Chess for Kids Downloads & RevenueChess for Kids: Learn to Play · App Store & Google Play
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play by Chess.com is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play update history & changes
Last change · 60 events since 6 Apr 2013Full timeline ↓⭐iOSRating fell below 4.7★📈AndroidEntered the top 100✏️iOSNew iPad screenshots✏️iOSNew screenshots📦iOSUpdated to version 11.0.2📈AndroidCharting in a new country📈iOSEntered the top 100📈iOSEntered the top 100🆕iOSIts developer released another app: Classic by Chess.com🎉iOSIn-app event: National Chess Day Is Here!🎉iOSIn-app event: New Puzzle Worlds Are Here!📦iOSUpdated to version 11.0.1🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidIts developer released another app: Gambit - Play and Learn Poker
Full timeline · 60 events
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Board · NL
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 5 countries
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · 5 countries
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· FR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · FR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · DE
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· BR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · BR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· US
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · US
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS4 screenshots (was 4) · KR
- 📦Chess for Kids: Learn to Play updated to version 11.0.2iOSIntroducing Puzzle Worlds!
Solve puzzles, unlock landmarks, and complete worlds as you travel through a bunch of awesome themed destinations. Each world brings new challenges and new places to discover. Start your adventure today!… more - ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· ID
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · ID
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play charting in a new countryAndroidBrazil
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Board · GB
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· BR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · BR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 7 countries
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · 6 countries
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · US
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· RU
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS4 screenshots (was 4) · RU
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS4 screenshots (was 4) · KR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS4 screenshots (was 4) · IT
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· FR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · FR
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · DE
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Family · KR
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Family · IN
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Free · Board · ES · Top Grossing · Board · IN · Top Grossing · Family · TR
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Board · JP
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Board · TH
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Board · RU · Top Grossing · Family · RU
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Family · MX
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play charting in a new countryiOSRussia
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Board · VN · Top Grossing · Board · VN
- 🆕Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: its developer released another app: Classic by Chess.comiOS
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play charting in a new country in 7 chartsAndroidSpain · Italy · Mexico · Netherlands · +3 more
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Board · MX · Top Grossing · Family · NL · Top Grossing · Family · TH · Top Grossing · Family · VN
- 🎉Chess for Kids: Learn to Play in-app event: National Chess Day Is Here!iOSCHALLENGE · until 11 Oct
- 🎉Chess for Kids: Learn to Play in-app event: New Puzzle Worlds Are Here!iOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 20 Oct
- 📦Chess for Kids: Learn to Play updated to version 11.0.1iOSIntroducing Puzzle Worlds!
Solve puzzles, unlock landmarks, and complete worlds as you travel through a bunch of awesome themed destinations. Each world brings new challenges and new places to discover. Start your adventure today!… more - 📦Chess for Kids: Learn to Play updated to version 11.0iOSIntroducing Puzzle Worlds!
