Comparison

Blindfold Chess Trainer vs ChessView

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Blindfold Chess Trainer

Sharpen your chess visualization and calculation skills without seeing the board. This app offers puzzles, AI challenges, and square mastery to improve your game. It's designed for players of all levels to enhance their internal board representation.

Highlights
  • Master all 64 squares
  • Train piece movement patterns
  • 5,000+ blindfold puzzles
  • Play vs Stockfish AI
  • Voice mode for hands-free moves
  • 100% offline play
Features
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Master chess without looking at the board. Join players who use Blindfold Chess to sharpen visualization, memory, and calculation — the core skills that separate good players from great ones. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced tournament player, this app is your complete blindfold training system. WHY BLINDFOLD CHESS? Titled players from club level to GM train blindfold chess for one reason: it forces your mind to hold the board internally. The result is deeper calculation, stronger pattern recognition, and faster tactical thinking in every game you play. LEARN EVERY SQUARE Master all 64 squares — colors, coordinates, and diagonals Train knight, bishop, rook, and queen movement patterns Progressive difficulty that adapts as you improve Chess Skill Tree with unlockable stages and celebrations Daily challenges with XP and leveling system 5,000+ BLINDFOLD PUZZLES Solve tactical positions without seeing the board Progressive difficulty from beginner to master level Hints available when you're stuck — learn, don't guess Analyze your mistakes and identify weak tactical themes Voice mode — speak your moves completely hands-free PLAY vs STOCKFISH AI Challenge the world's strongest engine at 8 difficulty levels Full blindfold game experience — no board, pure chess Detailed statistics and long-term progress tracking TRAIN ANYWHERE 100% offline — no internet connection required Available in English, German, Russian, Spanish & Chinese Lightweight and battery-friendly Download now and start seeing the board with your mind. Privacy Policy: https://dawikk-apps.vercel.app/BlindfoldChessMaster/privacyPolicy.html Terms of Use: https://dawikk-apps.vercel.app/BlindfoldChessMaster/terms.html

About

ChessView

Scan chess positions from photos, books, or screenshots and instantly play them out on a digital board. Analyze PGN files, import your online games, and explore classic matches. Offers optional AI commentary for deeper insights.

Highlights
  • Scan positions from photos/screenshots
  • Import PGN and FEN files
  • Replay and branch off game moves
  • Full move validation
  • Import Chess.com games
  • Built-in classic games
  • Optional AI commentary
Features
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See a chess position anywhere — in a book, on another screen, on the table in front of you — and have it on a board you can play with, in seconds. ChessView is a study tool, not another place to play. Scan a position with the camera or from a screenshot, open a PGN file, or pull in your Chess.com games — then replay them, branch off, and work out what actually happened. Free, offline, no account, no ads, no tracking. SCAN A POSITION FROM A PHOTO Point the camera at a real board, or choose a screenshot from Chess.com, Lichess or a chess book. ChessView reads the position and puts it on your board. Anything it misreads, you fix in the position editor — then start playing it out. PLAY IT OUT ON A REAL BOARD Full move validation: legal moves, en passant, castling, promotion. Drag the pieces, step back and forth through the whole game, flip the board, and branch off wherever you want to see what would have happened. OPEN PGN AND FEN FROM ANYWHERE PGN files from Files, Mail, Messages or any app that can share them. Paste a FEN string and it loads. Export any position or game as PGN, FEN or a PNG image, and share it in one tap. YOUR CHESS.COM GAMES, OFFLINE Type your username, pick a month, and your games are in the library — ready to replay any time, with or without a connection. STUDY THE CLASSICS Famous games come built in — Byrne–Fischer, Morphy, Short–Timman, Lasker–Thomas — so there is always a position worth looking at. SEE THE EVALUATION Evaluations and main lines come from the Lichess cloud database: free, fast, no account needed. For positions the database doesn't know, ChessView offers a sensible continuation of its own. OPTIONAL: COMMENTARY IN PLAIN WORDS Add your own OpenAI API key and ChessView will explain a position or a whole game in sentences — the plan, the key ideas, the moment it turned. Entirely optional: everything above works without it. Your key is stored in the iOS Keychain, used only from your device, and never sent to us. PRIVACY, ACTUALLY No account. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your games and your settings stay on your iPhone and iPad. WHY I BUILT IT Getting a chess position onto my phone used to be absurdly hard. A diagram in a book, a screenshot from a game, a FEN string someone sent me — none of it could just be opened and played through on an iPhone. PGN files were worse. So I built the app I wanted: open anything, put it on a real board, move the pieces. — Pavel, solo developer Designed for iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Blindfold Chess Trainer4 screens
ChessView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ChessView at 5.0 against Blindfold Chess Trainer's 4.0. ChessView also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). Blindfold Chess Trainer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blindfold Chess Trainer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. ChessView asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChessView holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blindfold Chess Trainer ships an update fortnightly, ChessView every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Blindfold Chess Trainer versus ChessView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlindfold Chess TrainerChessView
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB21 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperDawid WrzesinskiPavel Gnatyuk

Customer experience

Blindfold Chess Trainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ChessView

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Blindfold Chess Trainer

Subscriptions3
  • Espresso Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Flat White Subscription$5.993 Months
  • Latte Subscription$8.996 Months
One-time3
  • Espresso$3.99
  • Flat White$6.99
  • Latte$9.99
None

ChessView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blindfold Chess Trainer free?
Blindfold Chess Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChessView free?
ChessView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blindfold Chess Trainer or ChessView?
ChessView is rated higher. Blindfold Chess Trainer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ChessView averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Blindfold Chess Trainer or ChessView have ads?
Blindfold Chess Trainer shows ads; ChessView does not.
Which is updated more often, Blindfold Chess Trainer or ChessView?
Blindfold Chess Trainer ships an update fortnightly, and ChessView every 2 weeks. Most recently, Blindfold Chess Trainer was updated on September 21, 2026 and ChessView on September 29, 2026.

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