# Chess - Play With Friends

> Free online and offline chess game with friends, AI, and puzzles. (iPhone/iPad app by Pirinel Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-play-with-friends/id1509924265 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Pirinel Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1450962183)
- Category: Games, Board
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 81 App Store ratings · 31 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 128 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Bulgarian, French (France), German (Germany), Hindi, Indonesian, Russian, European Spanish, Vietnamese
- Released: 2020-04-25
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-play-with-friends/id1509924265/reviews.md

## What is Chess?

This is a free Chess game where you can play with your friends, with random people online or against the computer. 

Playing with your friends over the Internet is very easy - one player hosts a game and receives a unique code, the other one joins it by typing this code.
No registration or login is required.

The game works on various popular devices - TVs, tablets and mobile phones - multiplayer games are possible between different devices.

Other features:
- Thousands of very challenging new puzzles every day
- Chat in the multiplayer games
- Game timers
- Chess960 aka Fischer random chess
- Handicap chess
- Spectators: multiple people can join a network game to watch
- Ability to analyse your games (paid feature)

We hope you like it!


* The following terms of use apply:
- Apple's standard end user license agreement, available here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
- Our own terms, available here: https://chesshold.com/terms

## Key features

- Play with friends online
- Play against computer AI
- Daily chess puzzles
- Cross-device multiplayer
- In-game chat
- Game timers
- Chess960 variant

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Version (Monthly) | $1.99 | per month |
| Premium Version (Yearly) | $14.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlock Premium Version | $22.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 31)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-play-with-friends/id1509924265/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Corrupt Site

*2026-08-08*

Hard to get a game that isn’t ran by AI or Chess Engines! 
Site is full of cheaters and corruption!

### 1/5 — Robot players

*2026-05-23*

AI has made this game not fun. Supposed to be actual people online but I’ve noticed a lot not robot players.

### 1/5 — definitely a lot of bots.

*2026-05-12*

Tonight alone I played a good amount of “users” of varying ratings and every single one was making highly accurate moves in milliseconds. It is obviously not natural gameplay especially for game after game of low rated players 😂 Im around 1700 so I deleted the app and redownloaded to see if my suspicions were right and yea for every single game to have each player make every single move accurately in split seconds smells of bots.

**Developer response:** Hi, thank you for the feedback, we just released an update that should fix this problem.
Cheers!

### 5/5 — Long time user

*2026-04-09*

If you’re sick of chess.com and their trolls,cheating stockfish worms, and contestant solicitations to subscribe. And “questionable reviews “ give this a shot couldn’t be worse!

### 3/5 — Needs timer

*2025-07-28*

Players are not timed on moves and will waste clock instead of moving pieces. This is especially prevalent when you have them in difficult positions. Game needs timed moves. Overall very fun to play against others from different nations, but the excessive cheating makes it annoying. But no ads makes up to an extent.

### 5/5 — Ramneet

*2025-02-21, version 5.02*

Real game

### 5/5 — Great for beginners

*2025-01-17*

I’m a beginner. 
There are no commercials.
It’s fit my needs for learning chess. 
I play the 2nd to the lowest level for puzzles.
I just learned how to share it, so soon I’ll be playing against a friend.
Enjoy

### 3/5 — Fun App

*2024-09-24*

Browser play is tough. Also: great on the TV. Thank you.

### 4/5 — One problem

*2024-07-28, version 5.02*

It can’t teach you how to play chess but I knew so it was fine

### 5/5 — Only online vs friends chess I found

*2024-06-17, version 5.02*

This is the only chess game online that I found that allow you to play with a friend easily. I play everyday with my dad across the globe 
Thank you

## Frequently asked questions about Chess

### What is this app?

This is a free chess game that allows you to play against friends, random opponents online, or the computer. It offers features like daily puzzles, in-game chat, and cross-device multiplayer support.

### How do I play with friends?

Playing with friends is simple. One player hosts a game and shares a unique code. The other player joins by entering this code. No registration or login is required to start a game.

### Is this app free to use?

The core game is free to download and play, including multiplayer and AI matches. However, there is a paid feature for analyzing your games.

### What devices are supported?

The game is designed to work on a variety of popular devices, including TVs, tablets, and mobile phones. Multiplayer games can be played between different device types.

### What are some of the unique features?

Beyond standard chess, the app offers thousands of daily puzzles, in-game chat for multiplayer games, game timers, the Chess960 variant, handicap chess, and the ability for spectators to watch network games.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.02 — 2023-09-11

- Added more timer options when playing with random people online.
- When analyzing games it now shows the name of the opening.
- Added many other smaller bug fixes and layout improvements.

### 4.64 — 2023-01-28

- Translated the game to multiple languages.
- The puzzles are now much more interesting and challenging.
- Added the ability to premove (place your next move while your opponent is thinking in order to save time).
- The ratings for each computer level are now shown.
- Added a large number of other layout improvements, bug fixes and smaller new features.

### 4.29 — 2022-07-11

- When analysing your games, it's now possible to view not just the best move, but how the computer would have played from there - several moves ahead. To view that - click on the magnifying glass.
- Fixed a bug where the timer was broken if the device language was other than English.
- Added a number of other bug fixes and layout improvements.

### 4.16 — 2022-05-16

- the leaderboard is no longer limited to the first 300 players
- the "cast to tv" function now supports analysis, timers and player data
- added a large number of other smaller bug fixes and improvements

### 3.13 — 2021-10-15

Added ability to report a problem during a game - there is a new menu item for this.

Added several other bug fixes and UI improvements.

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