# Chess.. — user reviews > 26 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess.. by baKno Games, rated 1.80/5 from 24 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess/id403016297/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess/id403016297.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 19 ## Newest reviews (9 of 26) ### 1/5 — Crashes on startup *2013-12-14, version 3.0.1* Crashes right away and shuts right down. iOS 4.2.1. Unplayable. ### 1/5 — Really bad, do not buy. *2011-12-07* Whenever I open it up, it loops me to the about tab and does not let me switch tabs. I recommend that you don't get this. ### 1/5 — Pieces don't move right *2011-09-21* The pieces don't move correctly in the drag-and-drop mode, especially the rook. Errors occur in the tap-and-touch mode, as well. More work than fun. I want a refund! ### 1/5 — Walk away *2011-01-07* My first chess game purchased on an iPad or iPhone. I'm disappointed. The board rotates at an extremely slow speed hampering play. It is so frustrating I didn't even bother to finish my first game. I can find nothing in the directions to stop this feature or to increase the speed of the rotation. Back to the store to read more reviews. Wish I could get my money back. Walk away. ### 1/5 — Stay Away! *2010-12-26* Horrible graphics and game play. Completely worthless. Save your time and money. Takes forever to load and switch between screens. Much better chess apps out there to choose from. ### 1/5 — Very Bad Graphics *2010-11-26* This is one of the poorest designed app in the app store. Do not buy. Buyer beware !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Very very Bad *2010-11-20* Castling doesn't work, instead it eats your rook. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2010-11-20* By far the worst experience I've had on iPad so far. Graphics very poor, action very stick and slow. At points the pieces would not even move. Big disappointment! How do i get my money back? ### 1/5 — Lacking... *2010-11-17* For the price it seriously lacks. Plus noone plays online! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It won't even start *2021-03-01* Just downloaded and it crashes right after the load screen , uninstalling. ### 1/5 — THIS IS THE WORST CHESS GAME EVER *2020-01-25* I literally could not even move a price without my phone looking like it is about to be hacked. ### 1/5 — This sucks *2018-12-05, version 5.1.0* Ur game is trash you can’t even play ### 1/5 — Free ? *2018-11-16* Advertised as free with in app purchases which is fine. However after a few moves of the first game you’re asked to pay to play. ### 1/5 — Wants me to buy stuff *2018-09-25* Each game I play it asks me to pay for something and when I go back into the game it restarts I never get to finish ### 1/5 — Lag Issues *2018-09-08* This game is horrible. Don’t waste your time, because this game is laggy. Maybe if they updated it, I would get it, but another issue: you have to pay! I’m not paying money for a game that’s laggy as crap! ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2018-05-18* You don’t even get to Finish a single match before it forces you to buy tokens to play. ### 1/5 — Bad *2018-04-23* The game was really laggy and bad quality.Also it kept asking to buy things so I am going to rate it one star. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2016-11-04, version 5.0.0* Lags a lot. ### 1/5 — Horrible in app purchases *2015-11-05* You get about 3 turns in before the game stops and bothers you to buy a variety of different license options. To top it off the framerate of the game is incredibly buggy ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Chess *2018-04-21* It’s chess. Not much else to it. ### 5/5 — Mr *2012-04-11, version 3.0.1* Only flaw is when in match mode it spins the board around, an option to prevent that would be nice since i usually sit opposite my opponent ### 5/5 — Good idea but terrible delivery. It was a waste of money. *2011-07-21, version 3.0.1* Below is my review of the previous version. On this new one they have tweaked the interface so it is more responsive. I must say the game was flawless and I moved all my pieces with the first click. I didn't get a chance to try the undo feature for when you make a bad move. I will rate this 5/5 stars and bring back to 3.5 if the undo doesn't work properly like on the last version -------------------------------------------- Constructive criticizm. My last review was harsh but on the spot, this game was unplayable. The problems I addressed have been fixed and the interface is responsive and you can actually play the game. A problem remains, the "undo" feature seems to be broken, when you play against the computer and you make a bad move and want to take it back, it undoos the computer's more. Not your own, you have to hit the undo feature over and over to the point where it bugs out. To put it simply, the game is still broken, I say this because I've tried to play 3 games and haven't been able to finish a single one because it buged out, one time I went from being white to being black! With that said, once they fix this in a future version, this could be the best chess game around (I've tries a lot of them), but as it is, it is still buggy. ### 5/5 — Best looking chess game ever *2011-06-10* I played the lite version of this game and decided to pay for the full version. It was definitely worth it. Not sure who these people giving it one star reviews are but it looks gorgeous and plays just as nice. I haven't had any lag issues at all. Plus there are no ads in this version. ### 3/5 — Spinning board. *2010-11-14* For this price I expected more. Please please update the spinning every after each player's turn. The time is running and you really cannot see properly while the whole board spins. And it is kind of slow. Other than that it's fine. ### 2/5 — Almost Middle of the road *2012-12-19, version 3.0.1* Performs well 90% of the time, difficulty levels are well set up. Needs an undo function as its easy to place a piece in the wrong spot. Often crashes in a game - usually when either side converts a pawn to another queen - and needs to be deleted and reinstalled. ### 2/5 — Needs work *2011-02-27* Beating the advanced mode on first game... with the paid version and it crashes each time about mid game... Please fix the bugs and make it a challenging game. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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