# Chess - tChess Pro — user reviews > 414 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess by Tom Kerrigan, rated 4.70/5 from 251 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-tchess-pro/id295445501/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-tchess-pro/id295445501.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 208 · 4★ 23 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Chess? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Enjoyable and challenging - 🚀 Plays solid openings and variations - 👍 Thoroughly enjoyable for novice players - 👍 Great for beginners and seasoned players - 👍 Rated games help track progress - 👍 Excellent 3D modeling - 👍 Clean and intuitive interface - 👍 Adjustable difficulty levels - 👍 Helpful game analysis mode - 👍 Access to masters' games - 👍 Stable and reliable performance **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes after updates - 🐛 Inaccurate rating system - 🐛 Bright screen background can be tiring - 🐛 Clunky online game menu **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when creating annotations - Zoomed-in screen issue when returning to the app - Difficulty settings not accurately reflecting the AI's strength **Most requested features** - Add chess puzzles - Provide more board and piece style options - Implement a resign feature and draw offer - Add a move evaluation bar - Improve the online multiplayer experience - Provide a way to organize and navigate through game databases ## Newest reviews (20 of 414) ### 5/5 — Best chess app *2025-08-10, version 2.0.0* The board looks great. Plays quick but not mechanical. Easy to adjust difficulty. Love this app. ### 5/5 — Great support *2025-07-06, version 2.0.0* Top marks to Tom Kerrigan for his support. I’ve been playing TChess for years and have built up a substantial library of saved games, some of my own and a lot of classics. Recently they all disappeared. I emailed support and within a day Tom came back with a fix. TChess really is the best! ### 4/5 — Sehr gute Schach App *2025-04-24, version 2.0.0* Das UI ist suboptimal und sollte dringend neu gestaltet werden, aber dafür gibt es einige Besonderheiten, die das Programm auszeichnen wie die grafische Spielanalyse und der angenehme Spielstil. Die Spielstärke liegt eher etwas über Shredder, aber unter Hiarcs - für normale Spieler sowie für einfache Analysen IMHO völlig ausreichend. ### 5/5 — Very good Chess app! *2025-04-23, version 2.0.0* All the fractures are useful. The game analysis mode is excellent and it helps a lot to study our own game play. I am sure to make significant progress! To have access to masters' old games is also very useful to learn … Bravo! ### 5/5 — My favourite Chess *2025-02-19, version 2.0.0* Maybe if it had a choice of AIs to play that would be nice but I can’t in all truth give it anything but 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Great for practicing *2025-01-21, version 2.0.0* It’s skill graduation helps one not to feel like an idiot and want to practice. ### 5/5 — GlennF *2025-01-14, version 2.0.0* I love the app and play it each day. ### 5/5 — Great Chess App *2025-01-04, version 2.0.0* Only suggestion would to divide games into classical and non classical when retrieving games from a certain player. ### 5/5 — Excelente. *2024-12-16, version 2.0.0* Muy buena app, genial, muy buena para practicar y mejorar en este deporte ### 5/5 — Fun *2024-12-12, version 2.0.0* This game is a staple of mine, and I just love its numerous features. Great for beginners as well as seasoned players as the games are rated. ### 5/5 — Nov 2024 (Still a powerhouse) *2024-11-02, version 2.0.0* All these years, even with all these dazzling chess apps that now exist. tChess Pro is one of the original first premium chess games on iOS, it was highly praised during the nascent era of chess games on iOS. To this day, it’s still real good, pgns are here, you can even play your puzzle pgns. ### 5/5 — best chess app *2024-09-16, version 2.0.0* i have been using t chess for 11 yrs, i play two games/day! t-chess beats me 90% of the time but i love the game and t chess! thank you t-chess! ### 5/5 — chess puzzles *2024-09-07, version 2.0.0* chess puzzles are the only thing that is hindering tchess pro from being 100 percent perfect PLEASE 🙏 I Beg you To Add them please ### 4/5 — Needs an update. *2024-08-28, version 2.0.0* Hello. This is one of the better chess apps but it crashes quite often and I see the last update was two years ago. I hope you haven’t abandoned this app. ### 3/5 — Schade, könnte eine schöne Schach-App sein *2024-08-05, version 2.0.0* Die App eines Top-Schach-Programmierers musste ich natürlich haben. Ernüchternd, dass jetzt, im Sommer 2024, seit zwei Jahren keine Programmpflege erfolgt ist. Schon andere haben angemerkt, dass das Brett-Layout vorsichtig gesagt suboptimal ist. Deswegen nutze ich die App auch nicht. Ein Ästhetik-Update wäre die wichtigste Neuerung aus meiner Sicht. Es gibt viele gute Beispiele dafür im App-Store. