Lichess Downloads & RevenueLichess · App Store & Google Play
Lichess gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Lichess by LICHESS.ORG is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 39 events
- 📈Lichess entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Board · IT
- ✏️Lichess added 50 languagesiOS+ AF + AR + AZ + BE + BG + BN + BS + CA + CS + DA + DE + EL + EO + ES + ET + EU + FA + FI + FR + GL + HE + HI + HR + HU + HY + ID + IT + JA + KK + KO + LT + LV + MK + NB + NL + PL + PT + RO + RU + SK + SL + SQ + SR + SV + TR + UK + UZ + VI + ZH + ZH
- ✏️Lichess: app got biggeriOS87 MB → 114 MB (+32%)
- ✏️Lichess: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 15.6 → iOS 16.0
- 📦Lichess updated to version 0.30.3iOSAdd support to new server game URIs (/game/id).
- 📈Lichess entered the top 10 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Free · Board · NL · Top Free · Board · RU · Top Free · Board · SE
- 📦Lichess updated to version 0.30.3AndroidWe continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases - 📈Lichess charting in a new countryiOSSpain
- 📦Lichess updated to version 0.30.2iOSTake a photo of a board to load a position in board editor
New puzzle themes
Live activity when playing a game on iOS - 📦Lichess updated to version 0.30.1AndroidWe continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases - 📈Lichess charting in a new countryiOSPoland
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Board · TH
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Board · NL
- 📈Lichess charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈Lichess charting in a new countryiOSNetherlands
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Board · SE
- 📈Lichess charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- 📈Lichess charting in a new countryiOSJapan
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Board · VN
- 📈Lichess charting in a new countryAndroidVietnam
- 📈Lichess charting in a new country in 5 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Thailand · Turkey · +1 more
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Free · Board · ES · Top Free · Board · MX · Top Free · Board · TR · Top Free · Board · TW
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Strategy · ID
- 📦Lichess updated to version 0.29.1iOS- Learn chess basics
- Practice chess feature
- New translations
- More improvements and bug fixes - 📦Lichess updated to version 0.29.1AndroidWe continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases - 📈Lichess entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Board · DE
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Games · DE
- 📈Lichess charting in a new countryiOSTurkey
- 📈Lichess charting in a new countryiOSSweden
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Strategy · KR
- 📈Lichess entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Board · JP
- 📈Lichess charting in a new countryiOSSouth Korea
- 🆕Lichess first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 🆕Lichess first spotted by AppInsideriOS#52 in Top Free · Strategy · Canada
- 📦Lichess version 0.28.4iOSNo release notes
- 📦Lichess version 0.28.4AndroidWe continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases - 🆕Lichess released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Lichess released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Board FreeLichess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Minimalist Abstract medium sessions multiplayer
#chess #strategy #open-source #puzzles #tournaments #analysis
App Store
App details
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v0.30.1, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Lichess downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | 100k+ |
| Google Play | 10k+ | 5M+ Measured |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 5M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Lichess's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #20 Games › Strategy Free | 18 of 30 countries | #36 | – |
| Google Play | #9 Games › Board Free | 23 of 23 countries | #43 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 37 | 36% | ▼ -35% |
| Germany | 12 | 12% | ▼ -30% |
 United Kingdom | 9 | 9% | ▼ -19% |
 Turkey | 7.8 | 8% | ▲ +6% |
 China | 6.5 | 6% | ▲ +15% |
 India | 6 | 6% | ▲ +17% |
 France | 5.5 | 5% | ▼ -50% |
 Russia | 4.8 | 5% | ▲ +10% |
 Netherlands | 4.7 | 5% | – |
 Canada | 4.2 | 4% | ▼ -54% |
 Australia | 3.2 | 3% | ▼ -12% |
 Spain | 3.1 | 3% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.1 ★ | 809 |
| Google Play | 3.6 ★ | 16k 554 written reviews |
| Both stores | 3.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 17k |
What users say about Lichess
From the 99 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (55% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about recent updates, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “So many variety of puzzles”
- Price & subscription: “Been a Lichess subscriber for 25 years”
- Design: “Great Chess app, clean UI”
- Useful: “Works perfectly, has everything chess.com has for free and with no ads”
Common complaints
- Updates: “horrible app update rollout”
- Crashes & bugs: “The lag calculation is very bugged”
- Features & content: “Analysis features are not great”
- Speed & performance: “The lag calculation is very bugged”
About Lichess
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.
