idChess Downloads & RevenueidChess – play and learn chess · App Store & Google Play
idChess – play and learn chess by idSport LLC is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
idChess – play and learn chess update history & changes
Last change · 9 events since 22 Oct 2019Full timeline ↓⭐iOSPassed 100 ratings📈iOSHit #1📈iOSCharting in a new country🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider📦iOSVersion 9.9.11📦AndroidVersion 9.9.10🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 9 events
- 📈idChess – play and learn chess hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Sports · RU
- 📈idChess – play and learn chess charting in a new countryiOSRussia
- 🆕idChess – play and learn chess first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States (found via similar)
- 🆕idChess – play and learn chess first spotted by AppInsideriOS#71 in Top Grossing · Sports · Brazil
- 📦idChess – play and learn chess version 9.9.11iOS- Fixed an error that occurred when attempting to "Share PGN file."
- Fixed an error that occurred when editing games during a tournament. - 📦idChess – play and learn chess version 9.9.10AndroidPassword recovery fixed.
- 🆕idChess – play and learn chess released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕idChess – play and learn chess 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
4.3 ★
646 ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#1
App Store · 
Sports Grossing
Sports GrossingMeasured
idChess – play and learn chess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
idChess is a free mobile application that uses computer vision to digitize, record, and broadcast offline chess games played on physical boards for players, clubs, and federations. The app currently ranks #1 in the Russian Sports Grossing chart, indicating strong monetization or high engagement within its primary market despite being free to download.
Similar apps: Chess.com, Lichess, DGT Live Chess
App Store
App details
App ID
1464126978
Publisher
idSport LLC
Publisher country
Armenia
On the store since
Oct 2019
7 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 13.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
1 content note below
Languages
3
EN FR RU
Size
331 MB
Also listed in
Strategy, Board, Games
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Contests
App privacy Measured
idChess – play and learn chess’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
0
Not linked to you
1
Not linked to you
DDiagnostics
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.idchess.idchess
Publisher
idSport LLC
Publisher country
Armenia
Content rating
Everyone
idChess – play and learn chess downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | – | 10k+ |
| Google Play | – | 50k+ Measured |
| Total | – | 50k+ 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.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
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: In-app purchase-led
How idChess – play and learn chess makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #1 Sports Grossing | 1 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | – | 0 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 130 |
| Google Play | 4.2 ★ | 516 9 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.3 ★ weighted by ratings | 646 |
What users say about idChess – play and learn chess
From recent reviews.
About idChess – play and learn chess
idChess is a mobile app for recognizing, digitizing, and broadcasting offline chess games, played on a real board. The app recognizes chess moves during the game in real time, records them in the form of chess notation, and saves them on your smartphone in PGN and GIF formats. idChess digitizes games, including blitz and rapid games. It can be used to broadcast chess games to a wide audience. Download the idChess mobile app for free and play chess offline in a technologically advanced way!
**idChess for chess players and chess organizations**
Chess federations, schools, and clubs use idChess both to conduct chess broadcasts and to teach children to play chess. Also, idChess is suitable for individual use by players. In the process of self-study, idChess helps you simplify the chess learning process, keep a history of online and offline games, track your progress and improve your game.
**idChess is used by chess players all over the world**
The idChess app is already actively used in Russia, India, Bahrain, Turkey, Armenia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries. As part of the World Chess Olympiad 2022 in India, the classical tournament was digitized and broadcast using the idChess app and its chess recognition feature. idChess is an innovative product for chess players that has no analogs in the world.
**Recognize and broadcast chess games**
idChess is based on computer vision and machine learning technologies. Using artificial intelligence, idChess recognizes chess pieces on the board and automatically records the chess notation of your game. To record and broadcast games, all you need is the idChess app installed on your smartphone and a tripod to securely mount your smartphone above the board. You can recognize games even offline. The idChess app does not require an Internet connection to digitize games.
**Turn your regular chessboard into an electronic one with idChess!**
The idChess mobile app replaces expensive electronic boards for digitizing and broadcasting chess games. You can play on a regular chessboard: magnetic, wooden, plastic, or any other, and then immediately view the game in the form of a chess diagram on your smartphone and analyze it. The size of a chessboard does not affect the operation of the app. The only criterion is that chess pieces must be made according to the classical Staunton model.
**How to start recording chess games**
To record games, you only need a smartphone with the idChess app installed and a tripod to mount the smartphone above the board.
