Chess

What it is

You will find Chess under Board on Google Play. Chess Prince lists it as free to download, and the short description says: Chess is a board logic game with beautiful graphics and progressive levels.

What the listing says

The description says: “As you know, Chess is one of the oldest strategy games in the world”. In the developer’s words, “Chess is an excellent board logic game that develops such skills as tactics, strategy and visual memory”. It also states that “I’m trying to create an application that allows a player of any level to enjoy the game”. Another line from the listing: “Play Chess, unlock levels and be Chess Master”.

The listing goes on to say “The pawn moves to one field forward or two fields at the first move of this figure; beats diagonally to one field forward”. One more point the description makes: “The king moves to one field in the vertical, horizontal or diagonal”. The description says: “The queen moves to any distance vertically, horizontally or diagonally”. That is everything we can say about the gameplay from the listing itself, since this page is built from the Play data and not from hands-on play.

Where it falls short

The listing says it contains ads and offers in-app purchases, so expect to be asked for attention or money at some point. Also, one star ratings sit at 4.0%, a modest share, though that is still 85,433 people who were unhappy enough to say so. This page is built from the Play listing, so check the screenshots and the latest reviews on the Play page before you commit time to it.

The rating spread

Look at the bars rather than just the average. Chess scores 4.56, but the spread is 76.1% five star, 13.2% four star, 5.1% three star, 1.6% two star and 4.0% one star, across 2,149,165 ratings. That is a lopsided curve in the good direction, with the bulk of people at the top.

Count the extremes and you get 1,634,612 five star ratings and 85,433 one star ratings, a ratio near 19 to 1. The middle of the scale, two and three stars together, holds 6.7% of ratings (144,710 people). The listing shows 100,000,000+ installs, so the 2,149,165 ratings come from a slice of the people who installed it.

Version, size and price

The listing shows last updated Oct 26, 2026, version 2.9.4, Android 6.0 or newer, a content rating of Everyone and first released Jun 25, 2015. The Play page carries 32 screenshots, and the written description runs to about 379 words. Google Play labels it as one that contains ads and offers in-app purchases. There is no upfront price.

Who should try it

Board fans first. It is also an easy one to test, since the Play listing is free to open and the install is one tap. Google Play gives it a content rating of Everyone, which is worth a look if a child will be using it.