# New In Chess — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of New In Chess by New In Chess, rated 3.50/5 from 31 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-in-chess/id745192930/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-in-chess/id745192930.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 10 ## Newest reviews (10 of 36) ### 4/5 — Best Chess Magazine available anywhere *2018-09-22* Fantastic content. Play through the games on your device. Excellent on an iPad. The only thing preventing this from a five-star review is the display on an iPhone XS. Magazine renders/feels like an Instagram photo, which is disappointing when there is so much screen real estate to make use of. ### 4/5 — Easy access to the great content of NIC *2016-10-29, version 1.0.23* iPad version is a little more convenient to view, but the iPhone version is great too. ### 4/5 — Naive and simple *2016-10-02, version 1.0.23* Extremely simple and perhaps naive in that there is potential for a lot more. One can go over game notation and variations with ease. Occasional bugs while signing in, but otherwise solid. ### 4/5 — Clean format, needs engine *2016-05-13, version 1.0.23* Very easy to navigate NIC magazine and follow games and variations. Needs an integrated engine as in Forward Chess application. ### 4/5 — Terrific app *2016-03-23, version 1.0.23* This NIC app, as well as the NIC Books and files app are really first rate and leverages learning with the design that lets you easily walk through games in the magazine or in books. It's also a breeze to play through variations on the screen. The only thing missing - which would make this five stars for me - is a built-in analysis engine or a feature that would let me import stockfish, shredder or Fritz from my iPad to run analysis on moves not covered in the text. Please consider adding this - as an in-app purchase, if necessary. ### 4/5 — The greatest game *2016-02-11, version 1.0.23* It is easy to navigate the best written chess magazine in the world on this app. ### 5/5 — Meilleur magazine d'échecs. *2015-06-24, version 1.0.21* Si les échecs sont votre hobbies, New in Chess est un "must". ### 5/5 — Like the old magazine format *2015-01-11, version 1.0.21* Great to be able to read and play through the games without a board. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2014-12-25, version 1.0.21* Everything works beautifully in this app: Smooth reliable operation & crisp response. Just tap on any diagram or move, and it shows you the position, AND lets you step through the moves -- backwards or forwards -- from there. I have four other reader apps on my iPad, and they all frustrate me in some way. This app, however, gets its exactly right. bravo! ### 5/5 — Better than Print: New in Chess magazine app *2014-10-12, version 1.0.21* The great thing about this New in Chess magazine app is that you can open the games to play through right inside the magazine... you no longer need to have a chess board in front of you to work out the moves in the articles!!! (even though I still like doing that sometimes, this is good when you are on the go and can't pop open a chess board, very convenient) I would take a half star off for the price of the mag, but it has the type of articles I'm interested in, much better than USCF's Chess Life in my opinion! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Logs out; bought 2022, can’t open! *2022-11-06, version 2.16.2* Bad bad bad. ### 1/5 — Stop the useless updates *2021-07-26, version 2.15.4* I hate the new update. I do not want stockfish. I liked the other version better where you could analyze a position on a different app, make ur own moves and understand why they are good or bad. Stockfish does not allow you to do that; not even an evaluation bar. ### 1/5 — Don’t update!!!!!!!!!!! *2020-11-14, version 2.11.6* You will lose all your old issues! Paid or free. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2019-09-18, version 2.10.4* This upgrade is so bad and disappointing. It forces one to sign out and then sign back in every time to view the magazine. Otherwise it assumes you want to buy the issue even if you have a subscription. Furthermore, attempting to download issues for off-line viewing is a non-starter and just doesn’t work. I wish I could reinstall the previous version. Unhappy ### 1/5 — All purchases disappeared *2019-09-17, version 2.10.4* Thought this was a great app. Then, after purchasing a bunch of old issues, they all disappeared. It’s a shame, still a great magazine, but can’t recommend buying anything. ### 1/5 — Worthless *2019-08-28, version 2.10.4* When app updates you lose all magazines you purchased, I sent and email, and they tell me do I remember the magazine I purchased ? Shouldn’t all my purchased magazines be recorded on my account no it’s not. Even if I do remember they are not on the app. Is this a bank robbery on line ??? ### 1/5 — Lots of good potential ruined by poor execution *2017-04-11, version 1.0.24* I've postponed this review for over a year, hoping NiC would iron out enough bugs to allow me to give their app more than a single star, but to no avail. The great benefit of reading a chess magazine on an iPad should be the ease of enjoying the games themselves, but this is the glaring shortcoming of the New in Chess app: the game viewer is one of the poorest on the iPad. If you enlarge the board, all the game annotations disappear. It's not for lack of space; half the screen is simply blank. If you wonder what an engine reveals about a position, you'll get no help here, as NiC hasn't deigned to provide one. Even worse, games are often entered incorrectly, so they become impossible to follow in the viewer. (By "often" I do not mean a majority of the games, but I do mean enough games that I'm no longer surprised when I reach one.) The apps for each of the other chess publishers are great. Many of the apps put out by independent programmers are great. New in Chess has really done a shameful job on this one. ### 1/5 — Cannot restore purchases made on older iPhone *2016-10-29, version 1.0.23* I bought 2016 #4 on an iPhone 6, and when I got an iPhone SE, couldn't download my purchase. Keeps rejecting my login info. Changed password but still no luck. ### 2/5 — The latest update is a huge step backwards *2020-03-13, version 2.10.10* The app is almost useless now. It clearly indicates which issues I own, but there is no way for me to track which issues I’ve read or which issues I was in the middle. I would have to track that information by hand on a sticky note. ### 2/5 — Pretty weak *2015-10-01, version 1.0.22* Seems to freeze a lot and the menu disappears sometimes. I don't understand why the magazine is so expensive and this app is so mediocre. :( ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Magazine *2017-04-09, version 1.0.24* Love it! ### 5/5 — Good product, good app *2017-01-28, version 1.0.24* Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Convenient and easy to use *2016-11-19, version 1.0.23* This app makes your chess time very productive, fun and you can access it everywhere you go. I have been subscribed for more than ten years to the hard copy magazine but this digital version makes it more convenient ### 5/5 — Great *2016-03-18, version 1.0.23* Allows you to see games one move at a time. Top level analysis. Information about who's who past and present. ### 5/5 — New In Chess *2016-03-07, version 1.0.23* Awesome!! ### 5/5 — A must have for all who care about the game! *2015-12-14, version 1.0.23* I've never seen such a beautiful chess app that makes reading and learning chess so fun. Top that up with world class content and you have the best chess magazine in the world! Thanks to everyone at 'New in chess' team. Job well done! ### 5/5 — Great Chess content *2015-10-30, version 1.0.22* First time I've checked NIC. Lots of Chess. Great articles, well written. Plus games with interesting analysis. I download the issue and take it with me on trips. ### 5/5 — Outstanding *2015-10-06* Amazing! Long time waiting for this! ### 5/5 — Excellent Looking Magazine *2015-09-12, version 1.0.22* I have been meaning to buy a copy for a while and am not disappointed. Excellent selection of annotated games. I also might add a very well designed magazine. ### 5/5 — Great! *2015-08-22, version 1.0.22* iPad access was great! Now iPhone access makes it even greater. --- *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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