Reviews of Checkers for Android

By: Aart Bik Game

List of user reviews and ratings for Checkers for Android

Total ratings

3.95 (Rating count: 10,843)

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Review summary

Users praise the app’s minimalist, ad-free, lightweight design, strong AI, offline play, and useful position-setup practice tools. Repeated complaints center on slow top-level thinking, engine stability (repeated/illegal or random moves and autoplay concerns), missing checkers variants/board sizes, and some confusing interaction/undo behavior for less experienced players.

Pros

Minimalist, lightweight design with no ads and low storage/battery use
Strong, challenging AI at higher difficulty levels
Works offline for play without a network connection
Helpful practice features (e.g., Position Setup) for studying positions

Cons

Top-level thinking is slow — long move computation/response times reported
Engine stability issues: repeated or seemingly illegal/random moves (autoplay-related complaints)
Missing popular rule variants and board types (flying king, Tanzanian, international 10x10, Russian/Pool)
Usability/interaction problems for some users (undo/double-capture behaviour confusing for beginners)

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.40

All time rating average: 3.95

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10% (4)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-03-28	La*****	very strong engine
very strong engine
2024-12-06	Li*****	Im disappointed by this app so i rate three stars only first the level 10 time of thinking is so slow it takes about 180 seconds second the checkers engine repeat the same move and it's easy to win against the checkers engine i think adjust the playing strenght and pls. adjust the thinking time of checkers engine to atleast 15 second it is so slow to think
Im disappointed by this app so i rate three stars only first the level 10 time of thinking is so slow it takes about 180 seconds second the checkers engine repeat the same move and it's easy to win against the checkers engine i think adjust the playing strenght and pls. adjust the thinking time of checkers engine to atleast 15 second it is so slow to think
2024-09-23	Se*****	Simple yet competitive app to play English checkers online or offline.
Simple yet competitive app to play English checkers online or offline.
2024-09-17	Si*****	Very bad app
Very bad app
2024-06-22	Fo*****	An excellent and very challenging app for sharpening one's game. First class creation. My only suggestion would be the addition of some problems/puzzles for training. There doesn't seem to be any available on Google Play. Five stars all round.
An excellent and very challenging app for sharpening one's game. First class creation. My only suggestion would be the addition of some problems/puzzles for training. There doesn't seem to be any available on Google Play. Five stars all round.
2024-06-15	Kh*****	Have you ever wanted an under 500KB checkers game for android? Well Checkera for Android is for you. Checkers for Android is checkers for android. Not much else to say...
Have you ever wanted an under 500KB checkers game for android? Well Checkera for Android is for you. Checkers for Android is checkers for android. Not much else to say...
2024-05-06	ro*****	more exciting
more exciting
2024-04-22	Me*****	Ok, it is possible to play offline. High level is quite strong.
Ok, it is possible to play offline. High level is quite strong.
2023-12-29	To*****	Would be great to have "auto play" option where the program plays against itself automatically.
Would be great to have "auto play" option where the program plays against itself automatically.
2023-12-20	Jo*****	Hi Aart, I love your apps but I cannot seem to get either Checkers for Android nor Chess for Android to recognize my Certabo board, nor my Tabutronics Cerno board, nor my Tabutronics Sentio board, using your apps on either my Lenovo Android Tablet nor my Samsung Android Tablet. I really want to use your apps with my electronic boards, especially the Checkers for Android app. Any ideas what is the issue? I have tried messing with the location and permission settings to no avail. Thanks
Hi Aart, I love your apps but I cannot seem to get either Checkers for Android nor Chess for Android to recognize my Certabo board, nor my Tabutronics Cerno board, nor my Tabutronics Sentio board, using your apps on either my Lenovo Android Tablet nor my Samsung Android Tablet. I really want to use your apps with my electronic boards, especially the Checkers for Android app. Any ideas what is the issue? I have tried messing with the location and permission settings to no avail. Thanks