Learn with Forward Chess Downloads & RevenueLearn with Forward Chess · App Store & Google Play
Learn with Forward Chess by Forward Chess, LLC is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Learn with Forward Chess update history & changes
Last change · 23 events since 19 Feb 2013Full timeline ↓⭐iOSPassed 100 ratings📈iOSEntered the top 100📈iOSCharting in a new country📈AndroidCharting in a new country📈AndroidCharting in a new country🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider📦AndroidVersion 2.20📦iOSVersion 1.38.13🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 23 events
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · BR
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new countryiOSBrazil
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Books · AE · Top Grossing · Books · ID
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOSUnited Arab Emirates · Indonesia
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new countryAndroidIndia
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new countryAndroidVietnam
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidMexico · Thailand
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · DE
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new countryiOSGermany
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · IT
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new countryiOSItaly
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Books · SA
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new countryiOSSaudi Arabia
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Books · FR · Top Grossing · Books · IN
- 📈Learn with Forward Chess charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOSFrance · India
- 🆕Learn with Forward Chess first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidIndonesia
- 🆕Learn with Forward Chess first spotted by AppInsideriOS#98 in Top Grossing · Books · South Korea
- 📦Learn with Forward Chess version 2.20Android* Added animation to the pieces when they move on the board
- 📦Learn with Forward Chess version 1.38.13iOSNo release notes
- 🆕Learn with Forward Chess released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Learn with Forward 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
4.6 ★
1.3k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#45
App Store · 
Books Grossing
Books GrossingMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
543005909
Publisher
Forward Chess, LLC
On the store since
Feb 2013
13 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 12.0+
iPhone 5s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
197 MB
Also listed in
Books, Education
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.forwardchess
Publisher
Forward Chess
Content rating
Everyone
Learn with Forward Chess downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | – | 50k+ |
| Google Play | – | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | – | 100k+ 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 Learn with Forward Chess makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | True Lies in Chess | |
| 2 | Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide | |
| 3 | Don't Study Openings w/o this Book | |
| 4 | 100 Endgames You Must Know | |
| 5 | My System | |
| 6 | The Woodpecker Method | |
| 7 | Chess Tactics from Scratch | |
| 8 | The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book | |
| 9 | The Power of Pawns | |
| 10 | Pump Up Your Rating |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #45 Books Grossing | 1 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #157 Games › Board Grossing | 3 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
48/100
faster than 47% of Books 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 | 4.9 ★ | 12 |
| Google Play | 4.6 ★ | 1.3k 75 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.3k |
About Learn with Forward Chess
Forward Chess is an Interactive reader of chess books. Play through the lines in the book, or try your own, it's like having a chess board and a chess book in the palm of your hand.
Forward Chess includes the ability to purchase over 100 chess eBooks through our In-App Store. Check it out. Our collection is growing weekly!
Forward Chess also contains the following subscription options
- ChessPublishing's monthly periodical for the latest in opening theory
- We offer a choice of 4 different auto-renewing subscriptions
- 1 Section for 1 Year @ $19.99 USD
- 3 Sections for 1 Year @ $39.99 USD
- 6 Sections for 1 Year @ $69.99 USD
- 12 Sections for 1 Year @ $99.99 USD
- Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
- No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period
- Links to Your Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication.
Forward Chess takes your privacy seriously See our privacy policy here: https://forwardchess.com/privacy-policy and term of use here: https://forwardchess.com/terms-of-service
Forward Chess includes the ability to purchase over 100 chess eBooks through our In-App Store. Check it out. Our collection is growing weekly!
Forward Chess also contains the following subscription options
- ChessPublishing's monthly periodical for the latest in opening theory
- We offer a choice of 4 different auto-renewing subscriptions
- 1 Section for 1 Year @ $19.99 USD
- 3 Sections for 1 Year @ $39.99 USD
- 6 Sections for 1 Year @ $69.99 USD
- 12 Sections for 1 Year @ $99.99 USD
- Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
- No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period
- Links to Your Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication.
Forward Chess takes your privacy seriously See our privacy policy here: https://forwardchess.com/privacy-policy and term of use here: https://forwardchess.com/terms-of-service
Learn with Forward Chess App Store
Learn with Forward Chess is #45 in Books Grossing in Brazil and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperForward Chess, LLC
CategoryBooks
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.9 (12)
Version1.38.13
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)50k+ worldwide
Rating
4.9 ★
12 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#45
Books GrossingMeasured
Learn with Forward Chess on the App Store
App details
App ID
543005909
Publisher
Forward Chess, LLC
On the store since
Feb 2013
13 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 12.0+
iPhone 5s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
197 MB
Also listed in
Books, Education
Learn with Forward 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 Learn with Forward Chess 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: In-app purchase-led
How Learn with Forward Chess makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | True Lies in Chess | |
| 2 | Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide | |
| 3 | Don't Study Openings w/o this Book | |
| 4 | 100 Endgames You Must Know | |
| 5 | My System | |
| 6 | The Woodpecker Method | |
| 7 | Chess Tactics from Scratch | |
| 8 | The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book | |
| 9 | The Power of Pawns | |
| 10 | Pump Up Your Rating |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | BooksGrossing | #45 |
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
12 ratings
Measured
Ratings
12
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
48/100
faster than 47% of Books 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.
