Chess Downloads & RevenueChess · App Store
Chess is #64 in Games › Board Free in Germany and charting in 9 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 7 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Chess entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Free · Strategy · DE · Top Grossing · Board · IN
- 📈Chess entered the top 100Top Grossing · Board · SA
- 📈Chess entered the top 100Top Free · Board · DE
- 📈Chess entered the top 100Top Free · Strategy · SA
- 📈Chess charting in a new countryIndonesia
- 🆕Chess first spotted by AppInsider#55 in Top Free · Strategy · Canada
- 🆕Chess released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Board FreeChess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
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Chess on the App Store
App details
Chess 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 Chess'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
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Chess before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Chess makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | 10 hints | |
| 2 | 45 hints | |
| 3 | 200 hints | |
| 4 | 125 hints |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Games › BoardFree | #64 |
 Brazil | Games › BoardFree | #47 |
 Australia | Games › BoardFree | #50 |
| Germany | Games › StrategyFree | #91 |
| Canada | Games › StrategyFreeGames › BoardFree | #51 |
 Italy | Games › BoardGrossing | #49 |
| Australia | Games › StrategyFree | #62 |
| Brazil | Games › StrategyFree | #68 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › BoardFree | #34 |
| Italy | Games › StrategyFree | #81 |
| Italy | Games › BoardFree | #82 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › StrategyFree | #43 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › BoardFree | #66 |
 France | Games › BoardFree | #156 |
| France | Games › StrategyFree | #160 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › StrategyFree | #79 |
 India | Games › BoardFree | #142 |
| India | Games › StrategyFree | #194 |
Apps near Chess on the chart
Games › Board Free, around #64.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Italy ▲ +55%
New ratings by country (9)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 17 | 21% | steady |
| Canada | 16 | 20% | steady |
| Germany | 12 | 15% | ▲ +23% |
| Australia | 11 | 14% | steady |
| France | 6.5 | 8% | ▼ -13% |
| Italy | 6.5 | 8% | ▲ +55% |
| United Arab Emirates | 5.8 | 7% | ▼ -8% |
| India | 3.5 | 4% | ▼ -40% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 3% | ▲ ×9 |
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.
About Chess
"The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions..."
(Benjamin Franklin, scientist)
Game features:
- HD graphics for iPhone 5 and the new iPad retina display
- 5 levels of difficulty
- hint option to find out the best next move
- play either white or black
- play against the computer or a friend
- 2D and 3D themes for chess pieces
- unlimited ability to undo moves
- AI quick response time
- time control (5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes)
- animated moves
- highlight legal moves
- easy to use interface design
- ability to go back to any previous position in the game
- auto-save when exit or phone ring
- view captured pieces
- full game history with chess notation
- change the appearance of the board
- ability to listen music in background
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