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lichess • Online Chess

Entertainment • LICHESS.ORG
4+ v8.0.0 Recorded price: Free App Store →
★★★★★
★★★★★
(2,184 App Store ratings)
IPA Analysis
Technical Specs
Bundle ID org.lichess.mobileapp.official
Version 8.0.0
App Store Size 68.49 MB
Minimum iOS 13.0
Devices iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Catalog release date 2015-03-04
Latest recorded version date 2022-12-06
Features & Support
Vision Pro
Advisory 4+
Languages (1)
English
Top In App Purchases
No In App Purchases Listed

Preview

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Description

Built for the love of chess, this app is open source and free for all. - 150 000 individual users daily and growing fast. - Play bullet, blitz, classical, and correspondence chess - Play in arena tournaments - Find, follow, challenge players - See your games stats - Practice with chess puzzles - Many variants, available online and offline: Crazyhouse, Chess 960, King Of The Hill, Three-check, Antichess, Atomic chess, Horde, Racing Kings! - Game analysis with local computer evaluation - Server computer analysis with move annotations and game summary - Opening explorer - Play against offline computer - Over The Board mode to play offline with a friend - Standalone chess clock with multiple time settings - Board editor - Available in 80 languages - Designed for both phones and tablets, supporting landscape mode - 100% free, without ads, and opensource! Chess variants are supported! Try them all: - Crazyhouse: every time a piece is captured the capturing player gets a piece of the same type and of their color in their pocket. - Chess960: pieces on the home rank are randomised. - King Of The Hill: bring your king to the center to win. - Threecheck: check the opponent king three times. - Antichess: lose all your pieces to win. - Atomic Chess: nuke the opponent. - Horde: destroy the horde to win. - Racing Kings: Race your king to the eighth rank to win. Just like http://lichess.org, this application is open source, and respects user freedom. It is entirely free and without ads, now and forever. Learn more about lichess philosophy: http://lichess.org/blog/U4skkUQAAEAAhIGz/why-is-lichess-free Source code of the mobile application: https://github.com/veloce/lichobile Source code of the website and server: https://github.com/ornicar/lila Big thanks to the volunteers behind this app: - Vincent Velociter (lead dev) https://github.com/veloce - Renaud Bressand (design) https://twitter.com/RenaudBressand - Thibault Duplessis (dev) https://github.com/ornicar - Sebastien Renault (dev of stockfish plugin) https://github.com/srenault - Mark Henle (dev) https://github.com/freefal Check out the app page on http://lichess.org/mobile, and follow us on twitter for updates: https://twitter.com/lichessorg

What's New

Version 8.0.0 2022-12-06
What's changed: - Fix timeline XSS by @jas14 - Disable back button on game while playing by @veloce - Update to capacitor 4.0 by @veloce
Version 7.16.0 2022-08-11
Improvements and bug fixes: * Scale promo piece size relative to screen width * Added Anarcandy chess pieces * Fix iOS 15 audio when using headphones * Correct ...Improvements and bug fixes: * Scale promo piece size relative to screen width * Added Anarcandy chess pieces * Fix iOS 15 audio when using headphones * Correct the route for study chapters * Added current number of move to the chess clock ui * Use haptic engine in local AI game * New translations
Version 7.15.2 2022-04-15
Improvements/bug fixes * Fix canceling new game after editing board in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2060 * Fix bad display on square screen in ...Improvements/bug fixes * Fix canceling new game after editing board in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2060 * Fix bad display on square screen in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2062 * Fix set tv channel in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2071 * Make game events emit haptic effects in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2079 * New translations in https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/pull/2057 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/lichess-org/lichobile/compare/v7.15.1...v7.15.2
Version 7.11.3 2021-06-30
Bug fixes / improvements: - fix rating range selection not sent when 0 - sort correspondence hooks by rating - add current game ply to share URI - add a new but...Bug fixes / improvements: - fix rating range selection not sent when 0 - sort correspondence hooks by rating - add current game ply to share URI - add a new button to share game GIF

App Store User Reviews

^~sunshine~^ 2023-10-17
★★★★★
★★★★★

Decent!!

