I love that my playing partner and I can text each other during a game. I also appreciate the warmup board especially since my skills are pretty rusty. Kudos to the developer! ### 5/5 — Great! *2023-07-12, version 8.3.4* Fit chess with friends into your schedule with async multiplayer. ### 5/5 — It’s chess *2023-06-27, version 8.3.4* Chess good ### 5/5 — ChessME review *2023-06-21, version 8.3.4* Like how you can challenge people ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-04-16, version 8.3.4* I love it so much. The reason that i bought the premium version was because it never asked for money or gave me an ad. I played a game of chess and it works very well. I think playing blitz is slightly confusing but it is still very good. Keep up the good work ### 5/5 — Simple is best *2023-01-06, version 8.3.4* Overall, I really enjoy this game and the ability to play through iMessage. The only issue I have is that landscape mode is unusable. If there was one complaint I have, that would be it. Everything else is perfect - sometimes simple is best. ### 5/5 — Simply the best *2022-11-30, version 8.3.4* Many apps out there, but… this one… just skip a coffee and get the only payment they accept. 4$ lol so worth it, it’s amazing! ### 4/5 — ChessME is a good app *2022-10-14, version 8.3.4* I enjoy playing chess and the only thing it lacks is ability to save the game. ### 3/5 — Tricky *2022-09-26, version 8.3.4* Not intuitive ### 5/5 — Great Game *2022-05-21, version 8.3.4* Great for playing against with others . I love it 💯 ### 5/5 — Premium? *2022-05-08, version 8.3.4* Would like to use the premium offer that they showed me I could sample. Wouldn’t work ### 5/5 — I hate it! LOL *2022-05-08, version 8.3.4* I don’t know what engine it uses but I am challenged at Level 4! I can beat StockFish, at level 7. ??????? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — None *2026-05-17, version 8.3.4* It’s so Annoying when you have to wait for the person to text you back with there move ### 1/5 — The first move is made for me! *2024-01-24, version 8.3.4* This App looked perfect! But when I text my husband to start a game, the first move is already made about for me. This happens in about four out of five out of five starts. I restart, restart, restart… until finally it works. We go through this at the beginning of every game. It works perfectly once we get started, I’m sad because chess via text is an excellent solution for us. And it’s first move was really dumb. ### 1/5 — Awful Set Up *2023-03-03, version 8.3.4* Can’t play with your friends unless it’s through a text message. Can’t play through the app 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 ### 1/5 — Legal moves are not always allowed. *2022-08-13, version 8.3.4* Not letting me do a queen-side castle. Inability to make legal moves really ruins the game. ### 1/5 — Not working *2021-10-09, version 8.3.2* Since the iOS 15 update I’ve been unable to play via text. Screen keeps blacking out ### 1/5 — at least it runs chess! *2021-06-16, version 8.3.2* been using the app for awhile with friends and while it works well in text messages, the actual app bombs you with push notifications every few minutes while playing. this wouldn’t be an issue if the app allowed push notifications to be turned off, but if the app wants a review from me that badly, it’ll get one. don’t bother buying premium, btw ### 1/5 — Unwanted interruptions *2021-03-02, version 8.1.1* I am suddenly getting a request to upgrade. I chose to pay for an upgrade and now get the same request after every move. Not fun! If you can fix this I would give you 5 stars. Fix this and it is great. ### 1/5 — Annoying *2021-03-01, version 8.1.1* This WAS my favorite chess app. Until, it started asking me to upgrade EVERY SINGLE MOVE I MADE. So, O gave in and paid for an upgrade. BUT IT DIDNT CHANGE ANYTHING! It STILL asks me to upgrade every move. This is annoying in the least and dishonest as well, since I paid for the upgrade to stop the stupid promotions. Please fix the problem or reimburse my money. ### 1/5 — Pop up *2021-03-01, version 8.1* Pop up asking me to pay after EVERY SINGLE MOVE ### 1/5 — New update makes this app unusable unless you upgrade to premium *2021-02-28, version 8.1* Will be uninstalling this app now. After every single move I make while playing against the engine, a tab appears asking if I would like premium benefits, I click no thanks. but still am asked again after the next move I make. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I’m making you feel good about your game *2026-03-07, version 8.3.4* The first time we had the opportunity was when I got home and we went out and got some ice cream for dinner ### 5/5 — User friendly *2026-02-15, version 8.3.4* I found that this is the best app to use when trying to play chess with friends abroad ### 5/5 — Good App *2026-01-25, version 8.3.4* It’s good, but it could use more content, other than that it’s a perfectly good chess iMessage app. ### 5/5 — Great App for Chessaholics! *2026-01-15, version 8.3.4* By far the best chess partner playing app! I literally use Chess ME every day! It’s so easy to use, plus I’m able to rewatch games to see blunders and learn from mistakes! ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2025-12-07, version 8.3.4* I never had a problem with chess me total enjoyment ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-10-09, version 8.3.4* The app works great! ### 5/5 — Idk *2025-06-24, version 8.3.4* Uhh idk chess ### 5/5 — Good Job *2024-06-24, version 8.3.4* Nice work on the program ### 5/5 — Lovely executed. *2024-02-24, version 8.3.4* Great idea and very well executed. ### 5/5 — Genius *2023-11-30, version 8.3.4* Such a great app for playing chess with your friends! Doesn’t crash and no annoying ads. --- *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.*