Comparison

Book2Board vs LearnChess Academy

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

Head to head
About

Book2Board

Features
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Give your chess books a board. Book2Board brings your own PDF chess books, an interactive board and Stockfish analysis into one place. Follow a line, try another move and return to the page with your ideas intact. FROM THE PAGE TO THE BOARD In PDFs with selectable text, detect supported chess notation, review the resulting line or position, then load it onto the board. Scanned pages and diagrams can still be studied by setting up the position manually. EXPLORE YOUR OWN IDEAS Play moves, branch into variations and revisit earlier positions. Your saved study retains its move tree, selected move and board perspective. Export your moves as PGN to continue working in other chess tools. CHECK WITH STOCKFISH Analyze positions locally with Stockfish 17. Compare candidate lines and choose your analysis settings. The engine works offline; downloading your PDFs may require a connection. A WORKSPACE THAT FITS Read beside the board in a wide workspace, or switch between book and board on a compact screen. Resume your reading position and zoom. Set up positions with the editor or FEN, and choose board themes and notation styles. YOUR BOOKS, YOUR STUDY Import PDFs from Files. Book2Board does not include a book catalogue. Notation detection requires selectable text; it does not scan diagrams or convert entire books automatically. Optional PDF sync through iCloud requires signing in to iCloud. One-time purchase. No subscription. Available in 11 interface languages. Support: hello@book2board.app

About

LearnChess Academy

Features
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Stuck at the same rating? You play every day, but your rating hasn't moved in months. More games won't fix that. Knowing what to study next will. LearnChess is a chess academy with a coach who reads your games. START AT YOUR LEVEL ‣ The Academy: 6 levels, from learning the rules to 2000+ ‣ 52 units of lessons, drills, tests and play-outs ‣ Start where you are, not at lesson one LEARN FROM YOUR OWN GAMES ‣ Import your games from Lichess and Chess.com ‣ Knighty, your AI coach, reads them and picks the one thing to fix first ‣ Short guided sessions built from positions in your own games ‣ Puzzles made from your own mistakes UNDERSTAND, DON'T MEMORIZE ‣ 190 lessons: 111 openings, 32 endgames, 33 tactics, plus a beginner track ‣ Every idea explained in plain language ‣ Build your opening repertoire and re-test it every 90 days PRACTICE EVERY DAY ‣ Rated puzzles and themed drills (forks, mating patterns, zugzwang …) ‣ Stockfish analysis, free for everyone ‣ Take a screenshot of any board and analyze it COMMUNITY ‣ Publish your own puzzles, comment, and climb the leaderboard Five minutes on your commute or an hour of deep study: LearnChess meets you where you are. Free: 10 rated puzzles a day, every beginner lesson, a preview of every Academy unit and advanced lesson, 5 screenshot scans a day, Stockfish analysis, and your first Coach diagnosis. Knight ($4.99/mo): unlimited puzzles, a new Academy unit and advanced lesson every week, a weekly Coach session, and 10 AI messages a day. Queen ($14.99/mo or $89.99/yr): everything unlimited, with a Coach session every day. Subscriptions auto-renew at the end of each period (monthly or yearly) unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://www.learnchess.ai/terms. Privacy: https://www.learnchess.ai/privacy.

Screenshots

Book2Board4 screens
LearnChess Academy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LearnChess Academy at Free against Book2Board's $1.99. LearnChess Academy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Book2Board's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

LearnChess Academy is free to download; Book2Board costs $1.99 up front. LearnChess Academy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Book2Board asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book2Board ships an update every 3 months, LearnChess Academy weekly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
Book2Board versus LearnChess Academy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook2BoardLearnChess Academy
Price$1.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB128 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperRhinolabs Agency LLCNikolas Burk

In-app purchases

None

Book2Board

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

LearnChess Academy

Subscriptions3
  • Knight$4.991 Month
  • Queen$14.991 Month
  • Queen$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Book2Board free?
Book2Board costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LearnChess Academy free?
LearnChess Academy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Book2Board or LearnChess Academy have ads?
Neither Book2Board nor LearnChess Academy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book2Board or LearnChess Academy?
Book2Board ships an update every 3 months, and LearnChess Academy weekly. Most recently, Book2Board was updated on October 28, 2026 and LearnChess Academy on October 28, 2026.

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