Depending on your device, if playing on iphone (possibly ipad as well) there are limited options to puzzles. On computer there a wider variety of free practice....Depending on your device, if playing on iphone (possibly ipad as well) there are limited options to puzzles. On computer there a wider variety of free practice. The thing i do not understand is the score. Why does it take away so many points if i lose? it makes sense of course to take points out of a score when losing. But if its a draw one person (your opponent) will get the extra points which could be within 13-25 points. That can really affect your score. I think that the points can mess up a game a little bit because Lichess pairs up players with similar scores. Most people have a good score just because of a draw or someone resigned. So this score difference may lose to someone losing a gams. Overall I think that this is a good app. The scores can confuse me (personally) But it has helped me with my chess skills and has fun, educational, useful lessons/ practice features.
AndrewGary 2024-01-28
★★★★★
★★★★★

App Crashes in board editor

I love this app a lot. Never really had any major problems until now. This is the only reason I’m writing this review in the first place. When you create a posi...I love this app a lot. Never really had any major problems until now. This is the only reason I’m writing this review in the first place. When you create a position that is illegal in normal chess, it lets you use the position in analysis and offline and online games and it works fine, until you try to load the engine if you use analysis. Upon attempting to load Stockfish by clicking on the engine tab, it attempts to load the engine, but a second later, the app crashes, sending you back to the home screen of your iPhone or iPad device. An easy way to replicate the bug is: go to the board editor, load the standard chess starting position, place an extra piece anywhere, such as an extra pawn, go to analysis, see that analysis mode works fine without using the engine, try to go to the computer analysis tab, and watch as the app crashes.
1233$,&(& 2020-03-10
★★★★★
★★★★★

TROLLING!!!

I love this app but I wish developers would make some kind of method where it would check to make sure the player is still engaged in the game. People will lite...I love this app but I wish developers would make some kind of method where it would check to make sure the player is still engaged in the game. People will literally be losing and instead of them resigning like an decent chess player they would just let the clock time out to 0 in hopes that somewhere along that time their opponent would just quit because they become impatient in waiting for the player to make a move. My suggestion is to make a button that would send a prompt to the opponent asking them if they are still there and the opponent has a set amount of time to respond, for example 3 minutes. If they don’t respond then the game will automatically be forfeited. If they do respond then they have a set amount of time to make a move afterwards. It’s TROLLING when they have no intentions on making a move and they’re completely relying on their opponent to simply quit because they actually want to play and not willing to wait 15 minutes for the time to run out. Please make a change so the TROLLING comes to a STOP!!
JOhkonut 2023-01-24
★★★★★
★★★★★

Great App 👍 - A couple of requests

Edit: rating back to 5 stars. I think you guys fixed it! Edit: Dropping my rating to 3 stars. The move skipping bug has not been fixed and the notification bad...Edit: rating back to 5 stars. I think you guys fixed it! Edit: Dropping my rating to 3 stars. The move skipping bug has not been fixed and the notification badge is inaccurate. I have to constantly check the app to know if it is my turn on correspondence games. Edit: Dropping my rating to 4 stars. I love Lichess but the move skipping bug is really bad and annoying. Please fix! Love the app. I have a couple of minor requests. When cycling through the moves of a game with the << and >> buttons, it often skips through 2 or 3 moves ahead even thought I only pressed the >> button once. Can you please fix? Another bug I have noticed is that I receive double notifications. And the badge number is way higher than it should be. My last request is to make the 3D piece sets available on mobile. Thanks!
hegel1755 2018-08-06
★★★★★
★★★★★

Lag

I have been using this app for years, overall good application, lot of players from every corner of the planet, lot of tournaments for all strength levels, howe...I have been using this app for years, overall good application, lot of players from every corner of the planet, lot of tournaments for all strength levels, however the main shortfall of the application is timing. Players over 2400 strength gain time after each move, it looks like the apps is programmed to favor these players. On the other hand In tournament levels weak players gain tremendous time during the game and you see players at 2200 or more strength loosing on time against a player at 1600 strength. This is so ridiculous when you a player at master level loose on time continuously against a weak player. When you play to a player more or less at your strength the time is about right. Developers need to fix this issue, on short games time is essential. I do have extremely high speed internet connection with no lag at all, so saying this has to do with internet connection has no ground to be based upon. Other than this playing long time games like 10 minutes or more you shouldn't have any issue.
dtzitxihcoucx 2021-12-17
★★★★★
★★★★★

