- 71.9LEGITIMACY SCORE
- 72.4SAFETY SCORE
- 4+CONTENT RATING
- $0.99PRICE
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✓ 1st enable appThe app has to be enabled in the iMessage store which you can get to by pressing the A next to input line. Once there go to manage on the upper right corner below "Done" then toggle the switch. Easy.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Learn to read people!To the people saying they can't find or delete the app its an iMessage game for crying out loud (Located in ur message app, it wont be on ur main hub like everything else) It literally says it in the description. Learn to read first before going postal on the makers..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great Chess App. Convenient. It's in iMessageI like the app and I myself love chess and have been playing it and have been in a chess club. I think it's a great way to play chess with people who don't want to download any real time and data consuming apps. So to all the people who are saying it's collecting data etc. it's not, it's an extension in iMessage just like the Gif extension and music extension. So it should not be on the home screen but should be in the iMessage. It's a good concept because you can send the game and get notified when each other move. (P.S. you can tell it goes to iMessage because of the way the image of the application looks, unlike a regular app as a curved square it's a curved rectangle..Version: 1.3.2
✓ So much stupid peopleThis game does exactly what it is suppose to do. Don't listen to stupid people who don't understand how their phone work..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Lots of fun but a few problems...I really enjoy this app, but I have a few suggestions: You should be able to castle Have the option to concede The app to be able to register draws because I was playing a game and I had a queen, two pawns and my king and my opponent only had a king; the game never ended! Also, just a note to other players: both players need the app to play..Version: 1.3.2
✓ IMessage GameFor people who just download without reading the info. This is an iMessage Game. Thanks Developer for your effort..Version: 1.3.2
✓ If you can't find the appIt's an iMessages app, you challenge and play directly through text in iMessages on your iPhone..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Wow, great moves, keep it up, proud of youGreat app! Only problem is everyone I know points and laugh at me for owning an iPhone, so basically I'm the only one with iMessages..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Ignore 1 Star Reviews, Seriously! It's great!I don't normally review games but when people are being idiots and don't understand what they are downloading, well I just need to do my part. Great game with friends, a refreshing take on a classic game. I'd like to see more games like this, like Checkers or Crokinole!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great AppThis is a great way to play chess with friends and family whilst not being pestered with ‘in app purchases’ . I have come across a bug , in which my Queen changed to a Rook unexpectedly. I would like to report this to the Production team!.Version: 1.4
✓ Love this app!!Really enjoying this app with friends! Make more colors available ! Also , for the developer , I’m having some type of glitch while playing, it keeps showing a piece even though it got removed from the board, any ideas what’s going on?.Version: 1.4
✓ Almost thereThis app is seriously good and would recommend it to anyone. Way better than any of the iMessage chess clients out there. Just give us the option to choose which piece to promote a pawn to and it will be absolutely perfect!!! Oh and also add chess clock capabilities within the game :).Version: 1.3.2
✓ So funny!Great idea to destroy some of your friends on I message👍.Version: 1.3.2
✓ For all of the non-tech-peopleThe app is great. Works as intended. If you know how to use your device, it is easy to remove this application. A lot of reviews are giving this app negative ratings because they cannot figure out how to remove this app. It is an iMessage only app. To remove this (or any other iMessage only app) this is all you have to do: 1) Open the Messages app 2) Tap the '>' icon to the left of the input box 3) Tap the third icon that looks like the App Store logo 4) Tap the four bubble icon in the lower left corner of the screen. ***This is how you access any iMessage only app*** Tap to use it 6) If you want to delete one, long hold on any icon to get the apps to 'wiggle' and the X icon will appear just like on the springboard RTFM people (that's 'Read The F%#$ing Manual'). It isn't difficult. Stop putting out negative reviews because you are technologically inept..Version: 1.3.2
✓ 100% satisfactionThis is one of the most perfect games available on the App Store. Great price, plays better than the board game, and top notch graphics. It’s both easy to use and helpful to bring activity and thoughtfulness to those moments when you have nothing to say. Definitely a must own for anyone looking to bring the original game of thrones into their day to day life..Version: 1.4
✓ Other reviews are misleading...This game is phenomenal. The other reviews are from incompetent people who can't read the description which states that this is an iMessage app, and not an actual application..Version: 1.3.2