Solve puzzles, unlock landmarks, and complete worlds as you travel through a bunch of awesome themed destinations. Each world brings new challenges and new places to discover. Start your adventure today!… more - 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Board · US
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Board · AU · Top Grossing · Family · US
- 📈Chess for Kids: Learn to Play charting in a new countryAndroidUnited States
- 🆕Chess for Kids: Learn to Play first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidCanada
- 🆕Chess for Kids: Learn to Play first spotted by AppInsideriOS#70 in Top Grossing · Family · United States
- 📦Chess for Kids: Learn to Play version 10.3.3iOSNo release notes
- 🆕Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: its developer released another app: Gambit - Play and Learn PokeriOS
- 🆕Chess for Kids: Learn to Play: its developer released another app: Gambit - Play and Learn PokerAndroid
- 🆕Chess for Kids: Learn to Play released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Chess for Kids: Learn to Play released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
125k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#12
App Store · 
Games › Family Grossing
Games › Family GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
482
steady vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Cartoon 2D Abstract medium sessions multiplayer IAP
#chess #educational #kids #strategy #puzzle #offline
App Store
App details
App ID
629375826
Publisher
Chess.com, LLC
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Apr 2013
13 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.5+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
28
AR HR CS NL EN FR KA DE EL HE HI HU …
Size
183 MB
Also listed in
Family, Board, Education
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.chesskid
Publisher
Chess.Com, LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 500+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 10M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Chess for Kids: Learn to Play'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Chess for Kids: Learn to Play makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | 1 Year subscription | |
| 3 | 3 Months subscription | |
| 4 | 6 Months subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #12 Games › Family Grossing | 10 of 30 countries | – | #77 |
| Google Play | #52 Family Grossing | 20 of 23 countries | #198 | #60 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
404
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
4.8
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.0★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
78/100
faster than 96% of Games apps
Growing fastest in 
Canada ▲ +31%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 242 | 61% | steady |
 United Kingdom | 44 | 11% | ▲ +21% |
 Australia | 33 | 8% | ▲ +16% |
 Germany | 19 | 5% | ▲ +11% |
| Canada | 15 | 4% | ▲ +31% |
 France | 14 | 4% | ▲ +19% |
| India | 14 | 3% | ▼ -25% |
 United Arab Emirates | 5.5 | 1% | ▼ -40% |
 Russia | 4.2 | 1% | – |
 South Korea | 3.8 | 1% | ▼ -11% |
 Japan | 3.7 | 1% | – |
 Brazil | 3 | 1% | ▼ -44% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
78
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.8★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 67% of Game board apps
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 | 4.7 ★ | 102k |
| Google Play | 4.5 ★ | 23k 838 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 125k |
What users say about Chess for Kids: Learn to Play
From the 63 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (79% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and login and account problems. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “Good luck and have fun with it”
- Price & subscription: “Good but a little pay to win for having to pay for lessons”
- Ease of use: “Chess is hard, the app is easy!”
- Features & content: “I also wish you would put more avatar costumes, and maybe the option to just go to all of funmastermike’s videos”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “No way to even get a refund”
- Login & account: “Their only offer was a "second chance" account”
About Chess for Kids: Learn to Play
Learn chess the fun, easy way with the #1 chess app trusted by schools for teaching and learning.
With the ChessKid app, you can:
- Play free chess games online or offline
- Solve puzzles that sharpen young minds
- Challenge friends, chess bots, or the computer
- Learn step-by-step through interactive lessons
Perfect for kids, parents, and coaches, ChessKid makes learning both the basics and advanced strategies simple and exciting. Every puzzle and tutorial builds real chess skills. All in a SAFE and AD-FREE environment tailored specifically for kids.
CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- Play as many chess games as you want free of charge or join chess tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe. Chess practice makes you better.
Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow chess
- Fast chess
It is up to you to decide.
Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!
CHESS COMMUNITY
- ChessKid is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play chess for FREE with kids from around the world and join an amazing community of more than 50,000 players enjoying ChessKid games every month.
- Over 500,000 chess games are played each month by more than 200,000 active ChessKid users.
PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny chess bots perfect for all skill levels and suitable beginning players. They become your best playmates on your way to mastering chess strategies and tactics. Playing chess against a computer is a great way to practice your chess moves. Make chess practice part of your daily routine.
CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 350,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles per day completely for free. Our puzzles help you become a chess pro in no time.
CHESS LESSONS
- Improve your game with amazing, kid-friendly chess coaching videos on rules and basics, strategy, chess tactics, openings, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy chess with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching chess and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable chess player. Learn from the best chess tutorials.
Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, scacchi, schach, شطرنج … no matter the language, no matter the name, chess is the world’s best strategy game.
Playing chess games is completely free and unlimited for all players on the apps and website. Puzzles and videos are unlimited for Gold members. Kids can only chat in games with their parents; no other free chat is allowed. They cannot make friends with anyone without explicit parental permission. Parents have full control over kids’ accounts.