The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- play arena tournaments
- play against online bots
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server
- board editor
- study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature
- learn board coordinates
- play over the board with a friend
- watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- custom background themes
- translated into 55 languages
Lichess App Store
Lichess gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Lichess is #36 in Games › Strategy Free in United States and charting in 18 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Games › Strategy FreeLichess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Minimalist Abstract medium sessions multiplayer
#chess #strategy #open-source #puzzles #tournaments #analysis
Lichess on the App Store
App details
Lichess downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Lichess's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › StrategyFree | #36 |
| Germany | Games › StrategyFree | #20 |
| United Kingdom | Games › StrategyFree | #40 |
| Canada | Games › StrategyFree | #27 |
| France | Games › StrategyFree | #39 |
| India | Games › StrategyFree | #40 |
| Russia | Games › StrategyFree | #33 |
| Australia | Games › StrategyFree | #45 |
 Italy | Games › StrategyFree | #36 |
 Brazil | Games › StrategyFree | #56 |
 South Korea | Games › StrategyFree | #90 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › StrategyFree | #49 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › StrategyFree | #34 |
 Poland | GamesFree | #140 |
| Netherlands | GamesFree | #180 |
| Turkey | GamesFree | #194 |
 Indonesia | Games › StrategyFree | #120 |
 Sweden | GamesFree | #194 |
Apps near Lichess on the chart
Games › Strategy Free, around #36.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 36% | ▼ -35% |
| Germany | 12 | 12% | ▼ -30% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 9% | ▼ -19% |
| Turkey | 7.8 | 8% | ▲ +6% |
| China | 6.5 | 6% | ▲ +15% |
| India | 6 | 6% | ▲ +17% |
| France | 5.5 | 5% | ▼ -50% |
| Russia | 4.8 | 5% | ▲ +10% |
| Netherlands | 4.7 | 5% | – |
| Canada | 4.2 | 4% | ▼ -54% |
| Australia | 3.2 | 3% | ▼ -12% |
| Spain | 3.1 | 3% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Lichess
From the 99 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (55% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about recent updates, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “So many variety of puzzles”
- Price & subscription: “Been a Lichess subscriber for 25 years”
- Design: “Great Chess app, clean UI”
- Useful: “Works perfectly, has everything chess.com has for free and with no ads”
Common complaints
- Updates: “horrible app update rollout”
- Crashes & bugs: “The lag calculation is very bugged”
- Features & content: “Analysis features are not great”
- Speed & performance: “The lag calculation is very bugged”
About Lichess
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.
The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- play arena tournaments
- play against online bots
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server
- board editor
- study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature
- learn board coordinates
- play over the board with a friend
- watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- custom background themes
- translated into 55 languages
Latest updates
Store changes
What Lichess changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Lichess Android
Lichess gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Lichess is #9 in Games › Board Free on Google Play in Germany and charting in 23 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Games › Board FreeLichess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Minimalist Abstract medium sessions multiplayer
#chess #strategy #open-source #puzzles #tournaments #analysis
Lichess on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v0.30.1, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Lichess downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Lichess's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Games › BoardFree | #9 |
| United States | Games › BoardFree | #43 |
| United Kingdom | Games › BoardFree | #16 |
| France | Games › BoardFree | #21 |
| Australia | Games › BoardFree | #19 |
| South Korea | Games › BoardFree | #30 |
| Russia | Games › BoardFree | #16 |
| Brazil | Games › BoardFree | #23 |
| Canada | Games › BoardFree | #23 |
 Japan | Games › BoardFree | #79 |
| Italy | Games › BoardFree | #20 |
| Spain | Games › BoardFree | #17 |
| Netherlands | Games › BoardFree | #11 |
| Sweden | Games › BoardFree | #9 |
 Mexico | Games › BoardFree | #26 |
| India | Games › BoardFree | #50 |
| Turkey | Games › BoardFree | #24 |
| Indonesia | Games › BoardFree | #42 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › BoardFree | #28 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › BoardFree | #48 |
 Taiwan | Games › BoardFree | #54 |
 Vietnam | Games › BoardFree | #28 |
 Thailand | Games › BoardFree | #52 |
Apps near Lichess on the chart
Games › Board Free, around #9.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Lichess
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users strongly prefer the previous app version, criticizing the new interface for being clunky and removing core features like quick game launching. Significant complaints focus on technical failures such as login errors, broken timers, and a perceived lack of enforcement against cheaters.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and its design. The main complaints are about the design, and login and account problems. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “best tool and learn chess free”
- Design: “New UI is much worse than the old one”
- Ads: “Free, no ads, just brilliant”
- Price & subscription: “much better then wasting money on chess”
Common complaints
- Design: “UI change makes this app lose its uniqueness”
- Login & account: “I can't sign in with my account”
- Speed & performance: “way slower than a browser, probably backdoored”
- Features & content: “and the "play vs computer" got much slower at the same stockfish level”
About Lichess
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.
The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- play arena tournaments
- play against online bots
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server
- board editor
- study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature
- learn board coordinates
- play over the board with a friend
- watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- custom background themes
- system colours on Android 12+
- translated into 55 languages
What's new in 0.30.3
Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases
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