A Google user 216
Friday, May 31, 2019
This app has a lot of potential. I love that you begin by assessing your strength so you can skip basics and fundamentals if you already know them. However, the app falls far short of being worth downloading because 95%+ of the lessons are not available without paying for a membership. I was surprised at how few lessons I could actually complete. The two (yes, TWO) lessons I could complete were great, but the rest are locked. Uninstalled.
A Google user
25
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Pretty good app so far. I wish there was a way to analyze positions from lessons or puzzles with a engine. I try to look up games mentioned so i can go back through to try to reenforce what I've learned. Also if we pick a wrong move in the exercises, see a quick reply to our bad move might help us. I wish I could stick to one board style and piece font; the different colors, overlays make it difficult to see the board. Lastly, when it's black to move, I'd prefer ro see the board from Blacks pov. Edited
Chess.com
Friday, February 15, 2019
Hi Sterling, thanks for the great and detailed review. You have some solid feature requests, and we'll make sure to take them into consideration when we continue developing the application. If you have other features you'd like us to look into, feel free to reach out again at
[email protected]. Thanks!
- Øyvind from Play Magnus
Joel Schnall 35
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Crashes pretty often. Some of the puzzle solutions are incorrect or incomplete, for example I just played a discovered attack puzzle where it wanted me to make a move to take the queen, but playing to another square was a discovered double attack on the king for mate. Another example, I just played a motif where both choices were part of the solution! It was a backrank mate, made possible by a discovered attack! Also too much of the content is pay walled. I'd recommend LiChess instead. Edited
Brandy Redgwick 109
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
I really appreciate how this app tries to teach you moves and how to play. But i think it's seriously frustrating that the challenges are timed. I constantly fail because I don't have time to analyze the pieces and positions to determine where to move what in the amount of time. I didn't sign up for speed chess. I want to learn first. Please make it optional for it to be timed.
Chess.com
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Hi! I understand your frustration very well. Your suggestion of making the time-mode optional is great. I'll pass it over to the dev team. Thank you for the review! - Sebastian
Aloro Mot 33
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Useless for free, expensive if you pay. If the level has any strategy info it is good. Half the levels you just play the same basic chess training exercises, land the plane, one more checkmate, move this one piece to circle. I assume the members only has equally good strategy but it is expensive. $285 for a lifetime membership!!! =-O Or a subscription. I would pay a onetime $10 for it and nothing more, just because it is aesthetically pleasing. There are many other free ways to learn strategy.
Chess.com
Monday, August 24, 2020
We are sorry to hear this, but we appreciate all the feedback we get so we can improve :-)
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