✓ A fun way to play chessIf you can't figure out how to use iMessage, you're bad and you should feel bad..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Pretty goodThe game is pretty well made but I think you should just deal with the idiots in a different way because it's hurting the ratings. I do like that I can play chess with my friends with an intuitive interface and design..Version: 1.3.2
✓ To everyone saying "where is it"It's and I message app go onto your messages app and tap the arrow icon then the apps icon and it will be in there..Version: 1.3.2
✓ One big issue!Right now I just found out that you cannot move your bishop from a1 to h8! This is a huge bug and needs to be fixed. Great game though... So a couple of moves later my rook, that was taken by my opponents knight, just reappeared. This is probably why it wouldn't let me move there. The rook functions properly, but should not be there. On my opponents side of the board it shows that they have taken a rook, but I now have both of mine on the board. Not sure how this glitch happened, but please fix this. Thank goodness it's not a competitive match.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Easy to useWorks great on iMessage.Version: 1.4
✓ Apple should educate the masses on where to find an iMessage appIts not intuitive to find an iMessage only app, since we iSheep have been trained to find all installed apps on home screens. Apple should provide an intuitive way to find an iMessage-only app, such as provide a search result that takes you directly to the iMessage app catalog..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Read the full description people!!The app works fine, you just need to read through about the product to understand it's an iMessage game. Too many people jumping to negative conclusions about a product they don't understand..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great Game, wish people could read.I absolutely love this application, it makes it so convenient to play chess with my friends. One thing that would make this better though, is maybe add different board filters and change that thing where the board flips after you move, as that sort of throws me off. Otherwise it's a great game!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Good AppAwesome Game.Version: 1.2.1
✓ Addicted!Great fun, can't stop playing!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Restart iPhone if icon doesn't appear in iMessageOpen Messages app (texting). Open a conversation or start a new one. If you don't have the Messaging Apps button (looks like the App Store "A" in an oval), press the Show more icon ( looks like a greater than sign ">"). Press the icon in the bottom left corner. The icon has 4 ovals arranged in two columns and two rows of ovals. Swipe through the list and look for "Checkmate!" If you don't see it, swipe to the beginning of the app list and tap the + for Store. Tap Manage. If you see Checkmate in the list, turn it on. If not on the list, restart your phone and it will show after restart. I also allowed Automatically Add Apps but I don't know if that was necessary. Happy Chess Playing.Version: 1.3.2
✓ User friendlyWell thought app... makes playing chess with a friend as easy as sending a text. Plus you can text your victory laugh :).Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great chess gameSimple and clean interface. I like the asynchronous multiplayer. I almost gave a bad review because I couldn't figure out where the app downloaded like a bunch of the other people To install: open an iMessage. Open iMessage apps. Click the multi-dot app button in bottom left then the plus sign to add new apps..Version: 1.3.2
✓ To access the game for people who dont knowGo to iMessage. Then click on a contact and select the text bar and click the button on then there should be an icon resembling an app store select it. On this there is your iMessage apps. Select the add button and add checkmate then start playing by click the application and clicking start game.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Excellent. The best chess iMessage app there is!This is a fantastic little app. Having tried out several of the once on the App Store this is a reliable fun addition to iMessages and the best one out there. Highly recommended. Bring us a black and white theme!.Version: 1.2.1
✓ Great idea, good implementationMy only complaint is that I don't have very many people that want to play against me, but that's not the developer's fault. I won't compare this other chess apps I own (because it would be a dumb comparison) but I like the idea of casual games played via messaging. I'm continually amazed at the creativity of iOS developers and what they can concoct and this iMessage application doesn't disappoint in that regard. I'm really only adding this review to counteract all the 1-star review people that apparently never passed elementary school reading curriculum and don't understand how their smartphone works. Keep on keeping on developers! I look forward to seeing what you deliver to us in the future..Version: 1.3.2
