# Chess Opener Lite — user reviews

> 7 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess Opener Lite by Stanislav Basovnik, rated 4.10/5 from 17 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-opener-lite/id1489281014/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-opener-lite/id1489281014.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 12 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 2

## Most critical reviews (7 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Defective app

*2024-09-29*

This app is full of annoying glitches that make working with the ches opening stressful and irritating. I tried all sorts of ways to remove these annoying bugs but seem organically fixed and untreatabe.

**Developer response:** Please send more details about the bugs to chessopenerapp@gmail.com and we will fix them as soon as possible. Thanks for the feedback!

### 1/5 — Really bad

*2020-12-30*

Really bad u can only learn 5 openings

**Developer response:** Check out Chess Opener PRO, the full version with unlimited repertoires, unlimited depth, large chess DB, chess engine and more!

### 2/5 — Pas intuitif et structure à revoir

*2023-05-01*

Bonjour, cette application n’est pas assez intuitive. Le plus gros défaut est qu’elle mélange le répertoire d’ouverture blanc et noir.

Lorsqu’on prépare des ouvertures on le fait pour une couleur ou l’autre. Ensuite on s’entraîne sur les coups qu’on choisit pour chaque couleur.

L’application permet de sélectionner des coups par ouverture (qu’elle que soit la couleur). Si on a besoin de saisir une variation, il faut créer une nouvelle ouverture….
C’est très lourd.

J’espère que ce commentaire aidera le développeur à augmenter la qualité de son application.

### 2/5 — Fine tuning needed

*2021-02-13*

The overall app is great but many things aren’t friendly user. 

The way we add Openings in the Repertoire can be messy very quickly when you use Opening Tree —> Related openings. 

In the opening tree, the opening title at the top of the screen doesn’t follow the actual position. If you choose exemple 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 the title say Sicilian Defence which is correct, then I choose d6 which is Sicilian and then I click back to Nf3 to comeback, the title stay at Sicilian instead of Sicilian defence. 

In the repertoire removing openings is a nightmare. You have to select individually each opening then choose remove. There’s no options to delete multiple items in same time or just delete de main opening trees and all the variations get deleted etc..

Also the train mode could be really more friendly user. Just an exemple the title should change on each move showing where we are in the variation etc..

Etc... Etc..

Many other things that make me delete this app and not buy the Pro version.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback! The exploration features provide many flexible ways to discover new openings. They are particularly useful for adding the most promising moves to your existing repertoire.
Improved management of large repertoires is coming soon. Please, send me more suggestions to chessopenerapp@gmail.com!

### 5/5 — Best Chess Openings app!

*2024-03-19*

This is an outstanding application for learning chess openings and for setting up, storing and practicing the ones that you prefer. 
It would be useful to include the five most often used openings as a starting point for beginners, with comments if possible.

### 5/5 — Excellente application

*2020-11-24*

Rien de mieux que cette application pour étudier les débuts de parties.

### 5/5 — Very easy way to master openings

*2020-07-07*

It’s easy to remember your openings. Love it!

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