SmallFish Chess for Stockfish Downloads & RevenueSmallFish Chess for Stockfish · App Store
SmallFish Chess for Stockfish is #20 in Games › Board Paid in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
SmallFish Chess for Stockfish update history & changes
Last change · 31 events since 24 Jul 2013Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 31 events
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish updated to version 19.6.7Bug fixes
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Board · US
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish updated to version 19.6.6Fixed a bug in game importing
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· ZA
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· PL
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· SE
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· TH, MY
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish updated to version 19.6.5Fixed a crash while loading PGN games
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· ES, RU
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish updated to version 19.6.4Bug fixes
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· 12 countries
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish updated to version 19.6.2Bug fixes
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· NL, KR
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish updated to version 19.6.1Bug fixes on the iPad
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish updated to version 19.6.0Added Italian translation
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· 18 countries
- ✏️SmallFish Chess for Stockfish: description updated· RU
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish updated to version 19.5.1Added Stockfish 19
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Board · DE
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Board · RU
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Board · ID
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Board · KR
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Strategy · AE
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Board · AE
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Strategy · IN
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10Top Paid · Board · CA
- 📈SmallFish Chess for Stockfish entered the top 10 in 3 chartsTop Paid · Board · BR · Top Paid · Board · GB · Top Paid · Board · SA
- 🆕SmallFish Chess for Stockfish first spotted by AppInsider#98 in Top Paid · Games · France
- 📦SmallFish Chess for Stockfish version 19.4.0No release notes
- 🆕SmallFish Chess for Stockfish released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
SmallFish Chess for Stockfish at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
SmallFish Chess is a premium, ad-free analysis tool for serious chess players that integrates the Stockfish 19 engine to provide deep game review, blunder checking, and progress tracking. The app demonstrates strong regional traction in board game categories across Brazil, Germany, Australia, Canada, Italy, and the US, while also maintaining visibility in strategy rankings in several European and North American markets.
Similar apps: Chess.com, Lichess, Stockfish (standalone)
Board Game Minimalist Abstract long sessions Premium
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SmallFish Chess for Stockfish on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
SmallFish Chess for Stockfish declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
SmallFish Chess for Stockfish 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 SmallFish Chess for Stockfish's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Games › BoardPaid | #20 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #9 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #5 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #10 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #11 | |
| GamesPaid | #66 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #64 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #10 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #32 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #35 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #9 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #26 | |
| GamesPaid | #169 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #106 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #34 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #43 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #41 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #42 | |
| GamesPaid | #138 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #68 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #38 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #57 | |
| GamesPaid | #148 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #64 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #27 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #48 | |
| GamesPaid | #109 | |
| Games › BoardPaid | #52 | |
| GamesPaid | #109 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #152 | |
| GamesPaid | #107 | |
| Games › StrategyPaid | #138 |
Apps near SmallFish Chess for Stockfish on the chart
Games › Board Paid, around #20.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 55% | ▲ +17% | |
| 2 | 18% | steady | |
| 1.5 | 14% | – | |
| 1.5 | 14% | – |
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 SmallFish Chess for Stockfish
From the 53 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly praise the app's powerful Stockfish engine integration, lack of ads, and utility for serious chess analysis and learning. However, significant complaints focus on a confusing user interface, performance lag during long games, and bugs introduced in recent updates.
Mostly positive (85% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and the design.
What people like
- Features & content: “May also be saved to in-app game files library”
- Ease of use: “The user interface of this app is not very user-friendly”
- Useful: “Extremely Helpful For All ELO < 2000”
- Design: “Great engine and interface”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “was good , bow bugged, can not rearrange pieces”
- Design: “The UI/UX is so hard to figure out and then it freezes randomly”
About SmallFish Chess for Stockfish
SmallFish offers you three distinct ways to improve your game. You can review your game with comments, or study how Stockfish thinks, or track your progress. No in-app purchase, no ads, no data tracking.
SmallFish is simply amazing. It's small but powerful, you'll be surprised.
Features
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- Blunder checking
- Multiple line analysis
- Graphical evaluation of your game
- Game previews
- Dark mode support
- Endgame tablebase
- Opening books
- Import from Chess.com and Lichess
Why not just download and try it yourself?
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