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.
What We Love
- 👍 Simple and straightforward
- 👍 Great for study and practice
- 👍 No restrictions or 'help' functions
- 👍 Allows setting up custom positions
- 👍 Useful for playing through games
- 👍 Saves positions and games
- 👍 Good for correspondence games
- 👍 Unique as a blank board app
- 👍 Human-like chess experience
- 👍 No ads (for older versions)
- 👍 Functional for its purpose
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Clear graphics
- 👍 Excellent study tool
- 👍 Great practice tool
- 👍 Good for 'random 360' chess
- 👍 Handy for planning moves
- 👍 Serves purpose of blank board
- 👍 Good for composing problems
- 👍 Brilliant for piece placement
- 👍 Best for study purposes
Room to Improve
- 🤔 Pieces not bound by rules
- 🤔 Graphics can be distracting/ugly
- 🤔 Aggressive board colors
- 🤔 Clocks take up screen space
- 🤔 Pieces can shift unexpectedly
- 🤔 Initial setup issues (kings/queens)
- 🤔 Board doesn't always orient correctly
- 🤔 Dragging pieces can be difficult
- 🤔 Small piece representations
- 🤔 Glitchy and advert-saturated (older review)
- 🤔 Pathetic board view (black on black)
- 🤔 Black against brown hard to see
- 🤔 No portrait view on iPad
- 🤔 Board doesn't fill entire screen
- 🤔 Pieces can be hard to see
- 🤔 Aggressive colors for board
- 🤔 Timers take up too much screen