✓ 5 stars for your time and effort!I know the grind my friend and you do not deserve the negativity of illiterate people who cannot take the literal 5 seconds to notice this is a iMessage game. Keep up your hard work!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ This is a great iMessage app that you PLAY IN MESSAGESIt's sad that a great app like this ends up being the poster child example of people not being able/not bothering to read and then blaming the perfectly good app for not working despite it being user error. 😕.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great game, ignore the 1 star reviewsGame works fine IT'S AN iMESSAGE APP!!! People need to learn to read or at least pay attention!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ A FFun & Easy Way To Play Chess With Friends Over iMessage!As the title says, this is super easy way to play chess with friends over iMessage. I've been trying to get my boyfriend to let me teach him Chess for years and this was easily accessible enough to convince him to try it. Thank you to Apple and the developer for featuring this in the App Store and making it a free app. Totally a must-have for others looking to play Chess with their friends who also have an iMessage capable device..Version: 1.3.2
✓ I'm leaving this review for one reasonI don't normally read reviews but I really like the app and they amount of people leaving one star reviews because they can't understand that this is an iMessage app is unbelievable. I just want to undo some damage these people are doing.Version: 1.3.2
✓ For those who can't findThe app itself is on your keyboard. When you go and play against someone with iMessages the icon on the bottom left is what you'll want to press and look from there.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great game that needs some rules implementedIt's a great game. My biggest complaint is that the fifty-move rule and en passant were left out, and that the game doesn't end when all but two kings are left standing. Nevertheless, gameplay otherwise works like normal. I love the idea of themes. Any thoughts of adding general themes that are not seasonal? By the way, to all complaining about not being able to find the app - you access iMessage apps in iMessage..Version: 1.3.2
✓ HiI haven't played it yet but it seems like a cool idea to use iMessage.Version: 1.3.2
✓ CheckmateNot a big fan of games, but, that being said, you can't beat chess for patience and strategy. Good app..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Best Chess app ever on iOS !!!This chess game is absolutely perfect because of great design and fantastic gameplay. I love it a lot .Please note that this app is installed on iMessage and you SHOULD play it via iMessage and it has no application on your app drawer. Its a good idea to play chess in iMessage because you can send messages while playing ! Thanks for your hard work Devs 😘👍🏻.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Y'all are morons lolGreat app, my friend and I really enjoy it. Read the description guys lol it says right under the icon "Only for iMessage". The icon is even shaped differently, you're ignoring all the flashing signs. 😂.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Good but buggyFun game and looks good. Annoyingly I've found that when my king is in check I'm unable to take the piece causing check; forced to move the king which is a disadvantage..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Great developers, and great game!I really like these developers, they are the only ones that I have seen actually responding to the critics and suggestions and actually listening to the people that play their game. Also for allthe idiots out there its an iMessage app..Version: 1.3.2
✓ People are dumbHere to balance out dummies giving one star ratings, good app.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Reading Comp is ImportantIf anyone has ever doubted the importance of reading comprehension activities and tests in school, please just read the content of these low star reviews. 🙄 Great iMessage app, developers! 😎👍🏻.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Nice.One of the better iMessage games. Runs smooth, and is quite fun. Especially when you make your opponent rage..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Greet App... iPhone X tweaking needed.My son and I have have been playing consistently for over a year. He is 21 and has long since left the nest. We don’t always have a lot to say but a move on the board has become our “yo, thinking of you”. It goes something like this... Dad: Your move. Son: Ok, can I borrow some money? Dad: Let me take your queen first :) Son: Funny Dad. Just like $20. Dad: No, really. It would be nice be nice to support iPhone X. The board doesn’t fit exactly right. It works but is a wee bit wonky. UPDATE: Thanks for the iPhone X support and I love seeing the last move in the conversation. 5th star..Version: 1.4
✓ Great app!I love using the app. I play with my dad who lives across the Atlantic. I'd love the app to have a counter for victories and have an option to resign the current game with it..Version: 1.2.1
✓ LEARN HOW TO READ PEOPLE !!!🤦🏻♂️This app is great very simple and only in iMessage so you won't have to worry about playing a free game with ads or have to spend "energy points" to set up a match with a friend. This is just how every simple board game should be easy to use and ready to play with any friend without a haste. I really can't believe how many people rated this game down because it apparently "disappeared" from their phone. It's like they just see a free app, download it, and won't even bother to notice that it clearly says "For iMessage Only" 🤦🏻♂️SMH people.Version: 1.3.2
