# Notation: Chess Coach — user reviews

> 5 indexed App Store user reviews of Notation by Darren Cox, rated 4.50/5 from 4 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/notation-chess-coach/id6759826744/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/notation-chess-coach/id6759826744.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0

## Most critical reviews (5 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Neat idea, but buggy as hell.

*2026-07-23*

Pieces end up not where you placed them or opponent pieces are not where they are indicated. Has this been tested at all? Like the idea but clearly not ready for primetime yet.

### 1/5 — Buggy and unusable

*2026-04-03*

Can’t even play a single game of chess every time a game starts the app closes. 
There are mistakes in the tuition which should have been easy catches, ie check mate when the king can take the rook so it’s not mate making it unusable.
If it was free I could forgive it but this is a paid app.
Looks like it was made purely to cash grab and not by someone who loves chess.
I say pass on this one.

**Developer response:** You have since come back to say you are using a 3rd gen iPad Air. 
That's far below anything I have to hand to test on, more recent devices are fine, so please refund. I can add a warning to the description, but cannot restrict further than that sadly.

### 1/5 — Waster pf money

*2026-03-28*

Dont buy. Worst app

### 3/5 — Good Idea

*2026-06-12*

This app looks very promising but it needs a lot of work to run well. The UI isn’t well structured and under MacOS the game crushes. Please, keep on developing!

### 3/5 — Good app but I think there’s a bug in the most crucial part

*2026-04-21*

So I downloaded the app a few days ago and finally was able to see its contents and wanted to learn about chess outside of what most people utilize. I went into the section that said library and “road to GM” and everything ran smoothly I liked what I was learning. I finished the lessons but every time I try to get into a match to help me progress any further the app crashes the moment I try to make a first move. The device I utilize is 
the Apple iPhone XR (model MT3L2LL/A) is a 64GB White model designed for the US/Canada market (model identifier A1984)
Is my phone incompatible? I don’t want to wish for a refund I just want that issue resolved please. I would greatly appreciate it if you would reply to my message so I can better direct my next move.

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