Best Chess Online Play Apps &amp; Games

4.8😊(840K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

#5in Games

Engage in online and offline chess matches with millions of players worldwide. Improve your skills through interactive lessons, over 500,000 puzzles, and powerful AI opponents. Compete in tournaments and explore various chess variants.

What We Love

🚀 Excellent app for learning and improving chess skills
🎓 Comprehensive lessons, puzzles, and analysis tools
🌍 Large player base for quick matchmaking
📊 Detailed game statistics and progress tracking
💻 Seamless integration between mobile app and website

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent connection issues and game freezes
⏱️ Unreliable and inconsistent game timers
🔒 Lack of transparency around anti-cheating measures
💰 Aggressive paywall for advanced features
🤖 Subpar AI opponents with questionable move choices

Chess ∙ by Optime Software LLC

Strong Contender

4.5😞(205K ratings)

FreeAds

#95in Games

Experience a visually appealing and engaging chess game on your iPhone and iPod Touch. Play against friends or a customizable AI opponent with features like undo and automatic saving. Enjoy a free, ad-supported experience.

What We Love

🚀 Fun to play everyday
👍 Good free game
👍 Nice little game
👍 Very good practice
👍 Addictive
👍 Great game for anyone
👍 Good app
👍 Awesome
👍 Really nice
👍 Winner
👍 Great for long flights

Room to Improve

🐛 AD crazy
🐛 Major glitches make the game impossible
🐛 Force draw
🐛 Issues, needs fixing but has potential
🐛 Disappearing Pieces
🐛 If you want to learn chess go somewhere else
🐛 Fraudulent Advertisement Included! Beware!
🐛 Ads
🐛 Pop-up ads, app freezes, phone screen freezes, and more
🐛 The game cheats
🐛 Allows the AI to cheat
🐛 Unbelievably buggy
🐛 Cheating
🐛 Cheats
🐛 Glitches
🐛 Terrible
🐛 Annoying as hell
🐛 Intrusive ads
🐛 Breaks Rules Too Often
🐛 Biggest disappointment ever
🐛 Unbelievably buggy
🐛 Cheating
🐛 Disappointing

Chess Online - Duel Friends! by Henrik Hagstrm

Play Chess Online Worldwide

Worth Considering

SocialChess • Online Chess

4.4😞(1.2K ratings)

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Engage in real-time chess matches globally, challenge friends, or practice against AI. This app offers a modern chess experience with tools to improve your game, track progress, and customize your profile.

What We Love

🚀 Great design and getting better with each update
👍 Lots of fun
👍 Best chess app
👍 Fantastic online chess app

Room to Improve

🐛 Puzzle issue
🐛 Glitches/Cheating
🐛 Doesn't give you notifications
🐛 Ads are ruining it
🐛 Glitch
🐛 Crash MidGame
🐛 Points manipulation
🐛 Crashes too much
🐛 Can not log into account
🐛 Freezes when playing CPU on Medium
🐛 People don't even move
🐛 Slow, delayed, cannot log in, cannot add friend
🐛 Falla
🐛 Bugs

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