1122 chess trainer apps in one list: the established products, and every new one as it launches.
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How many new chess trainer apps arrive each month, to see at a glance whether the market is growing. 185 in the last 12 months.
What people type into Google when they look for chess trainer apps, and what advertisers bid for a click. “chess trainer” alone is searched 1,600 times a month worldwide.
| Search | Per month, US | Cost per click |
|---|---|---|
| chess training | 880 | $1.71 |
| chess com tactics trainer | 390 | - |
| chess opening trainer | 390 | $1.63 |
| chess coaching online | 210 | $7.39 |
| chess tactics trainer | 170 | $0.31 |
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Cost per click is what advertisers bid for one visit from that search. Figures from Oct 2026.
The chess trainer apps most recently added to this market, newest first. The latest is FirstSquare.
| # | App | Added |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 2 |  Zapp Chess Zapp Chess is basically chess made for those moments when you have just a few minutes to spare. Instead of playing a full game, you jump straight into the middlegame and finish a match in around 3 min | |
| 3 |  Boxwood Chess Pattern training across 37,000 positions and 13 courses. No timers, no streaks, no ratings — just you and the board. Works offline. The first chapter of every course is free. Every purchase is one-time. Yours forever. Never a subscription. | |
| 4 |  Elucidate Chess To get better at chess, you must test your assumptions! You must develop a vocabulary of terms that describe positions. Most beginners just stare at the board and silently blunder. When you force y | |
| 5 | Chessigma The AI Supercoach learns from your full game history, identifies your recurring mistakes, and builds personalized training plans to help you improve faster. It's not just a tool, it’s your long-term c | |
| 6 | Noctie A chess tutor in your pocket. Noctie mimics human play at any level – no more robot-like computers! Fun practice on your own terms: pick the opening you like, learn from instant feedback, get exercises from your mistakes. Your secret weapon to chess learning! |
How App Store and Google Play users rate chess trainer apps, with every app counted once, however many ratings it has.
Rated well4.4 average
17 of the 164 apps here with a rating are under 3.75 stars and 84 are 4.6 or more. Average 4.4.
On the App Store (US), these apps average 4.4 across 138 rated apps; on Google Play (worldwide), 4.2 across 28.
| App | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 188 | |
| App | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 42,350 | |
| 4.8 | 27,003 | |
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Store ratings from the App Store (US) and Google Play (worldwide). Each app counts once; the lists start at 100 ratings.
The kinds of chess trainer apps here, grouped by what each app says it does. The largest group is General training.
| Type | Apps | Share | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| General training | 32 | 40.0% | Aprende Ajedrez Desde Cero, AroundChess, Blind Chess |
| Interactive courses | 13 | 16.3% | 64 Squares Chess Academy, Anis Chess Classes, Brain Games |
| Tactics and puzzles | 13 | 16.3% | Chess Conquest, Chess Move Puzzle, Chess Puzzle 400 |
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The frameworks and hosting chess trainer apps are built on, as a share of the apps where each is known. Next.js is the most common framework.
Share of the 17 apps whose framework we could detect
Share of the 15 apps whose host we could detect
How chess trainer apps charge, starting with whether they show their prices. 1% publish a pricing page.
| Measure | Apps | Share of 1122 |
|---|---|---|
| Publish a pricing page | 7 | 0.6% |
Common questions about chess trainer apps, answered with the figures on this page.
| 5.0 |
| 4,124 |
| 4.9 | 2,111 |
| 4.8 | 1,069 |
| 4.8 | 237 |
| 4.8 | 111 |
| 4.8 | 27,003 |
| 4.8 | 21,214 |
| 4.8 | 262 |
| 4.8 | 225 |
| 4.8 |
| 21,214 |
| 4.8 | 4,984 |
| 5.0 | 4,124 |
| 4.5 | 3,415 |
| 4.8 | 2,500 |
| 4.3 | 2,245 |
| 4.9 | 2,111 |
| 4.5 | 1,638 |
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