# Pocket Chess

> Chess Puzzles

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1580054076](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1580054076)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1580054076`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lessmore GmbH
- **Category:** Board
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (14,656 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.33.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-24
- **First published:** 2021-08-14
- **Size:** 199 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocket-chess/id1580054076)
- **Website:** [https://lessmore.games](https://lessmore.games/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.lessmore.games/privacy-policy](https://www.lessmore.games/privacy-policy)

## Description

Pocket Chess helps you improve your chess by offering hundreds of thought-provoking chess problems and puzzles. From mate-in-2 to mate-in-4 and beyond, practice becomes quick and focused.\n\nPocket Chess uses compact boards and highlights important pieces to help you recognize patterns faster, making learning deliberate and enjoyable. Download now - it's free.

## Rankings

- #14,319 — Overall
- #74 — cheese

## Review summary

Pocket Chess is a beginner-friendly, engaging puzzle-based chess trainer with clean visuals and a solid UI. It helps players think ahead and improve, with free in-game hints. However, users repeatedly cite intrusive ads, promotional promos, and stability issues like crashes and freezes, plus monetization frictions (paid ad-free options and costly hints). Overall it’s a strong practice tool when ads and bugs are managed.

### Pros

- Great for practice; addictive and helps you think ahead.
- Well-designed puzzle structure with clean visuals and intuitive UI.
- Hints are available for free in-game currency, aiding learning.
- Beginners can improve and enjoy steady progression in chess.

### Cons

- Intrusive, frequent ads and promos interrupt gameplay; ad frequency varies and some users can't exit ads.
- Crashes and freezes reported; stability and optimization need improvement.
- Monetization pressure: ads and paid upgrades; hints/coins can be costly.

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