# Chess ◧ — user reviews > 34 indexed App Store user reviews of Chess ◧ by TapMedia Ltd, rated 4.30/5 from 410 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess/id902406863/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess/id902406863.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 284 · 4★ 54 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 34 ## What do users think of Chess ◧? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Simple and easy to play - 👍 Highly entertaining - 👍 Strong and flexible chess engine - 👍 Gameplay is human-like - 👍 Great for avoiding opening traps - 👍 Good graphics - 👍 Excellent app overall - 👍 Good solid app - 👍 More fun than playing a person - 👍 Outstanding and phenomenal **Cons** - 🐛 Two player mode broken - 🐛 Program is impenetrable for beginners - 🐛 Hints lead to losing - 🐛 Board color changed to brown - 🐛 Too many ads - 🐛 Slow performance - 🐛 Drains battery significantly - 🐛 Difficulty at lowest settings - 🐛 Cannot see opponent's pawns - 🐛 App is difficult for beginners **Commonly reported bugs** - Two player mode doesn't work - Choosing '2 Player' does nothing - Many glitches - Cannot move a piece and make a change with king and tower - Slaughters battery life **Most requested features** - Fix two player mode - Option to change board color back to black and white - Make the game easier for beginners - Allow viewing opponent's pawns ## Newest reviews (10 of 34) ### 3/5 — なんで *2025-06-08* キングが倒せないから無理 ### 3/5 — Two player *2023-07-02* Two player doesn’t work ### 3/5 — 2 player not working *2020-02-12* Choosing “2 Player” seems to do nothing. Please fix as I would like to use this app as a virtual physical chess board and play with another person physically present. ### 4/5 — Good but I just want to fix something. *2019-04-27* Ok so great app but I can’t see the pawns of the opponent. Is there any way I can? ### 2/5 — Board color *2018-12-27* The Chess board used to be black and white as shown in the App Store pictures. Now when you open the app the board is brown and there is no ability to change it. Please provide option to go back to original black and white chess board class color as you originally had. ### 5/5 — Simple *2016-10-23* By far the best chess app on iOS. This chess app is very simple, and I definitely recommend it. My only complaint is that you have to press the check every time you move to get the computer to go. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2016-09-22* This app, is great in its simplicity, i enjoy every aspect of it. ### 4/5 — He's a tough guy.... *2016-08-14* Simple, the computer play very fast. And trust me, he is tough. So, if you want a hard one, simple and no complications, try it. You Will be surprise... ### 3/5 — Drains Battery *2016-04-19* This app is almost perfect. It looks really nice, no bugs, it's simple, and uses little mb. But the only problem is that it uses a lot of battery. I used 40% in about 35 minutes and I have an iPhone 6. Most of my 3D action game even use less battery. P.s. Can u make it a bit easier, i'm not that good at chess. ### 3/5 — It's pretty good *2016-03-04* Good app, sometimes it won't let me move a piece I want and make a change with the king and the tower, but if you overlook that it's good. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Two player mode is broken 🙄 *2020-04-01, version 1.4* Bought this to play chess with my dad but the two player mode is broken, became a wasted download :/ ### 1/5 — This is crap. *2020-02-29, version 1.4* Just crap. ### 1/5 — Bugs *2020-02-17* Bugs ### 1/5 — Not fun *2019-06-23* The program seems designed to be impenetrable to the point where even just doing the suggested move every turn will result in you losing, that isn’t a good learning tool. ### 1/5 — Two player? *2019-01-27* Two player mode doesn’t seem to work ### 1/5 — Bad hints *2018-12-15* When I use hints it lures me into losing ### 1/5 — Not a very good game for beginners *2017-02-02* This game makes you feel like a chump not a champ. Even set at the lowest level it comes up with moves a champion could only see. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2016-11-15* Way too hard at lowest settings and slaughters battery life ### 1/5 — Just like any computer *2016-10-18* Waste of time and space ### 2/5 — Ehhhhh *2019-05-20* Two player stinks. Kind of slow. Many glitches. Too many ads. Try some other chess game. This game is only good for players who absolutely know how to play chess. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect *2021-01-14* Simple but very gooooooooodddddd ### 5/5 — i like simple game *2019-06-21* the game interface is simple, easy to play, highly entertaining ### 5/5 — The 2 player *2019-04-05* Great game but 2 player doesn’t work ### 5/5 — This chess engine beats all! *2019-03-11, version 1.3* Even Stockfish and the chess.com computer either tie or lose to this engine. I’ve put it against everything by now. It totally smokes the competition. Love the gameplay and everything else, too. This appears to be a Stockfish clone. ### 5/5 — Excellent Chess app *2017-08-22, version 1.0* Chess Engine is strong and flexible - I really like this app 👍 ### 5/5 — Nice *2017-02-19, version 1.0* Excellent ### 5/5 — Good game bit slow *2017-01-28* Like the game. Could be little faster. ### 5/5 — Best chess game on IPhone *2017-01-26, version 1.0* Best chess game on IPhone. Flexibility is excellent and game play human like. Thank you so much ### 5/5 — Fantastic Trainer to avoid opening traps *2017-01-26* This thing knows them all! ### 5/5 — Title *2017-01-04* Good but graphics isn't --- *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 2026-08-30.*