Chess for Kids is the best app for kids who strive to get better at chess. With our app, mastering chess will never be boring. Our funny cartoon characters serve as ch
With the ChessKid app, you can:
- Play free chess games online or offline
- Solve puzzles that sharpen young minds
- Challenge friends, chess bots, or the computer
- Learn step-by-step through interactive lessons
Perfect for kids, parents, and coaches, ChessKid makes learning both the basics and advanced strategies simple and exciting. Every puzzle and tutorial builds real chess skills. All in a SAFE and AD-FREE environment tailored specifically for kids.
CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- Play as many chess games as you want free of charge or join chess tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe. Chess practice makes you better.
Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow chess
- Fast chess
It is up to you to decide.
Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!
CHESS COMMUNITY
- ChessKid is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play chess for FREE with kids from around the world and join an amazing community of more than 50,000 players enjoying ChessKid games every month.
- Over 500,000 chess games are played each month by more than 200,000 active ChessKid users.
PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny chess bots perfect for all skill levels and suitable beginning players. They become your best playmates on your way to mastering chess strategies and tactics. Playing chess against a computer is a great way to practice your chess moves. Make chess practice part of your daily routine.
CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 350,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles per day completely for free. Our puzzles help you become a chess pro in no time.
CHESS LESSONS
- Improve your game with amazing, kid-friendly chess coaching videos on rules and basics, strategy, chess tactics, openings, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy chess with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching chess and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable chess player. Learn from the best chess tutorials.
Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, scacchi, schach, شطرنج … no matter the language, no matter the name, chess is the world’s best strategy game.
Playing chess games is completely free and unlimited for all players on the apps and website. Puzzles and videos are unlimited for Gold members. Kids can only chat in games with their parents; no other free chat is allowed. They cannot make friends with anyone without explicit parental permission. Parents have full control over kids’ accounts.
Chess for Kids is the best app for kids who strive to get better at chess. With our app, mastering chess will never be boring. Our funny cartoon characters serve as ch
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play App Store
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play is #12 in Games › Family Grossing in India and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperChess.com
CategoryGames
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (102k)
Version11.0.2
Age rating4+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
102k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#12
Games › Family GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
404
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Cartoon 2D Abstract medium sessions multiplayer IAP
#chess #educational #kids #strategy #puzzle #offline
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play on the App Store
App details
App ID
629375826
Publisher
Chess.com, LLC
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Apr 2013
13 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.5+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
28
AR HR CS NL EN FR KA DE EL HE HI HU …
Size
183 MB
Also listed in
Family, Board, Education
Chess for Kids: Learn to Play downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Chess for Kids: Learn to Play'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Chess for Kids: Learn to Play before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Chess for Kids: Learn to Play makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | 1 Year subscription | |
| 3 | 3 Months subscription | |
| 4 | 6 Months subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | Games › FamilyGrossing | #12 |
| United States | Games › FamilyGrossing | #77 |
| United States | Games › BoardGrossing | #80 |
| United Kingdom | Games › FamilyGrossing | #41 |
| United Kingdom | Games › BoardGrossing | #53 |
| India | Games › BoardGrossing | #26 |
| France | Games › FamilyGrossing | #42 |
| France | Games › BoardGrossing | #47 |
| Germany | Games › FamilyGrossing | #74 |
| South Korea | Games › FamilyGrossing | #73 |
| Australia | Games › FamilyGrossing | #49 |
| Brazil | Games › FamilyGrossing | #55 |
| Australia | Games › BoardGrossing | #76 |
| Canada | Games › FamilyGrossing | #78 |
| South Korea | Games › FamilyFree | #115 |
| Brazil | Games › BoardGrossing | #92 |
| South Korea | Games › BoardFree | #182 |
| France | Games › FamilyFree | #176 |
| France | Games › BoardFree | #192 |
| Australia | Games › FamilyFree | #182 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › FamilyGrossing | #82 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › BoardGrossing | #85 |
Apps near Chess for Kids: Learn to Play on the chart
Games › Family Grossing, around #12.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
102k ratings
Measured
Ratings
102k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
404
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
4.8
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.0★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
78/100
faster than 96% of Games apps
Growing fastest in Canada ▲ +31%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 242 | 61% | steady |
| United Kingdom | 44 | 11% | ▲ +21% |
| Australia | 33 | 8% | ▲ +16% |
| Germany | 19 | 5% | ▲ +11% |
| Canada | 15 | 4% | ▲ +31% |
| France | 14 | 4% | ▲ +19% |
| India | 14 | 3% | ▼ -25% |
| United Arab Emirates | 5.5 | 1% | ▼ -40% |
| Russia | 4.2 | 1% | – |
| South Korea | 3.8 | 1% | ▼ -11% |
| Japan | 3.7 | 1% | – |
| Brazil | 3 | 1% | ▼ -44% |
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 Chess for Kids: Learn to Play
From the 63 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (79% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and login and account problems. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “Good luck and have fun with it”
- Price & subscription: “Good but a little pay to win for having to pay for lessons”
- Ease of use: “Chess is hard, the app is easy!”
