# lidraughts • Online Draughts

> Open source, free draughts game with multiple variants, AI, and online play. (iPhone/iPad app by Stefan Schermann.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lidraughts-online-draughts/id1485028698 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Stefan Schermann](https://appshunter.io/developer/1485028697)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Board, Puzzle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.75/5 from 12 App Store ratings · 16 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 53 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2019-10-27
- Data updated: 2026-08-05
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lidraughts-online-draughts/id1485028698/reviews.md

## What is lidraughts?

Built for the love of draughts, this app is open source and free for all.

- Play bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence draughts
- Play in arena tournaments
- Play against the computer, both online and offline
- Find, follow, challenge players
- See your games stats
- Draughts variants, available online and offline: Frisian, Russian, Brazilian, Antidraughts, Breakthrough, Frysk!
- Practice with draughts puzzles for International, Frisian and Russian draughts
- Game analysis with local computer evaluation
- Board editor to setup positions
- Server computer analysis with move annotations and game summary
- Over The Board mode to play offline with a friend
- Standalone draughts clock with multiple time settings
- Available in 20 languages
- Designed for both phones and tablets, supporting landscape mode
- 100% free, without ads, and open source!

Just like https://lidraughts.org, this application is open source, and respects user freedom. It is entirely free and without ads, now and forever.

Source code of the mobile application: https://github.com/RoepStoep/lidrobile
Source code of the website and server: https://github.com/RoepStoep/lidraughts

The computer analysis is possible thanks to Fabien Letouzey's open source draughts engine Scan 3.1: https://github.com/rhalbersma/scan

Many words of thanks must be expressed to the lichess developers, whose open source work made all of this possible:
- Vincent Velociter (https://github.com/veloce), lead developer of the lichess app which was forked to create the lidraughts app
- Thibault Duplessis (https://github.com/ornicar), creator of lichess.org, without whom there would be no lidraughts.org in the first place
- All others who contributed over the years, too many to mention

## Key features

- Multiple draughts variants
- Online and offline play
- Arena tournaments
- AI opponent
- Game analysis
- Draughts puzzles
- Board editor

## Recent user reviews (10 of 16)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lidraughts-online-draughts/id1485028698/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Best Game

*2025-12-19*

This needs to be more popular, international checkers is a beauty, you can play 8x8 or 10x10, do puzzles and much more

### 4/5 — FA SCHIFOOOOO

*2025-11-29, version 2.2.0*

Mentre giocavo una partita, dopo che io ho mosso l’avversario aveva terminato il tempo. Ho aspettato 3 ore per  il rating  che non arrivava ma il bello e che l’hanno dato al giocatore, poi mi compare un scritta che diceva: “ vince l’avversario per la mancanza del giocatore” quando IO ero connesso, PERCHÉ???????

### 5/5 — Sehr gut

*2024-10-30*

Echt ne klasse App

### 5/5 — Beautiful application!

*2024-08-23, version 2.2.0*

Please enter the Italian game rules

### 5/5 — LOVE THIS GAME

*2024-08-12, version 2.2.0*

It’s a very simple to navigate and easy to play with your friends, and u can also play against other persons in real time which is dope definitely 5 stars

### 5/5 — Salon

*2024-03-06*

Très belle application mais impossibilité de voir le salon d’attente pour voir les parties en attente. 

Le salon n’est visible que dans la  version web mais pas dans l’application.

### 4/5 — Urgent

*2023-12-03, version 2.2.0*

Lidraughts management, I’m bringing to your awareness the cheating going with the online rated games… I don’t know how it is done but whenever is your turn during game(s) particularly at the middle of games the cheating opponent will not move and it’s time will keep counting down but when his or her time is exhausted it will show that you that is waiting or making attempts to move is the loser and your time will be exhausted rather than that of your opponent. This is a big cheat and it is surprising and strange to me . I’m done with the online games till there is a solution. Thanks

### 5/5 — Thanks

*2023-09-16*

Hi ! Just wanted to help the app which made me love draughts. I met people, progressed, and appreciated the Time spent on the app. It may have a few flows but it doesnt matter to me. Thanks for all

### 5/5 — Glorious

*2022-05-01*

I love this app plz make a English draughts variant then Lidraughts would be too good

### 5/5 — Русские шашки

*2021-03-28*

Здравствуйте. Будут ли созданы русские шашки на восьмиклеточной доске?

## Frequently asked questions about lidraughts

### What game modes does lidraughts offer?

lidraughts supports bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence draughts. You can play against the computer offline, online against other players, or in arena tournaments.

### Can I play lidraughts offline?

Yes, lidraughts can be played offline against the computer. It also features an 'Over The Board' mode for playing with a friend locally.

### Does lidraughts have ads?

No, lidraughts is 100% free, without ads, and open source. It is designed to be ad-free now and forever.

### What draughts variants are available in lidraughts?

lidraughts offers several variants including Frisian, Russian, Brazilian, Antidraughts, Breakthrough, and Frysk, playable both online and offline.

### How does the game analysis work in lidraughts?

The app provides game analysis with local computer evaluation. For deeper insights, server computer analysis with move annotations and game summaries is also available.

### Is lidraughts available on multiple devices?

Yes, lidraughts is designed for both phones and tablets and supports landscape mode. It is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod.

### What is the rating of lidraughts?

lidraughts has a high user rating of 4.8 stars based on 12 ratings, indicating strong user satisfaction.

### How often is lidraughts updated?

The latest version, 2.2.0, was released on September 28, 2023. The app is actively maintained, with the source code available for review.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.0 — 2023-09-28

- improved connection stability on some devices
 - more text is translated, added new languages: Welsh, Hebrew, Hungarian, Romanian
 - fixed engine not available for some games on analysis board
 - fixed wrong board coordinates during puzzles
 - all settings are now visible in tournament lobby

### 2.1.0 — 2023-09-14

- fixes missing english translations
 - fixes deep links for puzzles and analysis
 - internal upgrade to Capacitor 5

### 2.0.0 — 2023-09-13

- internals: migrated framework to Capacitor, push notifications to Firebase
 - tournament: support for team battles, added tournament chat
 - analysis: practice mode, threat mode, game replay mode
 - correspondence: conditional premoves
 - home page: new design with featured game
 - blindfold play mode
 - new piecesets & board themes
 - more translations available in more languages
 - many bugfixes and other improvements to stability and performance

### 1.3.0 — 2021-03-28

- New design home page and menu
 - Support for Russian puzzles
 - Two new board themes, three new piece sets
 - Translations in Turkish and Japanese
 - Various interface improvements, bugfixes

### 1.2.0 — 2020-10-07

- Support for new variant Brazilian draughts
 - Display of tournament description and settings for streaks/berserk

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## Related topics

[draughts](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/draughts)

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