✓ I FOUND IT!Hey developer, I thought I was getting a disappearing app, but I wound up getting a game I can actually play instead! What's up with that? I will gladly drop my rating to 1 star if you can fix my game where it disappears like everyone else's. I am very not upset right now!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Chess and Chat; a winning combination.All you need to add is a glass of scotch and you're set! PS I wasn't planning on reviewing this but there are so many one star reviews because people can't figure out something so simple which made reviewing it a necessity. Please ignore the silly people and enjoy this app..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Wow 0.0 that is goodSo the one star review have no idea what this app even is... plz ignore this app is amazing you can play chess by texting!! Yup says it all, right? unique and rlly easy to use!! A must get for fun mini games while texting keep the conversation going that much longer, :P.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Just here to balance out the other reviewsJust here to balance out the reviews of people who don't know this is an iMessage game.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Easy and simple, but idk what to do.This iMessage app game is fun and probably easy to use, there is just one problem that I have with it. I don't know how to continue a game that I have started. Yes I am an iDiot..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Not Missing, just in the CupboardIf you can't find the app(like me) that's because it's an extension in the iMessages app. Quit giving these poor developers bad reviews..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Works perfectlyInstalled it on my iPad and iPhone, and then my daughters iPad. Enabled it in Messages. Now - we play chess over Messages - and I can make my move when I'm at home on iPad, or when I'm out on my iPhone. Pretty cool. 5 stars since it works exactly as described..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Confirm your Move featureA well designed app, no issues except that it could use a confirm your Move feature!.Version: 1.4
✓ Can't castleIt does not support castle moves. When this is added, I'll update to 5 stars.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Just leaving this review here :)There is 2 reasons why I'm leaving this here. 1. I really enjoy this game and I played it with my friend just yesterday. 2. To balance out all the idiots leaving negative reviews..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great game!!!I will never turn away from a good chess game. I cannot believe all the 1 star reviews. People need to seriously learn how to read in order to use how to find and use the game..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Good, but can be improvedThis is a nice app, but u can't choose how to promote. It automatically gives a queen. Also sometimes if you move a rook in a certain way it says that you castled. Small errors that, if fixed, could make a decent app better!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ It is not an appThis is a thing you send in text messages just hit the button with four squares and you will see it.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Fun!Really cool idea! It's great playing with friends when I don't have time to sit down and play a game as often as I used to. Easy to use too!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great game, buyers/downloaders need to read closer.I love chess, so I was pleased to see this available for free. Everyone downloading just needs to relax and read the description. This is an IMESSAGE game, which means there is NO icon outside of iMessage..Version: 1.3.2
✓ ChessFor those wondering, the app shows up in IMessage, not on your home screen. You can play it or delete it from there (others need the app as well)..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Brilliant.Don't usually do reviews but this is a battery drain because you have to play it! Just been reading some reviews and most should be deleted. This I am iMessage game. You have to add it yourself if it's not set up to automatically include them..Version: 1.3.2
✓ IMessage only.I had it being sent to me as a picture for a while but what they should state is both users NEED to be on wifi iMessage, not just using the iMessage app. Sending through text makes it an image. They should state this clearer for simpletons haha..Version: 1.1
✓ Learn to readRead the description, writing this because of all the one star ratings.Version: 1.3.2
✓ I messed up, but fixed nowI should not have download this app, I sure it is a good app for someone who uses iMessage but that's not me. Now I can not find it to delete it. I guess I will have to delete iMessage from my ipad to delete this app. The link that they talk about does not work. So I am giving this a 2 star only because it is my fault for installing this thing and it is their fault for not giving user an ease uninstall. Ok I got it deleted with no help, it did take me a while to figure it out. But it is now deleted. I am changing my rating to a 4 star because this is not all their fault and this maybe a very good app for people who uses iMessage..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Ignore the 1-star reviewsThe game is played inside iMessage..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Why all the complaints?Everyone saying that this app is invisible is incredibly stupid. It CLEARLY says only for iMessage.. Anyways, I really like the idea of the app and how it works. Keep it up!