Alternatives to Chessy
A chat window instead of a dashboard - an AI coach that answers about your own games. 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 Chessy 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 | ||
| Chess Pangolin | £2.99/mo | Not listed | Web | |
| Aimchess | $7.99/mo | Not listed | Web, iOS, Android | |
| Chessveda | See review | Not listed | Web, iOS, Android | |
| TacticForge | $5/mo | Not listed | Web, iOS | |
| Chess King Learn | See review | Web, iOS, Android, macOS | ||
| ChessDNA | $5.99/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.
Chess Pangolin
CHESS STALLION LTD
A coached game review whose explanations are board-checked - and that says so when it has no answer.
Aimchess
Aimchess (Chess.com group)
AI that finds your chess weaknesses and drills them.
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.
Chess King Learn
Chess King (CHESSQUEEN INC, ex-Convekta)
Huge Convekta course catalog in one app.
ChessDNA
ChessDNA (Yuval)
AI insights from your games: 8 skill scores, recurring mistake patterns, drills.