Comparison

Chessdock vs London System Chess

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

Head to head
About

Chessdock

This app generates personalized chess puzzles from your own game analysis. Connect your Chess.com or Lichess account to train on specific positions where you made mistakes, directly addressing your weaknesses. Improve your game by practicing relevant scenarios tailored to your play style.

Highlights
  • Personalized puzzles from own games
  • Continuous puzzle generation
  • Smart mistake detection
  • Bookmark important positions
  • Track improvement over time
  • Connect Chess.com/Lichess
Features
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Learn from every game you play Connect Chess.com or Lichess, and Chessdock turns your own games into focused reviews and personalized puzzles. Most chess apps train you on random positions from master games. Chessdock is different. It analyzes the games you actually play, finds the mistakes that mattered, and hands them back to you two ways: as a game review you can work through move by move, and as puzzles built from your own slips. Instead of practicing positions that may never come up, you fix the exact moments where your thinking broke down. GAME REVIEWS — see your game through its mistakes • Only the moves that counted — your mistakes, and your opponent's, not the whole game • A winning-chances graph that shows exactly where the game slipped away, or came back • Work each mistake your way: solve it blind like a puzzle, take a hint, or just reveal the best move • Go deeper anytime — open the engine on any position, try your own ideas, and see how the game really played out PUZZLES — your mistakes, as personalized puzzles • Nothing random. Every puzzle comes straight from a game you played • A full library ready now that grows every time you play • Smart selection finds the mistakes actually worth solving • Jump from any puzzle into the full game in one click ALSO INCLUDES • Fresh-game alerts — get notified minutes after you finish a game online • Analysis board — open the engine on any position you like • Bookmarks — save the games and puzzles worth revisiting • iOS & Android apps — your games and puzzles, on the go HOW IT WORKS 1. Connect your Chess.com or Lichess account 2. Chessdock analyzes your games and finds the mistakes that mattered 3. Review each game, then train on puzzles made from your own play 4. Keep playing — new reviews and puzzles arrive automatically Play → Review → Practice → Improve. Chessdock turns your own games into your training plan. Terms of Service: https://chessdock.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://chessdock.com/privacy

About

London System Chess

Master a single chess opening with interactive lessons and daily reviews. Practice against AI, solve puzzles, and analyze your own games to improve your play. Designed for all levels, it offers a focused learning experience without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Interactive lessons on the London System
  • Daily spaced-repetition reviews
  • Sparring against six engine levels
  • Daily chess puzzles and timed challenges
  • Analysis of your own game PGNs
  • Progress tracking on device
Features
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Out of book by move 5? Tired of learning an opening, then forgetting it by your next game? London System Chess teaches you one solid setup for White that you can play against almost anything: 1…d5, 1…Nf6, the Dutch, the King's Indian and more. Less theory to learn, and more games that start the way you want. HOW IT WORKS 1. Learn: short, interactive lessons where you play every move yourself. Bertie, your bowler-hatted coach, explains why each move works and grades it with the symbols players know: !!, !, !? and ?. 2. Remember: the Commute is a 5-minute daily review that brings each position back right before you'd forget it. It runs on FSRS, a modern spaced-repetition algorithm, so your time goes to the moves you're about to lose. 3. Play: spar against six engine levels, solve daily puzzles, race the clock in Rush Hour and check your real games. THE WHOLE LONDON, FROM FIRST MOVE TO GRANDMASTER IDEAS • 95 lessons in 12 lines: Foundations, Classical, Symmetry and Counterstrike against 1…d5, Trap Street, Fianchetto, the Offbeat Express for the Dutch and other surprises, Endgame Junction, Jobava, Attack, Model Games and the Grandmaster Line. • Every line checked with Stockfish. • Your repertoire as one move tree. Tap any branch to replay it and see what you remember. SEE WHERE YOUR OWN GAMES GO WRONG Game Checkup reads your Chess.com games, or a PGN from anywhere, and shows the exact move where you left the book, next to the London move. Add a slip to your next Commute with one tap, so the same mistake doesn't happen twice. PRACTICE THAT FEELS LIKE PLAY • Rush Hour: 60 seconds. How many London moves can you find? • Mind the Gap: daily puzzles where Black slips up and you punish it. • Sparring Partner: full games against six levels, from Tourist to Grandmaster, with an evaluation bar beside the board. Your opponent plays real London theory. • Climb the ranks from Pawn to Grandmaster, set a daily goal and keep your streak alive. BUILT FOR YOUR LEVEL AND YOUR DAY Brand new or rated 1700, you start with the lessons that fit your level. A lesson takes 3 to 15 minutes, and the daily review about five. No account, no ads, no tracking: your progress stays on your device. START FREE 20 lessons are free: most of the Foundations Line and the first lesson of every other line. So are the daily Commute, the daily puzzle, three Rush Hour runs a day, three sparring levels and Game Checkup. The Season Ticket unlocks all 95 lessons, every puzzle, unlimited Rush Hour, all six engine levels and the premium boards. Choose yearly with a 7-day free trial, monthly, or pay once for lifetime access. Your first London moves take three minutes. All aboard. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Chessdock4 screens
London System Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: London System Chess at every 5 days against Chessdock's every 2 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Chessdock sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.00 per year and London System Chess sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chessdock against 5.0 for London System Chess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chessdock ships an update every 2 weeks, London System Chess every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Chessdock versus London System Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessdockLondon System Chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDalibor SimacekBohdan Ivanchenko

Customer experience

Chessdock

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

London System Chess

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chessdock

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly subscription$39.001 Year
3 purchases

London System Chess

Subscriptions2
  • Season Ticket (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Season Ticket (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Season Ticket (Lifetime)$89.99

Questions

Is Chessdock free?
Chessdock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is London System Chess free?
London System Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chessdock or London System Chess?
Chessdock and London System Chess are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Chessdock or London System Chess have ads?
Neither Chessdock nor London System Chess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chessdock or London System Chess?
Chessdock ships an update every 2 weeks, and London System Chess every 5 days. Most recently, Chessdock was updated on October 31, 2026 and London System Chess on October 31, 2026.

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