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ CAN'T FIND APPThe App Store says the app is installed. It neither shows up on my screen or in my installed apps under memory management. Would love to be able to uninstall. As of now, I can only consider this malware!! EDIT: Okay, it's in the messaging app. Works great. Stars have been updated to reflect this. My apologies to the dev!!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Very funIt's a chess game in iMessage. You use it by tapping the icon in iMessage opposite the microphone. Select it in a menu. It'll open up in iMessage, looks like an image you can tap on and you re-send it each time you make a move. Whenever someone takes a turn, it creates a new image of what the board looks like, deleting the old image, eliminating confusion and cluttering of the screen. It shows you a log of what pieces were moved, as well as animating the moved piece anytime you tap on the image. Very well designed, very responsive, you can see where each piece goes when you tap on it. No tutorial, only options are "sound" and "new game" which is fine, you will only play with friends. So I appreciate how much it focuses on good presentation of nothing but the game. I would recommend for anyone who likes chess, or is looking to get their friends into chess. I found a bug however, after my rook was captured by my opponents queen, I took her queen with mine, and in the next turn my queen turned into a rook. I then castled with the rook/queen, and I suddenly had both rooks back, as well as a queen in the rook's space. I took pictures showing my captured white rook in the top of the screen, and two white rooks on the board..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Works will,people reviewing does not!Honestly people should read It's a nice app The only thing the other person got to install it too apparently But still really fun!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ GlitchesYou allow castling while in check. You allow castling when you have to go through a spot that would put you in check. I captured a room and when I moved from the spot it left the other players room there. I hadeto take it a second time. Please fix these issues.Version: 1.0.4
✓ Voting because people are idiotsThis is an iMessage game, don't give the app 1 star because you can't understand something so simple....Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great gameI love it.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Nicely done. Thanks!This is a nicely done chess game. There are some really fun games like this one in iMessage. If only people could read, they would discover how much fun it is to play games this way..Version: 1.3.2
✓ The app is installedGreat app and fun to use with friends that are remote anywhere in the world. People the app is an iMessage app and won't appear where all your apps are. The app is located inside iMessage. If your only using iMessage for texting your missing a lot of cool stuff. Go to the Apple website and learn how to use iMessage..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great but a little buggyApp is very simplistic which is great. I do notice iMessage crashing, lagging, or the chess board disappearing in chat sometimes but doesn’t effect the actually gameplay..Version: 1.4
✓ Great GameHey! Fabulous game. All you people who don't read that's it's an iMessage game.... for shame! Your inattention to detail doesn't mean the app deserves one star. 5 stars from me :-).Version: 1.3.2
✓ GreatThis is a great simple chess app. Only thing it needs is a "nudge" button to remind your opponent that it is their turn..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Fun, Free, Full Chess Game!(I feel so sorry for the developers because of dumb people who don't read) It seems to work really well, fluidly, and smoothly. The design is minimalistically pretty, too! If you're some kind of chess master who has chess master for friends and want to quickly pull up a chess game while texting each other, then definitely get this app--plus, it's currently free so get it now!.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Here's how to playThose that are struggling to find it are probably trying to play it in messenger, instead go to the text message screen and where you would select to add gifs or whatever it will be in there..Version: 1.3.2
✓ GoodGood app.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Has to be played inside imessagersGuess i didnt realize as it looks like a new idea to play inside the imessagers(but maybe its not new) Works well, a good chess game.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Respect to the developer(s)I've haven't tried this app yet, so I won't comment on its pros/cons. I do want to show some respect and appreciation to the developers, who do not treat us like sheep with IAPs, and who could not have been more clear about how this game works..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Great app.I got this when it was free app of the week, but I definitely would have payed a dollar for it. I’ve had no problems with it for as long as I’ve had it, not really sure why there are bad reviews..Version: 1.4
✓ Quick QuestionI do like the idea of playing against a friend through iMessage, but since you won't see it the app itself, how would you uninstall it(in the case that I need to uninstall if a glitch/bug occurs).Version: 1.3.2
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