To start using the application, you need:
1) Attach a tripod to the table where the chessboard is located.
2) Place chess pieces in their starting position.
3) Fix the smartphone in a tripod with the screen facing up so that the camera points at the chessboard, and the entire playing field falls into the lens.
4) Run the app and start recording.
**Analysis and sharing of chess games**
After completion, the game will be saved in the games library in the usu
**idChess for chess players and chess organizations**
Chess federations, schools, and clubs use idChess both to conduct chess broadcasts and to teach children to play chess. Also, idChess is suitable for individual use by players. In the process of self-study, idChess helps you simplify the chess learning process, keep a history of online and offline games, track your progress and improve your game.
**idChess is used by chess players all over the world**
The idChess app is already actively used in Russia, India, Bahrain, Turkey, Armenia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries. As part of the World Chess Olympiad 2022 in India, the classical tournament was digitized and broadcast using the idChess app and its chess recognition feature. idChess is an innovative product for chess players that has no analogs in the world.
**Recognize and broadcast chess games**
idChess is based on computer vision and machine learning technologies. Using artificial intelligence, idChess recognizes chess pieces on the board and automatically records the chess notation of your game. To record and broadcast games, all you need is the idChess app installed on your smartphone and a tripod to securely mount your smartphone above the board. You can recognize games even offline. The idChess app does not require an Internet connection to digitize games.
**Turn your regular chessboard into an electronic one with idChess!**
The idChess mobile app replaces expensive electronic boards for digitizing and broadcasting chess games. You can play on a regular chessboard: magnetic, wooden, plastic, or any other, and then immediately view the game in the form of a chess diagram on your smartphone and analyze it. The size of a chessboard does not affect the operation of the app. The only criterion is that chess pieces must be made according to the classical Staunton model.
**How to start recording chess games**
To record games, you only need a smartphone with the idChess app installed and a tripod to mount the smartphone above the board.
To start using the application, you need:
1) Attach a tripod to the table where the chessboard is located.
2) Place chess pieces in their starting position.
3) Fix the smartphone in a tripod with the screen facing up so that the camera points at the chessboard, and the entire playing field falls into the lens.
4) Run the app and start recording.
**Analysis and sharing of chess games**
After completion, the game will be saved in the games library in the usu
idChess – play and learn chess App Store
idChess – играй в шахматы
idChess – play and learn chess is #1 in Sports Grossing in Russia and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperidSport LLC
CategorySports
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (130)
Version9.9.11
Age rating4+
First seen by us
28 Sep 2026
28 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
130 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#1
Sports GrossingMeasured
idChess – play and learn chess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
idChess is a free mobile application that uses computer vision to digitize, record, and broadcast offline chess games played on physical boards for players, clubs, and federations. The app currently ranks #1 in the Russian Sports Grossing chart, indicating strong monetization or high engagement within its primary market despite being free to download.
Similar apps: Chess.com, Lichess, DGT Live Chess
idChess – play and learn chess on the App Store
App details
App ID
1464126978
Publisher
idSport LLC
Publisher country
Armenia
On the store since
Oct 2019
7 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 13.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
1 content note below
Languages
3
EN FR RU
Size
331 MB
Also listed in
Strategy, Board, Games
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Contests
App privacy Measured
idChess – play and learn chess’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
0
Not linked to you
1
Not linked to you
DDiagnostics
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
idChess – play and learn 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
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.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
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 idChess – play and learn chess before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not on any Top Grossing chart: monthly active users × spend per user for its category, measured on the charted apps nearest the bottom of the charts.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How idChess – play and learn chess makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | SportsGrossing | #1 |
Apps near idChess – play and learn chess on the chart
Sports Grossing, around #1.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
130 ratings
Measured
Ratings
130
Measured
What users say about idChess – play and learn chess
From recent reviews.
About idChess – play and learn chess
idChess is a mobile app for recognizing, digitizing, and broadcasting offline chess games, played on a real board. The app recognizes chess moves during the game in real time, records them in the form of chess notation, and saves them on your smartphone in PGN and GIF formats. idChess digitizes games, including blitz and rapid games. It can be used to broadcast chess games to a wide audience. Download the idChess mobile app for free and play chess offline in a technologically advanced way!
