# Chess Minis ∙ Play & Learn — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess Minis ∙ Play & Learn by Classics F5 LLC, rated 4.75/5 from 214 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-minis-play-and-learn/id1601583664/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-minis-play-and-learn/id1601583664.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 194 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (10 of 36) ### 3/5 — Good app, but it stopped working *2022-12-20* Genuinely a great app. Good graphics/visuals, informative, & fun. I played it for about three days & then when I tried accessing the app it froze. Blank black screen. I tried clearing the app & when I went back into it it said “Update Required”, I attempted to update it, but there was no update available. It’s been a day and it still won’t load & unfortunately I’m sure I will loose all my progress if I try to redownload it. Hopefully they can get this fixed! **Developer response:** Hey Bradley! Apologies for the long update, give it a try now and it should be fixed! Give us an email help@classicsf5.com and we can help restore your account! ### 4/5 — Great app but missing a few things to make it perfect. *2022-12-03* I’d like to know what my statistics are in this game. The game runs smooth. The leaderboard is a cool touch. The puzzles are reminiscent of the Magnus play app. But please! I topped the leaderboard in my area and I don’t have any way to see my total games played or my average win %. Just a local area to see all of my stats and progress would be really cool. Outside of that if you’re tired of the big two chess apps this is a great change of pace. **Developer response:** Thank you for the awesome review! Will take it into consideration for our next update. ### 3/5 — Annoying hand *2022-10-23, version 1.4.3* This is a cool game, the hand is just too annoying to deal with. ### 5/5 — amazing game *2022-10-02, version 1.4.0* As a beginner to chess, this game will is a very fun way to do puzzles and learn. Love this game, keep it up! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2022-09-28* Absolutely love this game, I play it every day now. I have about four or five games going with my friends now and love that I can switch around to different modes. And don’t get me started on the customizations!! I just love it. The only thing I would say is that I would like to able to get emojis faster and/or be able to send actual messages. Oh also! Hoping a new season comes soon!! Would love to get more hand choices. It really is a great game. **Developer response:** Hi drawer, really appreciate the 5 Star review! Great suggestions and we'll definitely add it to a future update. ### 5/5 — Incredible *2022-09-26* Very good graphics, very satisfying to play, very chill music. Overall incredible game. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the 5 star review Dilba! More awesome updates to come! ### 3/5 — REALLY needs an option to wait for a real player *2022-09-17* I’ve played this app every day for a little over a week now. I have fought actual players only twice up to this point. PLEASE add an option to just wait in queue for a real player. The bots are fine at the start but you can tell a fairly simple engine runs them as they aren’t very good and keep making the same mistakes. Right now every game plays out the same, and if I can’t get to match other players soon I likely won’t stick around. **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback Lil Pips! Awesome that you're playing daily. We just made an update, check it out! Let us know how it is now, we'll keep improving it. ### 5/5 — Great art style and fun game modes *2022-09-07* Prob the cutest mobile game I’ve ever played! The single move puzzle is such a great game mode and I absolutely enjoyed it when I want to stay away from a full chess match. **Developer response:** Thank you for the 5 Star Review, glad your enjoying the puzzles. Definitely let us know if you run into any issues or need any help! ### 5/5 — Funky chess app! *2022-09-06, version 1.2.0* This chess app is fun to play, really cool features include: 1. Collecting chess pieces! (Really want that cat set or the Gundam (like set) 2. Check mate puzzles 3. Bot feature to improve your skills! UK player! ### 5/5 — Great game!!!! *2022-08-25, version 1.1.0* Such a fun way to play chess even for someone new with chess . Love it! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Great game. When it was working *2024-07-23* The game hasn’t worked in many days. It t just tells me that it’s trying to load. I noted this on the discord page and I’m not the only one. It was a great and fun game. Great game. I just have a lot of games building up and they never expire. I’ve contacted support multiple times. The games never expire even though there is a time limit. Maybe the other player no longer plays or they deleted their account. Once the games fill up you can’t start new games. Help support I look forward to new updates. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the 5 start review Aspie! We've got a lot more features planned for the future. Glad to have you with us. ### 1/5 — Update *2022-12-20, version 1.6* Game is telling me to update but there is nothing to update, and I can’t even play. ### 1/5 — Deleted after 10 minutes *2022-10-05* After every action or game mode, the game forces you to a tutorial and then another tutorial, followed by a tutorial, and another tutorial, which ends with a tutorial, that precursors a tutorial, before another tutorial that leads to a tutorial. Bro just let me discover one thing on my own. This is the only game I’ve played where everything was forcefully spoon fed to me. I find games with endless ads less of an annoyance compared to this. **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback Nick! Will improve the tutorial based on your thoughts next update. ### 2/5 — Seriously fun *2025-03-06* Great game. I had this game downloaded before they took it off the shelf and now that is back I can’t get my old account back? I paid money and had accumulated a lot of chess pieces but now that I downloaded it again, I’m If all of that is gone. Edit. No response from the makers of the game. They took away features in the game. It is not what it once was. Will probably no longer be available again. Part of the game no longer works. No daily bonuses as well. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the 5 start review Aspie! We've got a lot more features planned for the future. Glad to have you with us. ### 2/5 — This game is fun but lacks the fundamentals of other chess games. *2024-10-25, version 1.8* I can't seem to play online. There's nothing but chess puzzles. ### 2/5 — Puzzles *2024-04-13, version 1.7* When I’m in the puzzles and I “checkmate” it’s unrealistic because there’s more ways the king could move. It’s not like I get two turns in a row or something ### 2/5 — Free trial is a scam *2022-11-16* Okay, so the game is beautiful. The artwork is incredible. The music is soothing. My 6 year old said it reminds him of stardew valley which is truly one of the best compliments he could give the game. That all said, I signed up for the free trial last week and immediately noticed there was no way to unsub in the app. Unlike other games, it’s not a sub you must repurchase every month, but it automatically charges you. I sent an email to the developer asking for the sub to be cancelled but was ignored and charged yesterday for $6.99. I’ve sent another email to the developer asking them to please reverse this and cancel the sub otherwise I will be going through my bank. It’s a shame because I think the game has potential but this is a pretty large oversight (giving them the benefit of the doubt) on their part. **Developer response:** Hey Juxtaposition, sorry about that experience! We'll be adding an option to do that on our roadmap of new things to add to the game. Hope you can give it another chance! We just released the 1.5 update, your 6 year old should really get to enjoy the Academy Map. All the content is free! ### 3/5 — No post-game analysis features. No ability to resign. *2025-05-11* It would be great if they add an in-app game analysis or any options to copy and paste the game file into an engine. There is also no way whatsoever to offer a draw or resign. Every single game has to naturally end or run out of time on either side. There is an issue I’ve ran into that’s similar to “freeze-offs” in MLB the show. It’s very infrequent but I’ve closed the app or locked the screen a couple times and it has frozen the game entirely on my move. There’s been no way to interact with any pieces or un-freeze the game. Strangely enough when my clock has run out I was credited with a win all three of the times it has happened. All three of those games still show as wins Other than that the games artwork is pretty cool. A few quality of life improvements and much needed features away from being a very good product. ### 3/5 — This game is great except *2024-02-15* I love this game and most of its artwork and puzzles however earning coins and gems is hard once you pass the training and get deep in the puzzles rewards per day is limited to 10 and there is no in game chat so when you get faced off against someone who doesn’t know its they’re turn you cannot notify them at all that it not your turn and you and your opponent sit there for 10 minutes until the timer runs out instead of participating this has happened to me multiple times .i think that in blitz mode after each move a player is given +3-5 seconds to turn players timer because after each move your timer still continues to decrease for 2 seconds before the turn is actually switched which doesn’t make sense why is my timer still going after I’ve moved my pieces ### 3/5 — Great game *2024-01-15* Great game. I just have a lot of games building up and they never expire. I’ve contacted support multiple times. The games never expire even though there is a time limit. Maybe the other player no longer plays or they deleted their account. Once the games fill up you can’t start new games. Help support I look forward to new updates. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the 5 start review Aspie! We've got a lot more features planned for the future. Glad to have you with us. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — How can i log know my old account ? *2025-06-18* How can i log in my old account? There is no settings ? I thought used to have but at that time i cannot connect to the game ### 5/5 — Seriously fun *2025-03-13* I love this game and I Look forward to playing this game as it improves. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the 5 start review Aspie! We've got a lot more features planned for the future. Glad to have you with us. ### 5/5 — Seriously fun *2025-02-07* Great game. I had this game downloaded before they took it off the shelf and now that is back I can’t get my old account back? I paid money and had accumulated a lot of chess pieces but now that I downloaded it again, all of that is gone. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the 5 start review Aspie! We've got a lot more features planned for the future. Glad to have you with us. ### 5/5 — Great chess game *2023-01-11, version 1.6* Great game to play and learn chess. But the micro transaction prices are a bit steep ### 5/5 — Beautiful chess, simple to play *2022-12-20* Had an absolute blast playing this against friends and in the fast-paced league battles that are perfect for on the go! The graphic design is easy on the eyes and I ended up using the learning tool (learn and puzzled) to find out some helpful strategies for both casual and competitive play. Love the game, would recommend! **Developer response:** Thank you for the awesome review, it means a lot! ### 5/5 — Fantastic chess! *2022-12-20, version 1.5.0* I enjoy using this app every day. Everything about the game is wonderful. The graphics, sound effects, and the music are great. I look forward to watching what they do with this app in the future. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the 5 start review Aspie! We've got a lot more features planned for the future. Glad to have you with us. ### 5/5 — super cute *2022-12-03, version 1.5.0* super cute, and love the puzzles! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2022-11-08* This game and it’s art style is just amazing, I’m encouraging my friends to play it and I hope other people see it to. Just one thing I want is maybe more game modes and pieces to collect. Overall though this is a great game and can’t wait to see your next game. **Developer response:** Thank you for the awesome review! We have a new update coming up called the Academy Map and also working on some new sets for Christmas. ### 5/5 — Great way to play Chess for fun *2022-11-03* If you are a pro then you already have your circles. This is for everyone else who plays for fun. **Developer response:** Absolutely, well said! Thanks for the awesome review. ### 5/5 — Love the detail! *2022-11-02* Love the detail of the chess pieces! I’ve never been a big chess player, but this game makes it so fun to learn how to play the game! **Developer response:** Awesome to hear that, super happy you're enjoying it. --- *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 2026-06-10.*