# Chess Peace — user reviews > 43 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess Peace by Sam Shepherd, rated 4.90/5 from 111 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-peace/id6760270817/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-peace/id6760270817.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 107 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (14 of 43) ### 5/5 — Great. Just great *2026-05-24* Super fun. Good quick (except when they aren’t!) brain teasers. Very creative idea. Also, just beautiful to look at. I want a tip system. I’d pay but then I’d spend all day playing and I can’t do that. But I’d love to give the developer a few bucks. Free game every day is great. **Developer response:** Thank you, that's really lovely to hear! It's reviews like yours that make the long evenings feel so worthwhile. I'd love to hear if anything like a daily puzzle limit would feel useful? Feel free to get in touch at hello@chesspeace.app, and you can find out how to show your support on the website as well 🙏 ### 5/5 — Fun twist on chess *2026-05-21* Great little game that’s perfect for a quick session (or a long one). In the spirit of the earlier game Really Bad Chess, it takes the well-known principles of chess and throws them into a blender with new mechanics. **Developer response:** That’s lovely, thank you, and awesome to be compared to Really Bad Chess! ### 5/5 — Calming and Simple *2026-05-21* Not at all obnoxious. **Developer response:** I’m real glad to hear you enjoy it, thank you! ### 5/5 — Sweet *2026-05-20* Nice break in the day **Developer response:** It’s a privilege to bring joy to your breaks! ### 5/5 — Great casual game, well designed and built *2026-05-20* Daring Fireball brought me here. Wonderful design and attention to detail, great puzzles and customizability, and reasonably priced to unlock all features. My new favorite iOS casual game! Nice to have an alternative to so many word- and number-based games. The name of the app being such an apt pun is the cherry on top. **Developer response:** Thank you very much! There's even more customisation coming soon in 1.1, which will hopefully be a cherry on a cherry! ### 5/5 — Wonderful app *2026-05-20* This is a well-crafted app with effectively infinite puzzles to solve across a range of difficulties. I’ve found this to be a great resource when I need a break from stressful times. Highly recommended. **Developer response:** Thank you very much, it's a privilege to be able to bring some peace and joy to the in-between moments! ### 5/5 — Fun and peaceful *2026-05-20* If you’re interested in the mechanics of chess but don’t enjoy the pressure, give this a shot. The concept is clever, and the game is well-designed. The free version is very playable, and after a few days, I was happy to upgrade to paid. (Appreciate the one time fee for that, too.) **Developer response:** Thank you, that's a lovely review! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Quality game!! *2026-05-19* Great game. Very much enjoying it so far. Soothing and fairly addictive. Especially when conquering that hard level that you’d convinced yourself was impossible and thought the game must have glitched! I have a recommendation/request though, some sounds when placing pieces would be a nice feature. Preferably a choice of sounds would be ideal, but even just a nice satisfying soft “clunk” would be good. Also maybe some calming background music perhaps? Again, a choice would be even better, but otherwise just one repeating soothing sound would be good. Binaural beats may be an idea? **Developer response:** Thank you for the lovely comments, I’m glad to hear how much you enjoy Chess Peace! I’m currently working on the 1.1 update which is due to include a small selection of sounds in gameplay, which I hope you’ll enjoy. Music is on the list to explore at a later date! ### 5/5 — Clever daily puzzle app *2026-05-19* Very clever little puzzle app which is great to come back to every day. **Developer response:** Thank you, it's really great to hear that you enjoy it! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Polished app *2026-05-19* Simple rules with so many variations and many puzzles to keep you busy. Always pleasant to use with no ads or distractions. **Developer response:** Polished is exactly what I was going for - it's reviews like this that make the effort in the little details worthwhile, thank you! ### 5/5 — Super fun, and I typically don’t like chess variants *2026-05-19* A really enjoyable problem-solving experience. Even though it is a variant rather than real chess, I still feel like it helps you further appreciate the differences between the pieces. **Developer response:** Thank you, that's really great to hear - I hope it continues to be a source of joy! ### 5/5 — Everything it claims to be *2026-05-19* Great UI. Very relaxing and just an enjoyable thing to do every morning. **Developer response:** Thank you, it's a privilege to be part of your routine! