# Chess Puzzles: Tactics Trainer — user reviews > 18 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess Puzzles by Sergei Tovmasian, rated 4.80/5 from 211 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-puzzles-tactics-trainer/id6748346536/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-puzzles-tactics-trainer/id6748346536.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 185 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (4 of 18) ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-09-26* Learning tactics is important. This is a free way to do it. No complaints! **Developer response:** Thanks so much for the 5⭐ review! I’m really glad you’re enjoying the app and finding the tactics training helpful. I built this to make chess puzzles accessible for everyone, so your feedback means a lot. Keep training—and feel free to invite friends to try it too! ♟️ ### 5/5 — Très bon puzzles *2025-08-29* Super jeu ! Merci ! **Developer response:** C’est déjà implémenté. Il vous suffit de mettre à jour l’application vers la dernière version. Désormais, la fonction Retry reprend non pas depuis le début, mais à partir du dernier coup erroné. Merci beaucoup pour votre retour! ### 5/5 — Smooth crisp practice *2025-08-16* I’ve enjoyed the app for a little over a week now. The different difficulties and filtering options are very useful and I really enjoy the clean look. My only notes would be the ability to turn off sound and vibrations. Also, the check marks when finding the correct move are a bit small for my poor eyesight. Possibly highlighting the whole cell/square for a split second would be a lot easier to see, then leave the little mark. But it’s only an idea. But I’m excited to see where it goes! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback and kind words! We’re glad you’re enjoying the app and finding the different levels and filtering options useful. Just a quick note: in the latest version, you can now disable sounds in the Settings menu. We'll add the setting for vibration in next release. We also appreciate your suggestion about making the check marks more visible — that’s a great idea and we’ll look into ways to improve visibility. Thanks again for supporting the app — we’re excited to keep making it better! ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-08-12* I had fun **Developer response:** Thanks for the 5 stars! We’re glad you had fun. More puzzles and features are on the way, so stay tuned! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I was duped *2026-02-27* I liked it but can’t help feeling I was totally ripped off. I paid $50 for a premium 1 year subscription that expires February 7, 2027 but I can’t use the app because I continues to request a choose a plan and pay for it. **Developer response:** Hi - we’re really sorry this happened and thank you for reporting this. We identified a rare premium synchronization issue that could occur when using Premium on multiple devices or with bad internet connection. This has now been fixed. Please update the app (to version 3.24) and tap “Restore Purchases” if needed. If anything still doesn’t work correctly, contact us and we’ll resolve it immediately: stovmasian.master@gmail.com. If everything is working now, we’d really appreciate if you could update your review. Thanks for helping us improve the app. ### 4/5 — Norm *2026-03-10* The app definitely deserves five stars, but I'm giving it four because there are no other payment methods available. Please add a convenient way to subscribe through the website. **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind review! Currently subscriptions are handled through Apple’s App Store system, which provides secure payments and easy management through your Apple account. We’re always looking at ways to improve the experience and appreciate the suggestion! ### 4/5 — Refreshing my gameplay *2025-11-24* I used to play chess years ago, this little application helps refresh my memory on how the game is played. Looking forward to learning again. **Developer response:** Really appreciate your review! It’s great to hear the app is helping you rediscover chess. I'm committed to making your learning journey fun and rewarding. If there’s anything you’d like to see added, feel free to let me know. Enjoy the comeback! ♟️💡 ### 4/5 — Good app *2025-08-10* It may take Time but it will be Nice to have comment on why this move or this move is bad or good **Developer response:** Thanks a lot for your feedback! We completely agree — having clear explanations about why a move is good or bad would be a very valuable feature. We’re actively exploring ways to bring this into the app, though it’s technically quite challenging and will take some time. In the meantime, we do have a feature that shows the best line against a wrong move — this can already help understand why the move doesn’t work. We hope you’ll find it useful while we keep improving! ### 5/5 — Phenomenal Training Aid *2026-06-28* The developer is very responsive and a pleasure to deal with. The app is one of the best training aids I have used. The puzzles are endless and I can focused on my weakness unlike other apps. 10/10! **Developer response:** Thank you - this truly made my day! Training on your weaknesses is exactly what Chess.PhD is built for, so I'm thrilled it's working for you. Always an email away if you have ideas or need anything. Thanks for the 10/10! ### 5/5 — game *2026-05-23* helps a lot **Developer response:** Love to hear it - glad it's helping! Thanks for the 5 stars, and shout anytime if there's something that'd make it even better. ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-02-16* I have been playing chers through this app for over a week now and it is amazing. They give you customize puzzles based in your level and unlimited (in comparaison to chess.com daily 3 puzzles for non-premium). I highly recommend ☺️ **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review! 😊 We’re really happy to hear you’re enjoying the app and improving your chess through our personalized puzzles. Our goal is to build a true trainer that helps players of all levels get better with smart, adaptive chess puzzles every day. It means a lot to know the experience feels useful and motivating for you — feedback like this helps us keep improving the trainer and adding even better chess puzzles in future updates. Thanks again for your support and happy training! ♟️ ### 5/5 — Checkmate *2026-01-02* Great way to learn how to checkmate anyone **Developer response:** Thanks so much for the 5 stars! I'm really glad to hear the app is helping you learn how to checkmate with confidence. That’s exactly what I'm building it for — turning tactics practice into real over-the-board wins. ### 5/5 — Beautiful tactics training app *2025-11-10* This is a beautifully crafted chess tactics training app, based on the millions of available Lichess puzzles. The interface is clean and very well built. It allows you to do puzzles on specific themes. Having your rating calculated after each puzzle, a streak system and an increase in rank based on how many puzzles were solved at first try are features that keep you motivated. And being able to evaluate positions with the Lichess engine interface right inside the app adds even more. And it’s free! Thanks so much for building this! **Developer response:** Thank you so much! 🙏 I really appreciate your feedback. It means a lot to hear that you’re enjoying the interface, streaks, and puzzle rating system — all designed to make training with chess puzzles both motivating and effective. If you ever have ideas or requests, you can reach me directly in the app (Settings → Community → Telegram). And if you’re enjoying Chess.PhD, please share it with your friends or chess community — it helps more players discover and enjoy smarter chess puzzle training! ♟️ Thanks again for your support! ### 5/5 — Insane value *2025-11-02* Whoever created this app truly loves the game , I have a 200 million dollar idea I’d like to discuss with the owner of this app , I hope this message reaches **Developer response:** Thanks so much for the amazing review! I’m the solo developer behind the app and it really means a lot. If you’d like to discuss your idea, you can email me at sergei.tovmasian.chess@gmail.com, or even faster — inside the app you can go to Settings → Community, where there’s a direct link to my personal Telegram. Looking forward to hearing from you! ## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-10-24* Keeps me captivated. **Developer response:** Thanks a lot for the awesome review! Glad to hear the app keeps you captivated — that means a lot. If you ever spot something to improve or have ideas for new features, I’m always listening. Enjoy the puzzles! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-10-14* Perfect **Developer response:** Thank you so much! 🙏 I’m really glad you enjoy the app — every review helps a lot. If you have friends who love chess too, please share it with them — more players means more puzzles and updates coming soon ### 5/5 — Helpful *2025-10-13* Very helpful & enjoyable puzzles. **Developer response:** I’m really happy to hear that! Thank you for taking the time to write a review — it means a lot. If you have friends who like training tactics, invite them to join too — it helps the community grow and keeps me motivated to add new features! ### 5/5 — Phenomenal *2025-10-08* Great app in development. Love how there is statistics now. I like how they are near unlimited puzzles always keeping one thinking and helpful computer solutions to see what would happen if you don’t choose a certain move. Something you guys could add maybe is maybe more customizing of the app like more board colors and other things so more people will join **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the awesome review 🙏 I’m really glad you’re enjoying the app, especially the new stats and the computer explanations — I’ve spent a lot of time polishing those! You’re totally right about customization — I’ve been thinking about adding more board and piece color options soon. Hearing that you’d like it too gives me extra motivation to push it higher on the list 🙂 Thanks again for the kind words and for being part of the early community — it really means a lot! --- *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.*