Chess Openings Wizard vs ClearPage

Chess Openings Wizard is where tournament players go to work on their openings. The app is based on the Bookup program that first came out in 1984. The app has full editing and training power like its brethren apps on Macintosh and Windows. Openings can be moved back and forth to the Macintosh, Windows, and Android versions. Chess Openings Wizard does not play chess, nor does it come with a game collection. It is meant for designing openings for White and defenses for Black, and then testing the player's knowledge of the lines by playing mock games. Sample ebooks include an opening guide (thousands of named and categorized opening positions accessible through any move order), an ECO master framework, and the White and Black repertoires of Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Robert Fischer. It also includes a demo ebook with excerpts from a highly annotated repertoire in the Open Game. Chess Openings Wizard has a dedicated PocketGM server giving you full speed Stockfish analysis. (Internet connection required.) The Pedigree ribbon shows the results of games in each opening position but uses only games between two super GMs. That way you know if the move is trusted by the best players. (And it's important to know if a move has never been played by a super GM when facing another super GM.) This is the same feature found in Chess Openings Wizard Professional for Macintosh and Windows. The short version is: if you are designing an opening with a game database app or with a playing program, you're working too hard. Chess Openings Wizard contains 42 years of refinements, with precisely the tools that a tournament player requires to prepare openings fast.

ClearPage re-renders any text — a photo, a screenshot, pasted text, or the live camera — in a layout designed for dyslexic readers. Everything runs on your device: no account, no network, no analytics. YOUR READING PROFILE A 30-second calibration asks one question: which feels easiest to read? From your answers, ClearPage derives your profile — letter spacing, line height, text size, a dyslexia-friendly typeface (OpenDyslexic included), and a low-stimulus background tint. The profile styles the whole app, even the Home Screen icon and widget. LETTERS THAT STAY PUT Confusable letters (b, d, p, q) are anchored in consistent colors, so they stop flipping. Contrast is checked on every surface. MATH WITHOUT THE GUESSWORK Built for dyscalculia too: 35 confusable math symbols are color-anchored. Tap any symbol for a plain-language meaning card with lookalike disambiguation. Read Aloud speaks them in words. A Math Power toggle tunes the scanner for formulas. READ ANYTHING, FROM ANYWHERE Photo, screenshot, camera, pasted image or text — crop to just the passage you want Live mode: point the camera and read continuously in your layout, with an optional focus band Share & Action Extensions: send images or text from any app Siri, Shortcuts, and Action Button support Home Screen widget: one-tap scan, camera, live, or paste from the clipboard READ ALOUD On-device speech with word-by-word highlighting and automatic language detection, plus a Live Activity so you can follow along from the Lock Screen. STAY FOCUSED A draggable reading ruler dims surrounding lines so your eyes keep their place. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Text recognition uses Apple's on-device engine in English, Spanish, and German. Nothing you scan ever leaves your iPhone or iPad. ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE Reading sizes up to 80 pt (multiplied further by Dynamic Type), full VoiceOver labelling, Reduce Motion respected. ClearPage was built on the curb-cut principle: features designed for dyslexia make reading easier for everyone — tired eyes, second-language readers, anyone studying dense material.