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-07-28, version 2.0.0* The best app I’ve ever bought. So good. ### 5/5 — Very nicely done *2024-07-06, version 1.9.1* I love that you can play rated games and track your progress, ### 5/5 — No frills and plays like a real person *2024-06-29, version 2.0.0* I love playing this program. No frills, which I really appreciate and it plays like a real person. It can play at all levels and for me, as a mid-strength player, can challenge my abilities, so I’m always getting better. ### 5/5 — Treuer Begleiter und Trainer *2024-06-08, version 2.0.0* Gut durchdachte App. Insbesondere die Bewertungsspiele halten Dich dazu an, immer weiter zu spielen, um Deine ELO-Bewertung zu verbessern. Im niedrigeren Schwierigkeitsmodus macht der Computer ab und an haarsträubende Fehler; aber das geht wohl nicht anders. Das Menü ist etwas zu „aufgeräumt“. Man tut sich schwer, manche Features zu finden (z.B. den Analysemodus). ### 5/5 — Best chess app *2024-05-30, version 2.0.0* Best chess app I ever used! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2020-10-27, version 1.9.5* Get the free chess app that works way better than this paid chess app. The $7.99 is not a lot of money for me. However, this app only have 2500 ELO. It says 3800 ELO that’s why I purchased. The app I have beat it easily. I’m the free small fish that has 3300 ELO. I just install it but I am going to delete it. It’s useless. Improve it to 3800 per your description. Then I will purchase it even for $28. For now, I want my $7.99 refunded. BTW it takes time to think despite I set it for zero 0 time please fix it. ### 1/5 — Not user friendly if you want to play online with friends. *2018-12-30, version 1.8.6* Spent an hour trying to set up so could play online with friends. Instructions are not clear. Why doesnt someone make a version that can be played through texting. ### 1/5 — Chess *2018-10-20, version 1.8.6* I kind of like this game because it helps me get better at chess and helps me to focus 🤪hahah I love my life 😘 ### 1/5 — 弱い *2016-04-30, version 1.8.3* レーディングを最強に設定しても、余裕で勝てます。私の予想では、このソフトの最強レーディングは、2300elo位です。その為、他のチェスソフトの方が、断然強いですよ。 ### 1/5 — Программа постоянно вылетает *2015-12-01, version 1.8.3* Программа постоянно вылетает, а оппонент регулярно не видит мой ход. Для платной программы настолько чудовищные глюки просто недопустимы! ### 1/5 — Mr *2015-05-24, version 1.8.2* Not impressed. Graphics on game do not even match those displayed on App Store. Waste of ten bucks. ### 1/5 — Dissatisfied buyer *2014-12-21, version 1.8.2* I bought this game for 8 or 9 dollars and it's no better than the free ones download a free one you will be better off, I wish I could get a refund ### 1/5 — Velmi spatne sachy *2014-09-03, version 1.8.2* Poridil jsem si tuto placenou aplikaci na zaklade nadsenych reakci zde a lituji vyhozenych penez. Nejsem zadny sachovy profik, ale aplikaci porazim uplne pravidelne. Nemam zadny dobry pocit ze hry, protoze si pripadam, ze hraju s ditetem. I Chess Pro, ktere jsou levnejsi a take slibuji "nesplnitelne", jsou o dve tridy lepsi. Pokud touzite po silnem spoluhraci nevyhazujte penize za hru, ktera je srovnatelna s verzemi zdarma. ### 1/5 — Schrecklich anzusehen *2013-09-21, version 1.8.0* Ein klares Nein zu diesem Update, mit dem Weißen statt Schwarzen Hintergrund kann ich mit der App nicht mehr arbeiten, dass tut ja in den Augen weh! ### 1/5 — Zu teuer *2012-07-25, version 1.7.2* Zu zu teuer. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best Chess by far.. *2026-08-12, version 2.0.1* I picked this for my chess app. It does everything.. ### 5/5 — Great for the iPad *2026-06-08, version 2.0.1* I routinely use tChess to email myself OTB games during tournaments. Super-easy interface ### 5/5 — Great chess app *2026-05-22, version 2.0.1* tChess Pro is my favorite chess app, I’ve been using it for many years. The interface is well designed and crisp looking. It’s a pleasure to use. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-05-16, version 2.0.1* Probably the best app for the price, for both features and strength of play. ### 5/5 — Love the Game and the app *2026-04-28, version 2.0.1* I have used the app on and off for the past 16years. ### 5/5 — Luv tChess *2026-02-24, version 2.0.1* Thank you so much for making this app available. Download this app, you will not be sorry.! ### 5/5 — One of the best chess app ! *2025-12-22, version 2.0.0* I use fixed depth mode for training. One minor bug - when in background, the app loses Interface settings (Appearance and Toolbar Buttons). And one question - is it possible integrate with Stochfish ? ### 5/5 — Enjoyable and Challenging *2025-12-08, version 2.0.1* Plays solid openings and a lot of variations. I enjoy it immensely! ### 5/5 — Thoroughly Enjoy It *2025-10-06, version 2.0.0* As a long-term novice, I play to help relax and step away from the rigors of life. I understand that most others can provide a much more detailed review, but I am just thankful for the time and effort taken to provide this for us. It’s simple to navigate and adjust the settings and I find it suits me quite nicely. Thanks again! ### 5/5 — Best iPhone Chess Game *2025-09-30, version 2.0.0* Many years ago, I had an issue with some saves and got an immediate response. The developer is kind and brilliant. Out of all the chess games I play, Xbox, PC, iPhone, this is by far my favorite. I love the 3D modeling as well. --- *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.*