so many frustrating issues that ruin an otherwise great app

when i first started using this app years ago it was by far my favorite chess app, the UI is so clean and best of all everything is free, but the last couple mo...when i first started using this app years ago it was by far my favorite chess app, the UI is so clean and best of all everything is free, but the last couple months i’ve been continuously running into issues that make using the app very frustrating. if i open the analysis board after playing a match, half the time the sound will get disabled and the only way to fix it is to restart the app. this isn’t a huge deal, but no sound in faster time controls can honestly be a pretty major disadvantage and restarting every time i want to review a game is super frustrating a huge chunk of the time the post game analysis board simply will not load the best moves list and often can’t even produce an evaluation or i’ll have to wait upwards of 1 minute for each individual position, which is essentially useless. i’ve checked to make sure it’s not an internet problem on my end and it appears to just consistently be an issue regardless of how good my internet is. this makes the engine basically useless at analyzing positions after the game. finally when using the “learn from my mistakes” feature. if i make a move suggestion, the engine begins analyzing it and almost always completely freezes. i’m assuming this is related to the previous issue as they both involve the engine being unable to analyze positions. all of these issues make analyzing games after playing miserable and makes it extremely hard to enjoy the app despite the fact that i love nearly every other aspect of it, i really hope they improve these issues since they’ve only appeared in the last 6 months or so.
Thisguys1 2019-09-29
★★★★★
★★★★★

Great as a chess app, but bad for lichess standards

I’ve played lichess on desktop for years and as far as other chess mobile apps go, this one is not bad. However for what lichess can offer, there are some issue...I’ve played lichess on desktop for years and as far as other chess mobile apps go, this one is not bad. However for what lichess can offer, there are some issues with functionality, namely the puzzles. I can’t get them to sync. If I play through 10 tactics on desktop, and try to play some on my phone the next day, the tactics are the same ones I’ve seen on desktop, and solving them has no effect on my rating. As someone who mainly plays on desktop, this basically means I can’t play tactics on mobile. The other gripe I have is the notification icon doesn’t sync well either. If I get a notification and then use the app, the number stays there. For correspondence games I’ve played 6-7 moves and the notification number just keeps going up and up, even though I have no games that are pending my action.
Justbeinghonest96 2023-10-22
★★★★★
★★★★★

Waste of time

I really like chess, it’s a wonderful game to play on downtime that helps exercise my mind. However this app is a waste especially on mobile. If you want to enj...I really like chess, it’s a wonderful game to play on downtime that helps exercise my mind. However this app is a waste especially on mobile. If you want to enjoy chess with out having to get a computer you’re out of luck. Because it is limited, and complicated for no reason at all. The training tools are nonexistent. The game review is unhelpful, with no feedback, and a waste of time. Why have them if you can’t actually learn especially for new players. And very suspiciously the don’t seem to do anything about possible cheaters. Im a low rated player and supposed to play with people at “my level” and they play like a super computer. At first I thought my rating just had to go down but these players are clearly cheating and if try to report so they can do something about it. They make it so hard to do so almost like they just don’t want do anything about it and especially makes difficult to try and report on mobile. Terrible chess app don’t waste your time!!!!
Daniel Mullins ♟ 2019-09-16
★★★★★
★★★★★

New update is a nightmare...

I love Lichess. I use Lichess every day, it’s a great application, and by far the most user friendly chess application I’ve ever used. However, the newest updat...I love Lichess. I use Lichess every day, it’s a great application, and by far the most user friendly chess application I’ve ever used. However, the newest update is riddled with problems that just can’t be overlooked. For starters, the chat text box disappears when I try to type a message to my opponent. It’s a pain to not see what you’re typing, and to hope that everything looks alright before sending. Secondly, opening the analysis board in correspondence games occasionally shows up “zoomed in,” where I can only see a portion of the board. This makes it impossible to properly analyze my next moves and renders the analysis board feature useless. Finally, aesthetically I have a problem with the moves list being above the board within a game. I guess this is personal preference and will just take some getting used to, but certainly weird and it takes up about a third of the screen. Not a deal breaker though. As for the other bugs, however, these are serious issues in my opinion and already I’ve felt a great deal of frustration using the new, updated Lichess, just in the last hour or so. Hopefully these are temporary problems with easy fixes, as I understand with any new major app change, issues are bound to come up.
rzzzvvs 2021-04-02
★★★★★
★★★★★

Absolutely amazing! And it’s 100% free

I always loved Lichess. The stuff this platform has to offer is absolutely ridiculous and I love it for it. The clock they added is so convenient! The board and...I always loved Lichess. The stuff this platform has to offer is absolutely ridiculous and I love it for it. The clock they added is so convenient! The board and animation and flow of the app is just great! So much functionality and it’s all free. One thing i think developers could improve on. you know how when you open the left side menu to click on something? Say you scroll down and click “board editor”. i feel like when the user goes back to open up that menu again, it should begin with where you left off (i.e scrolled down). not start up from the very beginning again. anyways, great app. i’m studying CS in college and I wish I could intern (for free) at lichess!

Technical Analysis

Package Overview Package analysis available
Bundle ID org.lichess.mobileapp.official
Current Version 8.0.0
Minimum iOS 13.0
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