# Stockfish Chess — user reviews > 179 indexed App Store user reviews of Stockfish Chess by Tord Romstad, rated 4.00/5 from 216 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stockfish-chess/id305558605/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stockfish-chess/id305558605.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 129 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 32 ## Newest reviews (13 of 179) ### 2/5 — No unlimited time option *2022-10-10, version 2.13.0* I understand you need to restrict Stockfish to some time limit or else it can think for eternity on some moves, but why does the human player need a time limit? Please let me play a game where stockfish has a maximum amount of time per move, but the human player is allowed unlimited time per move. ### 4/5 — . *2022-08-31* It’s a boon for chess enthusiasts.Only negative is it crashes while loading Pgb files ### 2/5 — Crashes when loading game *2022-08-13, version 2.13.0* Every time I try to load a saved game the app crashes ### 4/5 — A little slow *2022-07-24, version 2.13.0* Sometimes it thinks longer than I do; otherwise it is great ### 4/5 — Board keeps flipping *2022-02-27, version 2.13.0* Often the board will flip after the move button is touched. It would be better if the flip function were removed. ### 4/5 — Good when it works *2021-07-12, version 2.13.0* Sometimes the continuous analysis mode does not show analysis. Don’t know why. Had to reopen the app to get it works. Hope somebody can catch this bug. ### 3/5 — Im having trouble sending the PGNs *2020-12-17, version 2.13.0* When I press email to email the game, is not copying the anotations, just the game titles. Please fix ### 4/5 — This is very hard to win *2020-12-11, version 2.13.0* This is very hard to win ### 3/5 — Good but... *2020-11-23, version 2.13.0* You are good but please check the “Analyze This” app & learn its options like : -send (share ) pgn of game & ... ### 2/5 — Abandonware *2020-11-14, version 2.13.0* This app hasn't been updated for years which is a real shame. I would like a better analysis tool for iOS, able to show and play out the best lines. ### 5/5 — most poerfull chess program *2020-10-03, version 2.13.0* Who is most powerful program stockfish or smallfish ???? ### 4/5 — Great for learning *2020-09-03, version 2.13.0* I love it to play a game and then replay it with the analysis to see where I made a mistake. A few things that bother me though: + the ai strength always resets to 20 for unknown reasons instead of where I set it + sometimes the ai will glitch and just not move even though time is running + make sure to save the game you are analyzing. Sometimes it will just delete the rest of the game and then you need to reload it Thanks! ### 5/5 — Stockfish nnue *2020-08-16, version 2.13.0* Will you update stockfish to stockfish nnue as it is the strongest that is out they at the moment. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — iOS 16 burns up w/Stockfish *2022-10-09, version 2.13.0* Use Stockfish at highest settings, play well, and the iPhone 13 Pro will overheat, and shut down. ### 1/5 — Worst chess app ever! *2022-03-04, version 2.13.0* I have been playing chess for years now and this is on of many chess apps I have but this on is the worst by far. The games are designed to make you lost even if you are a good chess player. I am playing on the lowest level and still haven’t won a single game because the bot is made to play like a grandmaster. This is a good app for the people that like defeat and a challenges they know they are going to lose. If you are looking for a good chess app just download chess.com which has everything from puzzles and game analysis to help you get better and not feel like a loser. This app only has games with no analysis or puzzles or anything. It is a waste of time an I learned nothing from this app. Chess.com has mad me a better chess player not this horrible app. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2021-04-29, version 2.13.0* Hasn’t been updated in forever and has poor difficulty adjustment settings. It is still too powerful on 1 and overly aggressive and not fun even when set to passive. This isn’t really useful for anything but cheating. The smallfish app makes a better analyzer. ### 1/5 — Great but needs game save fix *2021-04-26, version 2.13.0* Engine app crashes when you go to save it. On the latest iOS and iPhone 2021 So please fix this on app then is all else works well we are back to 5 stars. Need to be able to save and send games. When sending games can we add a animation of the whole game play. Also so we can imbed anywhere and also send in a sms when we save to our photos ### 1/5 — It’s just wrong *2020-11-12, version 2.13.0* Sometimes, it’s just wrong. Suggests terrible moves and finds itself in losing positions. Get SmallFish or another chess engine instead. More consistent. ### 1/5 — PGN Import Bug *2020-11-11, version 2.13.0* Will not load a game PGN from the clipboard despite a message indicating this has been done. ### 1/5 — Old engine *2020-08-11, version 2.13.0* Why isn’t it using the latest version of Stockfish?? :( ### 1/5 — Crashing *2019-12-01, version 2.13.0* I was in the middle of saving a long game and the app crashed and I lost it all ### 1/5 — Update required *2019-10-08* Plz update it thanks ### 1/5 — No updates... *2019-01-14, version 2.13.0* Considering that Stockfish.org has this app listed on its site, there have been no updates to it in years. Looks like the developers have no inclination to do so either. The best part is that this is a must have app for Chess enthusiasts. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 3 brilliant moves *2026-05-28, version 2.13.0* Oh my god, I really love this Stockfish, this one is real guys. I’ve try Stockfish with Chess.com and it’s make 3 brilliant moves. This is awesome. ### 5/5 — Rubbish *2026-02-14, version 2.13.0* The engine is very weak ### 5/5 — Great game *2022-05-01, version 2.13.0* I use this app if I need help in a hard chess app . My favorite thing about this app is that it has no ads. It has no glitch to ### 5/5 — Great app but.. *2021-09-30* This is a perfect app. I would just like to know which version of Stockfish it is. ### 5/5 — Correction *2021-07-15, version 2.13.0* Oh I see what was going on! ### 5/5 — Very good but confused about strength bar *2021-05-31, version 2.13.0* Stockfish is very fun and helpful for chess but I am a little confused in what the strength bar means. Do the strengths have different ratings or something? And if so what are the ratings for each strength? ### 5/5 — REALLY A GOOD FIGHT *2021-04-08* It is indeed a very very strong chess software. I am impressed. I managed to take a draw from this software at MAX difficulty.....FINALLY!....... (Yeah with a little help from another Stockfish) 😂😓😅😅 ### 5/5 — Still *2020-12-05, version 2.13.0* Absolutely the best engine. Thank you Tord. Send him a Postcard. ### 5/5 — Suggestions *2020-11-12, version 2.13.0* Great app pgns work now!! One suggestion would be to add a way to share pgns or the diagram image. Want to also change the Stockfish engine 1-12 would be great!! One more suggestion would be a way to do computer vs computer that would be awesome!! Overall thought great app for offline chess analysis!! Please add these suggestions if u can! ### 5/5 — Best Chess Engine *2020-11-10, version 2.13.0* This is the most powerful chess engine put in a very user-friendly app! Definitely the app to choose if you want to challenge yourself and reach a grand master level. --- *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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