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Wonderful Game! *2026-05-19* Relaxing and / or challenging- you choose ! Good for a quick hit or longer play. Beautifully designed **Developer response:** That's lovely to hear, thank you! ### 5/5 — Great little puzzle *2026-05-18, version 1.0.3* Fun puzzle that gives you a challenge but doesn’t take too much time. Well crafted app that doesn’t harass you either, paid for the upgrade just to reward that ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This is just a demo *2026-07-06* I really like how it will ask you for a review and once you give it the 5 stars you think it deserved it lock the game and you have to pay 👍 **Developer response:** I’m glad you think Chess Peace deserves 5 stars, thank you! There is no link between giving a review and reaching the end of the free levels, so if that happened it must have been a coincidence. Please do get in touch directly if you have seen this as an error. ### 1/5 — Pay to play *2026-05-22* Have to pay for 99% of levels would be a good game if I could play it without being blocked by a paywall **Developer response:** Hey! Unfortunately I can’t afford to work for free, and I’d rather not plaster ads all over the game, but I’m glad to hear you think Chess Peace is a good game, thanks! ### 2/5 — How good is it? *2026-07-10* Okay but could be better if they didn’t try to make me waste my money all the time. **Developer response:** Hello! The only prompts to pay for more levels come up when you have finished the free levels. If you think the app is a waste of money then I appreciate you don’t want to spend money on it, but I believe it offers good value with the number and variety of puzzles you get for the single payment. ### 2/5 — Iphone 11 *2026-06-09* Не нашел русского языка в настройках, какие то кнопки интерфейса нажимаешь, игра перестает отвечать приходится закрывать, исправьте пожалуйста ### 2/5 — Does not load *2026-05-29* Was excited to play this played one daily puzzle (hard) and was hard defo made me work hard for it only to then try play a casual level and have the game freeze countless times before even loading a new game up. 2 stars because I like the idea and can see it being fun … missing the other 3 cause I can’t flipping play! **Developer response:** Hey - I’m sorry to hear about that, please do get in touch at hello@chesspeace.app and l’ll do my best to get to the bottom of the freeze issue! ### 4/5 — Didn’t realize this was indie until that popup *2026-05-21* Interesting concept, nice execution, and I wonder how long it took you to remove alternative solutions from each puzzle. I’m definitely interested to see where this concept goes **Developer response:** Thank you, that’s a lovely compliment! ### 4/5 — Great game *2026-05-13* Amazing game however I have an issue whenever I try to access any of the levels. When opened the game is fine however when a level is pressed the game just freezes and the only way to fix is to restart. Sadly I’ve only been able to play the daily level so far but hopefully I can try out some others soon. **Developer response:** Hey! Thanks for reporting this. I’ve got a bug fix release coming out soon that will hopefully address this issue. If possible could you please email the support address (hello@chesspeace.app) with some more information? Thank you for your support! 🙏 ### 5/5 — Thoughtfully designed, and fun to play *2026-07-23* One of the most carefully crafted apps I have ever used, both its macOS and iOS personalities. Developer’s attention to detail, and thoughtful design are well apparent. PLUS it’s a fun, challenging, highly customizable game besides! ### 5/5 — Fun! *2026-06-28* Fun! ### 5/5 — Chess is very peaceful *2026-06-13* This is a nice way to learn strategy and chess ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-06-10* Like it very much ### 5/5 — Surprenant et addictif *2026-06-07* Une façon très particulière et ludique d’aborder les échecs. L’horizon limité à quelques cases permet de ne pas se sentir noyé par le nombre de possibilités d’un échiquier standard. Belle réalisation, interface sobre et efficace, des centaines de puzzles disponibles, mérite largement le prix demandé. ### 5/5 — Sehr schön *2026-06-05* Ein perfekter kleiner Puzzler. Einfache Prämisse und alles sehr gut umgesetzt. Genau solche Apps und Spiele braucht es. ### 5/5 — Fun and challenging game *2026-06-05* I love this game and it’s really well done. Worth it! ### 5/5 — Fun and relaxing *2026-06-03* I love chess, yet this has been a way to explore it in a more relaxed way. Well done! ### 5/5 — ♟️☮️ — Addictive!!😊 *2026-06-03, version 1.1.0* It’s really easy to lose track of time with Chess Peace. The blend of difficulty means that some puzzles are solved in less than a minute, while others will take longer. Chess Peace is addictive fun, elegantly crafted and the satisfaction of solving the “hard” puzzles is well worth the download 🤩 Thanks Sam for an outstanding app! ### 5/5 — Very clever! *2026-05-30* And also lots of fun. This is easily a 5-star game. I like that there are many free levels. So you can try everything out before deciding to buy. More good stuff: There’s no slogging through levels until you hit a wall. You get to pick your level of difficulty. You get 3 free hints per puzzle. You can redo old puzzles, with more free hints. Well done, developer! **Developer response:** Thank you very much, that’s a lovely review! It’s a real joy to know that the work that goes into Chess Peace is so appreciated! --- *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 2026-08-26.*