Alternatives to Chess Pangolin
A coached game review whose explanations are board-checked - and that says so when it has no answer. If that's not for you - or you want to try something different - here are apps that overlap on features and use cases.
8 alternatives at a glance
Ordered by weighted overlap with Chess Pangolin across use cases, features and platforms - not a quality ranking.
| App | Free tier | Paid from | Offline mode | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess.com | $4.17/mo | Not listed | Web, iOS, Android | |
| Lichess | Free only | Web, iOS, Android | ||
| Chessy | $7.99/mo | Not listed | iOS, Android, macOS | |
| Chess King Learn | See review | Web, iOS, Android, macOS | ||
| Chessveda | See review | Not listed | Web, iOS, Android | |
| TacticForge | $5/mo | Not listed | Web, iOS | |
| Aimchess | $7.99/mo | Not listed | Web, iOS, Android | |
| Chess Tempo | $3.50/mo | Not listed | Web, iOS, Android |

Chess.com
Chess.com, LLC
The default home of online chess.

Lichess
Lichess (charity)
Free, open-source chess. Forever.

Chessy
Elazar Stefansky
A chat window instead of a dashboard - an AI coach that answers about your own games.

Chess King Learn
Chess King (CHESSQUEEN INC, ex-Convekta)
Huge Convekta course catalog in one app.

Chessveda
MIDAS 24X7 GAMES PRIVATE LIMITED
An all-in-one chess platform priced for India, with prize tournaments on top.

TacticForge
Code Maker Inc. (Toronto, Canada)
Puzzles cut from your own Lichess and Chess.com games, tagged by motif and brought back until they stick.

Aimchess
Aimchess (Chess.com group)
AI that finds your chess weaknesses and drills them.

Chess Tempo
Chess Tempo
The serious puzzle grinder's tool.