Best Simple Chess Board Apps &amp; Games

4.5(67 ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

This app provides a digital chessboard with unrestricted piece movement and a configurable chess clock. Save and load board positions, undo/redo moves, and even use checker pieces. It's ideal for analyzing games or setting up custom scenarios.

Pocket Chess by Lessmore GmbH

Chess Puzzles

Strong Contender

4.6😊(15K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

Enhance your chess skills with hundreds of challenging chess problems and puzzles. This app focuses on simplified boards to help you quickly recognize chess patterns and improve your game.

What We Love

🚀 Improved chess skills
👍 Challenging yet fun puzzles
🤩 Addictive and engaging
🧠 Helps develop tactical thinking
📈 Tracks progress and skill level

Room to Improve

🙄 Excessive ads
💰 Expensive to remove ads
🐛 Some puzzles have issues
🤔 Opponent moves don't always make sense

Chess ∙ by Optime Software LLC

Worth Considering

4.5😞(205K ratings)

FreeAds

#78in 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

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