Lichess: iPhone vs Android
Lichess gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Lichess by LICHESS.ORG is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Games › Board FreeLichess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Minimalist Abstract medium sessions multiplayer
#chess #strategy #open-source #puzzles #tournaments #analysis
App Store
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Google Play
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Lichess downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 1k+ | 100k+ |
| Google Play | 10k+ | 5M+ Measured |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 5M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Lichess'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
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.1 ★ | 751 |
| Google Play | 3.9 ★ | 16k 533 written reviews |
| Both stores | 3.9 ★ weighted by ratings | 16k |
What users say about Lichess
From the 68 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (60% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about recent updates, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “The new customization options are great”
- Price & subscription: “You are free to pay nothing or support what you can afford”
- Design: “Great Chess app, clean UI”
- Useful: “Highly recommend donating to this non profit if you can spare a few bucks”
Common complaints
- Updates: “horrible app update rollout”
- Crashes & bugs: “App doesn’t work, lichess broke what had worked”
- Features & content: “Analysis features are not great”
- Ease of use: “The original is more intuitive”
About Lichess
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.
The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- play arena tournaments
- play against online bots
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server
- board editor
- study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature
- learn board coordinates
- play over the board with a friend
- watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- custom background themes
- translated into 55 languages
Lichess iPhone
Lichess gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Lichess is #40 in Games › Strategy Free in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026
Games › Strategy FreeLichess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Minimalist Abstract medium sessions multiplayer
#chess #strategy #open-source #puzzles #tournaments #analysis
Lichess on the App Store
App details
Lichess 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 Lichess'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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › StrategyFree | #40 |
 Germany | Games › StrategyFree | #19 |
| Germany | GamesFree | #98 |
 United Kingdom | Games › StrategyFree | #37 |
 Russia | Games › StrategyFree | #19 |
 India | Games › StrategyFree | #28 |
| Canada | Games › StrategyFree | #28 |
 France | Games › StrategyFree | #35 |
 Brazil | Games › StrategyFree | #47 |
 Australia | Games › StrategyFree | #48 |
 Italy | Games › StrategyFree | #38 |
 China | Games › StrategyFree | #172 |
 South Korea | Games › StrategyFree | #91 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › StrategyFree | #42 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › StrategyFree | #31 |
| Netherlands | GamesFree | #164 |
 Indonesia | Games › StrategyFree | #80 |
Apps near Lichess on the chart
Games › Strategy Free, around #40.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
What users say about Lichess
From the 68 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (60% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about recent updates, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “The new customization options are great”
- Price & subscription: “You are free to pay nothing or support what you can afford”
- Design: “Great Chess app, clean UI”
- Useful: “Highly recommend donating to this non profit if you can spare a few bucks”
Common complaints
- Updates: “horrible app update rollout”
- Crashes & bugs: “App doesn’t work, lichess broke what had worked”
- Features & content: “Analysis features are not great”
- Ease of use: “The original is more intuitive”
About Lichess
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.
The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- play arena tournaments
- play against online bots
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server
- board editor
- study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature
- learn board coordinates
- play over the board with a friend
- watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- custom background themes
- translated into 55 languages
Latest updates
Store changes
What Lichess changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Lichess Android
Lichess gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Lichess is #13 in Games › Board Free on Google Play in Germany and charting in 23 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Games › Board FreeLichess at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Board Game Minimalist Abstract medium sessions multiplayer
#chess #strategy #open-source #puzzles #tournaments #analysis
Lichess on Google Play
App details
Lichess 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 Lichess'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 on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Games › BoardFree | #13 |
| United States | Games › BoardFree | #41 |
| United Kingdom | Games › BoardFree | #17 |
| France | Games › BoardFree | #12 |
| Canada | Games › BoardFree | #13 |
| Australia | Games › BoardFree | #13 |
| Russia | Games › BoardFree | #12 |
 Spain | Games › BoardFree | #12 |
| Italy | Games › BoardFree | #15 |
| Netherlands | Games › BoardFree | #8 |
 Japan | Games › BoardFree | #74 |
| Brazil | Games › BoardFree | #24 |
| South Korea | Games › BoardFree | #38 |
 Sweden | Games › BoardFree | #8 |
 Mexico | Games › BoardFree | #30 |
| India | Games › BoardFree | #54 |
 Turkey | Games › BoardFree | #21 |
 Taiwan | Games › BoardFree | #36 |
| Indonesia | Games › BoardFree | #44 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › BoardFree | #30 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › BoardFree | #49 |
 Vietnam | Games › BoardFree | #29 |
 Thailand | Games › BoardFree | #95 |
Apps near Lichess on the chart
Games › Board Free, around #13.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
What users say about Lichess
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and few ads. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and speed and performance. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “It has a lot of nice features”
- Ads: “Free, no ads, just brilliant”
- Price & subscription: “Has all the features of "the big one" without the cost”
- Design: “other than that I love the new layout and design”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “for some reason i cannot register an account”
- Speed & performance: “The white lichess is so much better and smoother”
- Crashes & bugs: “puzzle study in the old app was better before the functionality was broken”
- Updates: “Old version was really good but new version is pathetic”
About Lichess
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.
The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- play arena tournaments
- play against online bots
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server
- board editor
- study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature
- learn board coordinates
- play over the board with a friend
- watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- custom background themes
- system colours on Android 12+
- translated into 55 languages
What's new in 0.30.3
Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases
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