Reviews of Chessbook - Master openings

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List of user reviews and ratings for Chessbook - Master openings

Total ratings

4.78 (Rating count: 5,239)

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Review summary

Users largely praise Chessbook as an excellent openings trainer and a strong learning tool, helping build a repertoire and highlight common moves. It’s widely described as useful, easy to use, and well-built, with positive notes about its SRS-based practice. However, multiple reviews flag reliability concerns: the app is sometimes buggy and hard to keep updated, subscription prompts can occur even for paying users, and the mobile UI has limitations (landscape mode, tablet sizing, and swipe issues). Improvements in stability and polish would enhance the experience.

Pros

Excellent openings trainer and repertoire builder; shows common moves, expected responses, and prioritizes lines.
Educational and effective for learning chess tactics and strategies; widely praised as one of the best learning apps.
Useful, easy to use and well-built.
Uses spaced repetition (SRS) to reinforce openings.

Cons

Buggy and glitchy app with frequent issues and update needs.
Premium-subscription issues where the app asks for premium despite having access.
UI/UX limitations on mobile/tablet: lack of landscape mode, small portrait UI, and some swipe issues.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.50

All time rating average: 4.78

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6% (9)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-30	Ky*****	its an amzazing app to improve our chess skills
its an amzazing app to improve our chess skills
2026-08-27	Lo*****	great app but adding your chess website (cant actually link it) profile doesn't work. it doesn't see any openings you've played. the dev didnt fix it even though they promised to do so
great app but adding your chess website (cant actually link it) profile doesn't work. it doesn't see any openings you've played. the dev didnt fix it even though they promised to do so
2026-08-27	Om*****	I was really good at chess but my problem was memorizing openings. This wonderful app solved it entirely! I highly recommend it for anyone who has good fundamentals but needs theory to complete it.
I was really good at chess but my problem was memorizing openings. This wonderful app solved it entirely! I highly recommend it for anyone who has good fundamentals but needs theory to complete it.
2026-08-26	Ph*****	Great
Great
2026-08-21	Il*****	it's a fantastic app. who want to build their own opening repertoire it's a best app
it's a fantastic app. who want to build their own opening repertoire it's a best app
2026-08-19	ka*****	and account deletion - Please fix this errorDear Support Team,I am writing to report an issue with unauthorized charges on my card.I cancelled my subscription, but your app kept charging me. To try and stop these charges, I even deleted my account entirely, but the money is still being taken from my card.Please fix this error immediately, stop any future charges, and refund the money that was taken incorrectly.Thank you.
and account deletion - Please fix this errorDear Support Team,I am writing to report an issue with unauthorized charges on my card.I cancelled my subscription, but your app kept charging me. To try and stop these charges, I even deleted my account entirely, but the money is still being taken from my card.Please fix this error immediately, stop any future charges, and refund the money that was taken incorrectly.Thank you.
2026-08-19	Ur*****	good
good
2026-08-15	An*****	really good so far...
really good so far...
2026-08-08	Mi*****	great way to fix your repertoire in your mind.
great way to fix your repertoire in your mind.
2026-08-06	Ch*****	Amazing app. No flaws.
Amazing app. No flaws.