# PawnUp: Daily Chess Training — Upgrade your chess rating

> Upgrade your chess rating (iPhone/iPad app by Quentin Cloarec.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pawnup-daily-chess-training/id6802100221 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Quentin Cloarec](https://appshunter.io/developer/1721580759)
- Category: Education, Games, Board
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 43 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-24
- Data updated: 2026-10-03

## What is PawnUp?

PawnUp gives you one short chess session a day, built around the mistakes you actually make.

Every day you get a plan: a lesson, a set of puzzles, and a game to look at. Ten minutes if that is what you have, forty-five if you want it. You pick, and you can change it whenever you like.

PUZZLES THAT MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE
Drawn from a library of 86,000. The set grows with the time you give it, from five puzzles up to fifteen. Filter by rating band or by pattern: back rank, mate in one, forks, pins, skewers, discoveries, deflections, loose pieces, endgames and openings.
Or take a mixed set and see what turns up.

GAMES YOU CAN READ
Link your chess.com account and PawnUp pulls your games in. Each one gets an accuracy score, an evaluation graph, and a move-by-move review that marks the blunders, the mistakes, and the moves that were simply the best available.

PLAY WHEN YOU WANT TO
A bot pitched at your level. Practice an opening, or just play a game.

LESSONS THAT DO NOT ASSUME
174 of them, on openings, defences, tactics, endgames and principles. Four to six minutes each, and every position checked move by move.

PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE
Your real chess.com rating with a goal set against it, a daily streak, thirty-nine badges, and a weekly recap.

## Is PawnUp safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess PawnUp.

## Is PawnUp legit?

PawnUp: Daily Chess Training has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PawnUp is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-09-18

A completely reworked learning path.

174 lessons arranged into 14 modules you work through in order. Openings, defences, tactics, endgames and principles, four to six minutes each, every position checked move by move.

86,000 puzzles, filtered by rating band or by pattern: back rank, mate in one, forks, pins, skewers, discoveries, deflections, loose pieces, endgames and openings.

Unlimited game reviews. Link chess.com and every game you play gets an accuracy score, an evaluation graph, and a move-by-move breakdown of the blunders and the missed chances.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-24

No release notes.

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