- Features & content: “I also wish you would put more avatar costumes, and maybe the option to just go to all of funmastermike’s videos”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “No way to even get a refund”
- Login & account: “Their only offer was a "second chance" account”
About Chess for Kids: Learn to Play
Learn chess the fun, easy way with the #1 chess app trusted by schools for teaching and learning.
With the ChessKid app, you can:
- Play free chess games online or offline
- Solve puzzles that sharpen young minds
- Challenge friends, chess bots, or the computer
- Learn step-by-step through interactive lessons
Perfect for kids, parents, and coaches, ChessKid makes learning both the basics and advanced strategies simple and exciting. Every puzzle and tutorial builds real chess skills. All in a SAFE and AD-FREE environment tailored specifically for kids.
CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- Play as many chess games as you want free of charge or join chess tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe. Chess practice makes you better.
Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow chess
- Fast chess
It is up to you to decide.
Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!
CHESS COMMUNITY
- ChessKid is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play chess for FREE with kids from around the world and join an amazing community of more than 50,000 players enjoying ChessKid games every month.
- Over 500,000 chess games are played each month by more than 200,000 active ChessKid users.
PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny chess bots perfect for all skill levels and suitable beginning players. They become your best playmates on your way to mastering chess strategies and tactics. Playing chess against a computer is a great way to practice your chess moves. Make chess practice part of your daily routine.
CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 350,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles per day completely for free. Our puzzles help you become a chess pro in no time.
CHESS LESSONS
- Improve your game with amazing, kid-friendly chess coaching videos on rules and basics, strategy, chess tactics, openings, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy chess with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching chess and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable chess player. Learn from the best chess tutorials.
Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, scacchi, schach, شطرنج … no matter the language, no matter the name, chess is the world’s best strategy game.
Playing chess games is completely free and unlimited for all players on the apps and website. Puzzles and videos are unlimited for Gold members. Kids can only chat in games with their parents; no other free chat is allowed. They cannot make friends with anyone without explicit parental permission. Parents have full control over kids’ accounts.
Chess for Kids is the best app for kids who strive to get better at chess. With our app, mastering chess will never be boring. Our funny cartoon characters serve as ch
With the ChessKid app, you can:
- Play free chess games online or offline
- Solve puzzles that sharpen young minds
- Challenge friends, chess bots, or the computer
- Learn step-by-step through interactive lessons
Perfect for kids, parents, and coaches, ChessKid makes learning both the basics and advanced strategies simple and exciting. Every puzzle and tutorial builds real chess skills. All in a SAFE and AD-FREE environment tailored specifically for kids.
CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- Play as many chess games as you want free of charge or join chess tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe. Chess practice makes you better.
Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow chess
- Fast chess
It is up to you to decide.
Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!
CHESS COMMUNITY
- ChessKid is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play chess for FREE with kids from around the world and join an amazing community of more than 50,000 players enjoying ChessKid games every month.
- Over 500,000 chess games are played each month by more than 200,000 active ChessKid users.
PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny chess bots perfect for all skill levels and suitable beginning players. They become your best playmates on your way to mastering chess strategies and tactics. Playing chess against a computer is a great way to practice your chess moves. Make chess practice part of your daily routine.
CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 350,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles per day completely for free. Our puzzles help you become a chess pro in no time.
CHESS LESSONS
- Improve your game with amazing, kid-friendly chess coaching videos on rules and basics, strategy, chess tactics, openings, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy chess with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching chess and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable chess player. Learn from the best chess tutorials.
Chess, ajedrez, xadrez, satranç, scacchi, schach, شطرنج … no matter the language, no matter the name, chess is the world’s best strategy game.
Playing chess games is completely free and unlimited for all players on the apps and website. Puzzles and videos are unlimited for Gold members. Kids can only chat in games with their parents; no other free chat is allowed. They cannot make friends with anyone without explicit parental permission. Parents have full control over kids’ accounts.
Chess for Kids is the best app for kids who strive to get better at chess. With our app, mastering chess will never be boring. Our funny cartoon characters serve as ch
Latest updates
11.0.2
Introducing Puzzle Worlds!
Solve puzzles, unlock landmarks, and complete worlds as you travel through a bunch of awesome themed destinations. Each world brings new challenges and new places to discover. Start your adventure today!
11.0.1
Introducing Puzzle Worlds!
Solve puzzles, unlock landmarks, and complete worlds as you travel through a bunch of awesome themed destinations. Each world brings new challenges and new places to discover. Start your adventure today!
11.0
Introducing Puzzle Worlds!
Solve puzzles, unlock landmarks, and complete worlds as you travel through a bunch of awesome themed destinations. Each world brings new challenges and new places to discover. Start your adventure today!
Store changes
What Chess for Kids: Learn to Play changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
5 screenshots (was 5)
New iPad screenshots
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Chess for Kids - Play & Learn gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Chess for Kids - Play & Learn is #60 in Family Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 20 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperChess.com
CategoryGames › Board
PriceFree
Released
Installs1M+
Rating★ 4.5 (23k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.5 ★
23k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#60
Family GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
78
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Chess for Kids - Play & Learn at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Cartoon 2D Abstract medium sessions multiplayer Subscription
#chess #kids #educational #strategy #puzzles #offline
Chess for Kids - Play & Learn on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.chesskid
Publisher
Chess.Com, LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Chess for Kids - Play & Learn downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Chess for Kids - Play & Learn'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Chess for Kids - Play & Learn before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Chess for Kids - Play & Learn makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | 1 Year subscription | |
| 3 | 3 Months subscription | |
| 4 | 6 Months subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Netherlands
Turkey
Thailand
Spain
ItalyApps near Chess for Kids - Play & Learn on the chart
Family Grossing, around #60.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
23k ratings
Measured
Ratings
23k
Measured
Written reviews
838
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
78
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.8★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 67% of Game board apps
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 Chess for Kids - Play & Learn
From the 112 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (72% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and good value. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and login and account problems.
What people like
- Fun: “ITS SO FUN AND SO SATISFYING!”
- Price & subscription: “I like the lessons and the subscription is worth it”
- Useful: “it's great and helpful and teaches kids how to play chess”
- Features & content: “Amazing tools and safe app for young chess learners!”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “It keeps telling me that I have a bug”
- Login & account: “I contacted them via live chat to reset password (somehow we got bumped out and i forgot the passowrd)”
- Features & content: “thanks for adding the match review feature”
- Price & subscription: “Everything is still locked behind the paywall and "support" responds within 3 days”
About Chess for Kids - Play & Learn
Learn to play chess with our beginner-friendly ChessKid app. Enjoy free chess games online and offline. Play with friends or challenge the bots and play against a computer!
Play chess the fun way with the ultimate chess app for kids — and for parents and coaches too! Learn both basic rules of the games and advanced strategies of the world's greatest brain games, all with an app that is AD-FREE and 100% SAFE for kids. Learn valuable chess moves from self-teaching chess tutorials.
CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- Play as many chess games as you want free of charge or join tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe.
Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow and fast chess games
It is up to you to decide. Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!
CHESS COMMUNITY
- Chess for kids is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play with kids from around the world and join an amazing community.
