4 Chess Apps You Must Try Out

The app stores are packed with chess apps. How is one to choose which to download? Our team picked 4 unbiased, best chess apps that deliver a great user experience. You can find them on iOS and Android.

1 The One-stop Chess App

If you’re looking for one app that can do everything, then Lichess is your choice. This is by far the best chess app available today.

Lichess is the second largest chess playing platform in the world, and the beauty about it is that it’s not a commercial business. Hence, you pay nothing, and get a superb chess experience.

Why Lichess?

360° chess experience
No ads at all!
Top-notch, slick user experience
Crowd-sourced content that keeps growing
Standard web version allows a cross-device experience

Key Features

Play chess – their play experience is great. Quick pairing, lots of formats, and a very good game analysis when you’re done playing.
Study – many contributors upload entire lessons to Lichess, from openings to strategy and endgames.
Opening explorer – again, completely free and awesome
Puzzle trainer – there’s a great puzzle trainer that keeps challenging you as you solve puzzles correctly.
Join tournaments – there are tons of tournaments taking place on Lichess, and they’re all free to join.

Lichess on iOS

Lichess on Google Play

2 A Beautiful Chess Puzzle Trainer

Pocket Chess is perhaps the best-looking chess app in terms of design and graphics. In addition, their puzzles and problems make chess a less committing activity. It’s very nice to have if you’re into solving puzzles and keeping your mind challenged with riddles.

Why Pocket Chess?

Great look & feel
Focused board design
An easy and non-committing approach the chess puzzles
Very modest pricing for removing the ads ($4.99)
Even with ads, the app is usable and the ads don’t take over the playing experience

Features