Lichess vs Okidoke
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lichess
Play chess online with millions of users, participate in tournaments, solve puzzles, and analyze games. This free and open-source application offers a comprehensive chess experience for players of all levels, with features for learning and casual play.
- Real-time and correspondence chess
- Arena tournaments
- Chess puzzles
- Game analysis with Stockfish
- Interactive study feature
- Chess clock
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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. The following features are available right now: - play real time or correspondence chess - play arena tournaments - play against online bots - solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline - race against the clock in Puzzle Storm - analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server - board editor - study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature - learn board coordinates - play over the board with a friend - watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments - watch Lichess TV and online streamers - use a chess clock for your over the board games - many different board themes and piece sets - custom background themes - translated into 55 languages
Okidoke
A community-focused chess app designed for connection and enjoyment. Create or join virtual tables for quick games, chat with others, and customize your personal space to host events. Help shape the future of online chess during its early access phase.
- Community-first design
- Intuitive Virtual Tables
- Watch, chat, and hang out
- Customizable Home Board
- Host game nights and tournaments
- Build your following
- Early Access launch
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Okidoke is a new kind of chess app — community-first, built for connection, with a clean, social interface. Here, chess isn’t just about rating points — it’s about enjoying the game, connecting with others, and feeling good while you play. Join or create intuitive Virtual Tables for speed chess. Watch, chat, and hang out with friends or new faces. Your Home Board is your space — customize it, share it, host game nights or tournaments. Build your following and update your grid with your favorite moments. This is our exclusive Early Access launch. We’re keeping it lightweight while we grow — and listening closely to our first community members. A unique invitation code is required to sign up. Don’t have one? Request Early User Access at okidoke.com. Join us and help shape the future of online chess.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Okidoke at 100% against Lichess's 51%. Okidoke also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Lichess's advantage is ratings volume (604 vs 7) and chart position (#81 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Okidoke holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lichess has 604 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Lichess's written reviews are positive against 100% of Okidoke's.
Lichess ships an update fortnightly, Okidoke every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lichess | Okidoke |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (604 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 604 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #81 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | LICHESS.ORG | Okidoke |
Customer experience
Lichess
Okidoke
Bugs and requests
Lichess
Reported bugs
1 issue- Swipe-to-go-back gesture interferes with piece placement
Requested features
3 requests- Name of opening in opening explorer
- Ability to add and subtract additional things on the homepage
- Reset/replay button on puzzles
Okidoke
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lichess
No in-app purchases
Okidoke
No in-app purchases
Questions
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