# zochess – online chess — rated games, bots & analysis

> rated games, bots & analysis (iPhone/iPad app by Maksym Dolhov.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zochess-online-chess/id6780041025 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Maksym Dolhov](https://appshunter.io/developer/6780041027)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 40 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-06-17
- Data updated: 2026-09-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zochess-online-chess/id6780041025/reviews.md

## What is zochess?

zochess is fast, free online chess with a retro terminal soul.

Play rated bullet, blitz, and rapid games against real players worldwide, or challenge computer opponents when you want an instant match.

Review every game move by move with built-in Stockfish analysis, including accuracy, mistakes, blunders, best moves, evaluation graphs, and opening names from a full opening book.

Climb separate leaderboards for bullet, blitz, and rapid. Follow live games, add friends, send challenges, and customize your board, pieces, sounds, theme, and accent colors.

Sign in with Apple or Google and resume unfinished games from anywhere.

No ads. No paywalls. Just chess.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Monthly | $3.99 | per month |
| Premium Yearly | $34.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1500 Coins | $8.99 | one-time |
| 500 Coins | $3.99 | one-time |
| 4000 Coins | $17.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.3 — 2026-09-01

What's new in 1.6.3

- Banned accounts are now visible at a glance: a small marker shows on
  their profile, in search results, and next to their name in recent
  games.
- Chat mutes now show a clear "muted until [date]" notice in game chat
  and DMs, instead of silently rejecting your message.
- Board and piece customization choices no longer reset back to default
  after restarting the app.
- Fixed the daily streak pop-up celebration not appearing after solving
  a puzzle.
- Your rating now refreshes right away after answering the chess
  experience question during onboarding.
- Clearer, fully localized sign-up error messages.

### 1.6.2 — 2026-08-23

What's new in 1.6.2

- Daily streak celebrations, your way: choose off, in-game dialog, or a
  compact pop-up notification in Settings.
- Streak pop-up celebrations now feel smoother and show cleanly over games
  and puzzles.
- Board and piece customization is simpler: everything lives in
  Settings > Appearance with a cleaner picker.
- Plus more UI polish across the app.

### 1.6.1 — 2026-08-18

What's new in 1.6.1

- Premium: advanced analysis. Game Review now explains WHY a move was
  good, a mistake, or a blunder — in plain language, not just an eval
  number — with a replayable line so you can see the idea for yourself.
- A new full-screen loader while your game is being analyzed: watch the
  real moves play out on the board as the analysis catches up, with a
  chess fact to read while you wait.
- Recognized openings in Game Review are now tappable — jump straight to
  that opening's theory page.
- Your profile now shows a "premium since" badge if you're a member.
- Plus the usual polish.

### 1.6.0 — 2026-08-15

What's new in 1.6.0

- The puzzle screen's bottom bar is redesigned: it now shows only the
  buttons you need at each moment — hint, back, and forward while you're
  thinking; solution, skip, and a bold retry right after a mistake; a bold
  "next" once you've solved it. Switching between them is a smooth
  animation.
- Your custom hint colour now syncs to your account, so it follows you to
  your other devices.
- Fixed: the Play tab could briefly flash the wrong time control (and
  rating) when you tapped Play.
- Fixed: the puzzle options screen's description now matches what's
  actually there.
- Plus the usual polish.

### 1.5.9 — 2026-08-11

What's new in 1.5.9

- Puzzles, reworked: a real difficulty picker, configurable pacing
  (auto-advance and auto-retry, each with its own delay), and full
  translations in every supported language.
- New: practice mode. Replay any puzzle you've already solved, missed, or
  seen the solution to — nothing is at stake, so it never touches your
  rating or tries.
- Sign in or register with Telegram, alongside Google and Apple.
- Link or unlink Google, Apple, and Telegram from Settings → Account, with
  a "set a password" fallback so you're never locked out.
- Bot difficulty now unlocks progressively — win at one level to open the
  next.
- Your own move against a bot now shows immediately, and untimed bot games
  are saved so you can find and review them later.
- Game Review adds a move analysis card and interactive best-line
  playback, and bot games you've played can now be opened there too.
- Filter your game history by opponent — human or bot.
- A one-time "how well do you know chess?" question appears before your
  first game.
- Plus the usual fixes and polish.

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