**idChess for chess players and chess organizations**
Chess federations, schools, and clubs use idChess both to conduct chess broadcasts and to teach children to play chess. Also, idChess is suitable for individual use by players. In the process of self-study, idChess helps you simplify the chess learning process, keep a history of online and offline games, track your progress and improve your game.
**idChess is used by chess players all over the world**
The idChess app is already actively used in Russia, India, Bahrain, Turkey, Armenia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries. As part of the World Chess Olympiad 2022 in India, the classical tournament was digitized and broadcast using the idChess app and its chess recognition feature. idChess is an innovative product for chess players that has no analogs in the world.
**Recognize and broadcast chess games**
idChess is based on computer vision and machine learning technologies. Using artificial intelligence, idChess recognizes chess pieces on the board and automatically records the chess notation of your game. To record and broadcast games, all you need is the idChess app installed on your smartphone and a tripod to securely mount your smartphone above the board. You can recognize games even offline. The idChess app does not require an Internet connection to digitize games.
**Turn your regular chessboard into an electronic one with idChess!**
The idChess mobile app replaces expensive electronic boards for digitizing and broadcasting chess games. You can play on a regular chessboard: magnetic, wooden, plastic, or any other, and then immediately view the game in the form of a chess diagram on your smartphone and analyze it. The size of a chessboard does not affect the operation of the app. The only criterion is that chess pieces must be made according to the classical Staunton model.
**How to start recording chess games**
To record games, you only need a smartphone with the idChess app installed and a tripod to mount the smartphone above the board.
To start using the application, you need:
1) Attach a tripod to the table where the chessboard is located.
2) Place chess pieces in their starting position.
3) Fix the smartphone in a tripod with the screen facing up so that the camera points at the chessboard, and the entire playing field falls into the lens.
4) Run the app and start recording.
**Analysis and sharing of chess games**
After completion, the game will be saved in the games library in the usu
**idChess for chess players and chess organizations**
Chess federations, schools, and clubs use idChess both to conduct chess broadcasts and to teach children to play chess. Also, idChess is suitable for individual use by players. In the process of self-study, idChess helps you simplify the chess learning process, keep a history of online and offline games, track your progress and improve your game.
**idChess is used by chess players all over the world**
The idChess app is already actively used in Russia, India, Bahrain, Turkey, Armenia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries. As part of the World Chess Olympiad 2022 in India, the classical tournament was digitized and broadcast using the idChess app and its chess recognition feature. idChess is an innovative product for chess players that has no analogs in the world.
**Recognize and broadcast chess games**
idChess is based on computer vision and machine learning technologies. Using artificial intelligence, idChess recognizes chess pieces on the board and automatically records the chess notation of your game. To record and broadcast games, all you need is the idChess app installed on your smartphone and a tripod to securely mount your smartphone above the board. You can recognize games even offline. The idChess app does not require an Internet connection to digitize games.
**Turn your regular chessboard into an electronic one with idChess!**
The idChess mobile app replaces expensive electronic boards for digitizing and broadcasting chess games. You can play on a regular chessboard: magnetic, wooden, plastic, or any other, and then immediately view the game in the form of a chess diagram on your smartphone and analyze it. The size of a chessboard does not affect the operation of the app. The only criterion is that chess pieces must be made according to the classical Staunton model.
**How to start recording chess games**
To record games, you only need a smartphone with the idChess app installed and a tripod to mount the smartphone above the board.
To start using the application, you need:
1) Attach a tripod to the table where the chessboard is located.
2) Place chess pieces in their starting position.
3) Fix the smartphone in a tripod with the screen facing up so that the camera points at the chessboard, and the entire playing field falls into the lens.
4) Run the app and start recording.
**Analysis and sharing of chess games**
After completion, the game will be saved in the games library in the usu
Latest updates
9.9.11
- Fixed an error that occurred when attempting to "Share PGN file."
