About ChessDir
Find the right chess app — without the listicle fluff.
Why this exists
Every chess app "best of" listicle out there recycles the same five apps with different wrapping. That's useful once; after that it's noise. We built ChessDir as a directory — structured, filterable, and kept fresh — because finding the right chess app should take five minutes, not five listicles.
Methodology
- We install every app. No second-hand reviews. Each entry is written after the editor has actually used the product for a meaningful session.
- Pros/cons are opinionated. We'd rather be useful than balanced. If an app is great at tactics and terrible for beginners, we say so.
- Pricing is kept current. Every app page shows the date it was last reviewed. Stale data is flagged.
- No pay-to-rank. Sponsored placements — if and when we add them — will be clearly labeled and separated from rankings. Rankings themselves are never for sale.
How we make money
Some of the outbound links on this site are affiliate links. When you sign up to a paid plan after clicking one of these links, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us keep the directory updated, ad-free, and editorially independent.
We only include an affiliate link when the app is already one we'd recommend on its own merits. The list of apps, the ranking logic, and the reviews are not influenced by which apps have affiliate programs.
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