# Chess Payday : Win Real Money — user reviews > 76 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess Payday by Turbo Labz, rated 4.20/5 from 178 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-payday-win-real-money/id1609406107/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-payday-win-real-money/id1609406107.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 124 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 27 ## What do users think of Chess Payday? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Fun and engaging chess gameplay - 💰 Real money payouts available - 🎮 Challenging competitive experience - ⚡ Fast customer support response - 🏆 Skill-based earning opportunity - 🎨 Good graphics and interface design - 📱 Easy to use application **Cons** - 🤖 Playing against bots instead of real players - 💸 Money disappears after losses or deposits - 🚫 Regional restrictions on cash play - ⏳ Long wait times to find opponents - 🎲 Rigged scoring system favoring certain players - 🔄 Exploitable move-spamming mechanics - 😤 Unfair matchmaking with skilled opponents - 🐛 Account access and login issues - 💔 Unresponsive customer support for complaints - 📊 Inconsistent payout on wins - 🎯 Unclear game rules and mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Deposits disappearing from accounts - Winning games marked as losses - Login failures and password reset loops - Ghost games charged without playing - Bot difficulty inconsistencies - Score calculation errors - Bots making unnaturally fast moves - Pending games not resolving **Most requested features** - Live 1v1 play against real human opponents - Friend challenge feature - Prevent move-spamming exploits - Fair bot resignation rules - Version consistency across all players - Improved UI/UX design - Better matchmaking system - Live chess clock mechanics ## Newest reviews (10 of 76) ### 2/5 — Not truly head-to-head *2026-06-28, version 1.6* You play against a bot to earn points. Then your opponent also, plays against a bot to earn points. Whoever won the most points wins the match. So it’s not really playing against other players.Another problem is you wait forever to find an opponent if ever. Glad I didn’t put any money into it. There’s no telling what other kind of strings are attached in the cash matches. ### 4/5 — Chess payday *2026-05-25, version 1.6* Good game I would like it if we played other live people in live matches instead of each person playing a computer and whoever scores higher wins but all in all good game ### 4/5 — Balla/Mainline *2026-05-13, version 1.6* Great game good playas ### 5/5 — Essential app *2024-10-20, version 1.6* Accurate and fun. Takes long to find opponents. But is challenging ### 4/5 — Great *2024-10-18, version 1.6* Money ### 1/5 — Scam *2024-10-12, version 1.6* You play bots/cpu. See who did better. You can play a novice cpu and that novice can turn into a pro/expert/master of the game don’t want you to win you won’t. Will be deleting soon after I received my refund. Plus you’ll never know if the other side doing thing they’re not supposed to, when money involves. ### 4/5 — Winning great *2024-10-04, version 1.6* It’s a great app ### 1/5 — Scam *2024-09-25, version 1.6* I haven’t played a real person in real time yet And the money I deposited vanishes after I am forced to play the cpu when trying to challenge a human! DO NOT SPEND UOUR MONEY ON THIS GAME!! ### 5/5 — Fun games *2024-09-20, version 1.6* Five ### 5/5 — Chess payday *2024-09-20, version 1.6* It’s a good app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Scam don’t waste your money *2026-07-28, version 1.6* You will never win AI opponents and just keep taking your money If you want to waste your money download the app. ### 1/5 — I can never seem to find a opponent! And I spend 5$ to try it *2026-06-04, version 1.6* I can never seem to find an opponent! And I spend $5 to try it. Each time I log in, the matchmaking system seems to be empty, leaving me staring at the screen in frustration. I've even tried different times of day, hoping to catch someone else online, but it feels like I'm playing against ghosts. My friends have suggested I join forums or groups, but I’m hesitant to reach out to strangers. Perhaps I should just take a break and see if things improve on their own. ### 1/5 — Fake *2026-03-08, version 1.6* Fake ### 1/5 — Can’t play for money *2025-04-23, version 1.6* Can’t even play in the tournaments for money. Every time it says not allowed in region. Horrible application ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-04-01, version 1.6* Chess payday feedback to me as I have won games but for some reason it says that the reward will go to the winner even though I have won. I’ve lost 15£ on this game even though originally I was winning the rewards. But the second I play a second game of say the 10£ reward type it doesn’t give me my winnings. ### 1/5 — Not real players *2025-02-27, version 1.6* You play against bots, not real people. And the way the scores are tallied can be abused by players by stalling to boost your score. The app is really a scam. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-02-14, version 1.6* Scam ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2024-11-19, version 1.6* This app is not good for a long time players because they really lacking on finding matches! ### 1/5 — Lie/scam *2024-11-08, version 1.6* And what is funny if I play for money the “guys”that I play “against” are beating the cpu ### 1/5 — Deceptive. *2024-10-23, version 1.6* I signed up paid about 20 bucks. I was told there were no bots. I played about four games three were against bots. Only ONE was against an actual person. Realized that you play bots whoever plays the bot better wins. Emailed them to ask them how to play one on one. Gave up when I couldn’t play real people 1v1. While trying to remove my account they charged me 10 more dollars that I could NOT retrieve even after MANY attempts and emails to skills platform. Do not waste your time or money with this app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game legit payouts no scams good way tk get money *2026-02-05, version 1.6* Amazing ! Nice development maybe try to match Uk before starting match ok guys good boys nice game ### 5/5 — Chess Payday: Win Real Money *2025-10-03, version 1.6* Hello, Excellent 👍. Thank You ### 5/5 — TopnDawg *2025-08-05, version 1.6* Chess payday ### 5/5 — Good *2025-07-12, version 1.6* Great ### 5/5 — Great the champ *2025-07-07, version 1.6* Terrific game ### 5/5 — Yt *2025-02-18, version 1.6* Great ### 5/5 — Ty fun *2025-01-13, version 1.6* Ty fun ### 5/5 — I love Chess Payday *2024-12-09* I love graphics chess payday ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2024-10-31, version 1.6* Great app ### 5/5 — Cool *2024-10-27, version 1.6* Real cash --- *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 2026-08-15.*