# Chess Scanner - Digitizer — user reviews > 9 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess Scanner by Steffen Ratzke von Stoyentin, rated 4.00/5 from 18 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-scanner-digitizer/id6475354574/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-scanner-digitizer/id6475354574.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 3 ## Most critical reviews (9 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Only Useful If Paid *2025-08-18* I only downloaded this to save time getting the PGN to study. After I learned I had to pay to do that or open in a chess app, I uninstalled **Developer response:** I understand your frustration regarding the cost of accessing PGN files. I aimed to make this solution as affordable as possible while still covering expenses. My main goal is to eliminate the need for physical score sheets and to make your games accessible at any time. Additionally, there is a web version where you pay per game, and the first three scans are free. I would love to hear your thoughts and any ideas you might have! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work at all *2024-04-14* I tried to enter notation images and it recognized nothing. Completely useless. **Developer response:** In the past month, we’ve made significant improvements, including grid detection and better text recognition. We’d appreciate it if you would consider revisiting the app. ### 2/5 — Not worth the money *2025-10-12* The app costs about $48 per year if you want to download the PGN. This might be worth the money if the app looked at subsequent moves to try to figure out what the note was, but it does not. In the game I input, the app got move 10 wrong, and instead of using the rest of the game to figure out move 10, it just moved the named piece to a random square for the rest of the game. In the time it took me to correct all the moves, I could have just about entered the whole game. The feature that is useful is that once I start entering corrections, it made new guesses, and I didn’t have to re-correct the rest of the game. I am just not sure this feature is worth $48 per year to me. **Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your message! Depending on your country, the app with all its features costs around $18 per year. During the initial move generation, the app considers subsequent moves and also updates when you manually trigger regeneration (though this is not recommended). It's generally faster and more battery-efficient to use automatic regeneration(without analyzing subsequent moves) and then adjust any potential mistakes. The regenerated moves depend on the detected texts, which you can view by tapping the score sheet icon at the top while in edit mode. The trick is not to look at the moves one by one but to check the background color of the moves displayed next to the score sheet, scanning from top to bottom to spot any incorrectly recognized moves. My best guess is that some fields on the score sheet were not recognized correctly in your game. There is also a helpful YouTube video explaining the app here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxWUcbopu08. It's definitely worth a try! :). If you'd like, you can send me your score sheet at steffen@chessscanner.com, and I can then share a video of my process for recording your game. ### 4/5 — Spannend *2025-01-12, version 1.6.9* Das Umwandeln von Schachpartienotationen in Partieformulare klappt. Manchmal wundert man sich aber, warum deutlich geschriebene Züge falsch interpretiert werden. Das Korrigieren dieser Züge ist sehr einfach gelöst und selbsterklärend. Ob der Preis aber gerechtfertigt ist, muss jeder selbst entscheiden. Lohnen tut sich die App, wenn man viele Partien eines Turniers erfassen will. Wer nur eigene Partien erfasst, kommt bestimmt ohne zurecht. ### 5/5 — Saves a lot of time *2026-03-27* Very nice app that helps me with tournaments. Saves so much time to digitize chess games. Easy too use, good quality of recognition. Usually I have to correct one or two moves that I wrote unclear. ### 5/5 — Erfüllt perfekt ihren Zweck *2024-09-24, version 1.6.8* Ich als aktiver Schachspieler nutze diese App täglich. Trotz meiner eher mäßigen Schrift, gerade bei schnelleren Partien ;) erkennt sie diese fast Fehlerfrei. Die Premiumversion lohnt sich definitiv. ### 5/5 — Sollte besser beworben werde *2024-08-26, version 1.6.5* Diese Software könnte zu einer Standardsoftware für alle Turnierspieler werden. Ich hoffe sie wird noch besser beworben, ich denke sie hat großes Potential. ### 5/5 — Sehr einfach zu bedienen, gut für jeden Schachspieler *2024-08-22, version 1.6.5* Das Scannen funktioniert sehr gut selbst bei eigenen Schreibfehlern korrigiert die App diese! ### 5/5 — Rezension *2024-07-26, version 1.6.2* Sehr gut für jeden Schachspieler --- *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 2026-08-13.*