- 15M+ registered users, over 500,000 games are played each month by more than 650,000 monthly active ChessKid users.
PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny bots perfect for all skill levels and suitable beginning players. They become your best playmates on your way to mastering chess strategies and tactics. Playing chess against a computer is a great way to practice your chess moves.
CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 500,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles games per day completely for free. Our puzzles help you become a chess pro in no time.
CHESS LESSONS
- Improve your game with amazing, kid-friendly chess coaching videos on rules and basics, strategy, tactics, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy playing with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Learn from the best chess tutorials. Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable player.
Playing chess games is completely free and unlimited for all players on the apps and website. Puzzles and videos are unlimited for Gold members. Kids can only chat in games with their parents; no other free chat is allowed. They cannot make friends with anyone without explicit parental permission. Parents have full control over kids’ accounts.
ABOUT CHESSKID:
ChessKid is built by Chess.com - #1 in chess online.
ChessKid is the #1 scholastic chess app.
ChessKid is trusted by over 2,000 schools and 3 million kids worldwide.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChessKidcom
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chesskidcom
Play chess the fun way with the ultimate chess app for kids — and for parents and coaches too! Learn both basic rules of the games and advanced strategies of the world's greatest brain games, all with an app that is AD-FREE and 100% SAFE for kids. Learn valuable chess moves from self-teaching chess tutorials.
CHESS ONLINE FOR FREE:
- Play as many chess games as you want free of charge or join tournaments to compete with thousands of other chess players from all over the globe.
Enjoy multiple player vs. player modes:
- Play chess against your friends
- Slow and fast chess games
It is up to you to decide. Test your skill against other kids or battle against our funny chess bots!
CHESS COMMUNITY
- Chess for kids is much more than just an app. It is your chance to play with kids from around the world and join an amazing community.
- 15M+ registered users, over 500,000 games are played each month by more than 650,000 monthly active ChessKid users.
PLAY CHESS ONLINE AND OFFLINE AGAINST THE COMPUTER
- Meet 10 funny bots perfect for all skill levels and suitable beginning players. They become your best playmates on your way to mastering chess strategies and tactics. Playing chess against a computer is a great way to practice your chess moves.
CHESS PUZZLES
- Sharpen your tactical skills and have fun with over 500,000 tricky puzzles.
- Solve up to three chess puzzles games per day completely for free. Our puzzles help you become a chess pro in no time.
CHESS LESSONS
- Improve your game with amazing, kid-friendly chess coaching videos on rules and basics, strategy, tactics, endgames and much more.
- Learn chess tactics from grandmasters and enjoy playing with our amazing FunMasterMike’s tutorials. He loves teaching and wants to share his knowledge with you.
- Learn from the best chess tutorials. Strengthen your skills with a crash course on how to deliver checkmate and become an unbeatable player.
Playing chess games is completely free and unlimited for all players on the apps and website. Puzzles and videos are unlimited for Gold members. Kids can only chat in games with their parents; no other free chat is allowed. They cannot make friends with anyone without explicit parental permission. Parents have full control over kids’ accounts.
ABOUT CHESSKID:
ChessKid is built by Chess.com - #1 in chess online.
ChessKid is the #1 scholastic chess app.
ChessKid is trusted by over 2,000 schools and 3 million kids worldwide.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChessKidcom
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chesskidcom
What's new
Hello, ChessKids! Here is what we brought you this time:
- A brand-new chessboard! Feel your moves with new vibrations and easily drag pieces (even on your opponent's turn!).
- Your Puzzle World background now appears across the app.
- Added new accessibility support. Players can now use voice tools like TalkBack to hear selected squares and control their games. More improvements to come.
- Bugfixes and improvements.
- A brand-new chessboard! Feel your moves with new vibrations and easily drag pieces (even on your opponent's turn!).
- Your Puzzle World background now appears across the app.
- Added new accessibility support. Players can now use voice tools like TalkBack to hear selected squares and control their games. More improvements to come.
- Bugfixes and improvements.