- Fixed an error that occurred when editing games during a tournament.
idChess – play and learn chess Android
Not in a tracked Google Play top chart right now.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperidSport.ai
CategorySports
PriceFree
Released
Installs50k+
Rating★ 4.2 (516)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.2 ★
516 ratings
Measured
idChess – play and learn chess on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.idchess.idchess
Publisher
idSport LLC
Publisher country
Armenia
Content rating
Everyone
idChess – play and learn 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
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.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
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 idChess – play and learn chess before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not on any Top Grossing chart: monthly active users × spend per user for its category, measured on the charted apps nearest the bottom of the charts.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How idChess – play and learn chess makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not in a Google Play top chart right now. | ||
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.2 ★
516 ratings
Measured
Ratings
516
Measured
Written reviews
9
Measured
About idChess – play and learn chess
idChess is a mobile app for recognizing, digitizing, and broadcasting offline chess games, played on a real board. The app recognizes chess moves during the game in real time, records them in the form of chess notation, and saves them on your smartphone in PGN and GIF formats. idChess digitizes games, including blitz and rapid games. It can be used to broadcast chess games to a wide audience. Download the idChess mobile app for free and play chess offline in a technologically advanced way!
idChess for chess players and chess organizations
Chess federations, schools, and clubs use idChess both to conduct chess broadcasts and to teach children to play chess. Also, idChess is suitable for individual use by players. In the process of self-study, idChess helps you simplify the chess learning process, keep a history of online and offline games, track your progress and improve your game.
idChess is used by chess players all over the world
The idChess app is already actively used in Russia, India, Bahrain, Turkey, Armenia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries. As part of the World Chess Olympiad 2022 in India, the classical tournament was digitized and broadcast using the idChess app and its chess recognition feature. idChess is an innovative product for chess players with no analogs in the world.
Recognize and broadcast chess games
idChess is based on computer vision and machine learning technologies. Using artificial intelligence, idChess recognizes chess pieces on the board and automatically records the chess notation of your game. To record and broadcast games, all you need is the idChess app installed on your smartphone and a tripod to securely mount your smartphone above the board. You can recognize games even offline. The idChess app does not require an Internet connection to digitize games.
Turn your regular chessboard into an electronic one with idChess!
The idChess mobile app replaces expensive electronic boards for digitizing and broadcasting chess games. You can play on a regular chessboard: magnetic, wooden, plastic, or any other, and then immediately view the game in the form of a chess diagram on your smartphone and analyze it. The size of a chessboard does not affect the operation of the app. The only criterion is that chess pieces must be made according to the classical Staunton model.
How to start recording chess games
To record games, you only need a smartphone with the idChess app installed and a tripod to mount the smartphone above the board.
To start using the application, you need:
Attach a tripod to the table where the chessboard is located.
Place chess pieces in their starting position.
Fix the smartphone in a tripod with the screen facing up so that the camera points at the chessboard, and the entire playing field falls into the lens.
Run the app and start recording.
Analysis and sharing of chess games
After completion, the game will be saved in the games library in the usual PGN or GIF format for chess players. Also, t
idChess for chess players and chess organizations
Chess federations, schools, and clubs use idChess both to conduct chess broadcasts and to teach children to play chess. Also, idChess is suitable for individual use by players. In the process of self-study, idChess helps you simplify the chess learning process, keep a history of online and offline games, track your progress and improve your game.
idChess is used by chess players all over the world
The idChess app is already actively used in Russia, India, Bahrain, Turkey, Armenia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries. As part of the World Chess Olympiad 2022 in India, the classical tournament was digitized and broadcast using the idChess app and its chess recognition feature. idChess is an innovative product for chess players with no analogs in the world.
Recognize and broadcast chess games
idChess is based on computer vision and machine learning technologies. Using artificial intelligence, idChess recognizes chess pieces on the board and automatically records the chess notation of your game. To record and broadcast games, all you need is the idChess app installed on your smartphone and a tripod to securely mount your smartphone above the board. You can recognize games even offline. The idChess app does not require an Internet connection to digitize games.
Turn your regular chessboard into an electronic one with idChess!
The idChess mobile app replaces expensive electronic boards for digitizing and broadcasting chess games. You can play on a regular chessboard: magnetic, wooden, plastic, or any other, and then immediately view the game in the form of a chess diagram on your smartphone and analyze it. The size of a chessboard does not affect the operation of the app. The only criterion is that chess pieces must be made according to the classical Staunton model.
How to start recording chess games
To record games, you only need a smartphone with the idChess app installed and a tripod to mount the smartphone above the board.
To start using the application, you need:
Attach a tripod to the table where the chessboard is located.
Place chess pieces in their starting position.
Fix the smartphone in a tripod with the screen facing up so that the camera points at the chessboard, and the entire playing field falls into the lens.
Run the app and start recording.
Analysis and sharing of chess games
After completion, the game will be saved in the games library in the usual PGN or GIF format for chess players. Also, t
What's new in 9.9.10
Password recovery fixed.