About Learn with Forward Chess
Forward Chess is an Interactive reader of chess books. Play through the lines in the book, or try your own, it's like having a chess board and a chess book in the palm of your hand.
Forward Chess includes the ability to purchase over 100 chess eBooks through our In-App Store. Check it out. Our collection is growing weekly!
Forward Chess also contains the following subscription options
- ChessPublishing's monthly periodical for the latest in opening theory
- We offer a choice of 4 different auto-renewing subscriptions
- 1 Section for 1 Year @ $19.99 USD
- 3 Sections for 1 Year @ $39.99 USD
- 6 Sections for 1 Year @ $69.99 USD
- 12 Sections for 1 Year @ $99.99 USD
- Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
- No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period
- Links to Your Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication.
Forward Chess takes your privacy seriously See our privacy policy here: https://forwardchess.com/privacy-policy and term of use here: https://forwardchess.com/terms-of-service
Forward Chess includes the ability to purchase over 100 chess eBooks through our In-App Store. Check it out. Our collection is growing weekly!
Forward Chess also contains the following subscription options
- ChessPublishing's monthly periodical for the latest in opening theory
- We offer a choice of 4 different auto-renewing subscriptions
- 1 Section for 1 Year @ $19.99 USD
- 3 Sections for 1 Year @ $39.99 USD
- 6 Sections for 1 Year @ $69.99 USD
- 12 Sections for 1 Year @ $99.99 USD
- Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
- No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period
- Links to Your Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication.
Forward Chess takes your privacy seriously See our privacy policy here: https://forwardchess.com/privacy-policy and term of use here: https://forwardchess.com/terms-of-service
Latest updates
1.38.13
Forward Chess - Book Reader Android
Forward Chess - Book Reader is #170 in Games › Board Grossing on Google Play in India and charting in 3 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperForward Chess
CategoryGames › Board
PriceFree
Released
Installs100k+
Rating★ 4.6 (1.3k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.6 ★
1.3k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#170
Games › Board GrossingMeasured
Forward Chess - Book Reader on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.forwardchess
Publisher
Forward Chess
Content rating
Everyone
Forward Chess - Book Reader 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 Forward Chess - Book Reader 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: In-app purchase-led
How Forward Chess - Book Reader makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | True Lies in Chess | |
| 2 | Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide | |
| 3 | Don't Study Openings w/o this Book | |
| 4 | 100 Endgames You Must Know | |
| 5 | My System | |
| 6 | The Woodpecker Method | |
| 7 | Chess Tactics from Scratch | |
| 8 | The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book | |
| 9 | The Power of Pawns | |
| 10 | Pump Up Your Rating |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | Games › BoardGrossing | #170 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › BoardGrossing | #157 |
 Vietnam | Games › BoardGrossing | #157 |
Apps near Forward Chess - Book Reader on the chart
Games › Board Grossing, around #170.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
1.3k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.3k
Measured
Written reviews
75
Measured
About Forward Chess - Book Reader
Forward Chess is an interactive chess book reader. Read the book, play through book lines, AND try your OWN lines. The embedded Stockfish engine, one of the strongest chess playing engines on the planet, can be invoked at any time to provide an evaluation of the book’s moves or an evaluation of your own variations. Forward Chess is like having a book, a chessboard, and a powerful analysis tool together right in the palm of your hand!
One of the best things about Forward Chess is its ergonomic design. Forward Chess engineers designed easy-to-reach “Previous” and “Next” buttons that allow the user to quickly scroll through moves, and a one-touch snap-to-position feature that allows the user to touch a move and snap to a position. The resizable diagrams are easy on the eyes.
For large-scale navigation, Forward Chess allows the user to jump directly to specific chapters, scroll seamlessly through single chapters, and navigate long trees of variations with ease.
Forward Chess now supports note taking: creation, editing, and deletion. The app also supports multiple bookmarks per book.
Forward Chess currently features books published by the following fine chess publishers: Quality Chess, Chess Stars, Russell Enterprises, Chess Informant, New In Chess, and Mongoose Press.
Dozens of recent titles from these publishers are available inside the Forward Chess bookstore for purchase. A number of free sample books are also available for an immediate “test drive.”
Forward Chess promises to propel your chess training forward to the next level!
One of the best things about Forward Chess is its ergonomic design. Forward Chess engineers designed easy-to-reach “Previous” and “Next” buttons that allow the user to quickly scroll through moves, and a one-touch snap-to-position feature that allows the user to touch a move and snap to a position. The resizable diagrams are easy on the eyes.
For large-scale navigation, Forward Chess allows the user to jump directly to specific chapters, scroll seamlessly through single chapters, and navigate long trees of variations with ease.
Forward Chess now supports note taking: creation, editing, and deletion. The app also supports multiple bookmarks per book.
Forward Chess currently features books published by the following fine chess publishers: Quality Chess, Chess Stars, Russell Enterprises, Chess Informant, New In Chess, and Mongoose Press.
Dozens of recent titles from these publishers are available inside the Forward Chess bookstore for purchase. A number of free sample books are also available for an immediate “test drive.”
Forward Chess promises to propel your chess training forward to the next level!
What's new in 2.20
* Added animation to the pieces when they move on the board