PuzzleMate - Chess Puzzles
Offline tactics w adaptive ELO
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
New training reports: track your progress, ELO trend and weak motifs week by week. 500,000 chess puzzles, fully offline, no ads, no tracking.
PuzzleMate is a chess trainer with 500,000 chess puzzles offline - for players who want to study chess tactics seriously. No trackers, no ad banners, no data collection. The complete chess puzzle database ships inside the app. After download, you never need an internet connection again. Nothing leaves your device.
Learn chess, solve mate puzzles, crack chess problems, master endgames and openings - all in an app that looks like a well-made book instead of a typical mobile game.
PERSONAL COACH
Your coach gets to know your game over a 50-puzzle assessment
It builds an individual training plan around your six weakest tactical motifs
Set a daily target, keep your streak, get a gentle daily reminder
A detailed summary after every session shows exactly what improved
Difficulty stays right at your level and adapts as your rating climbs
DAILY CHESS PUZZLE
A new chess puzzle every day
Seven-day streak indicator
Daily puzzle stays available in your history
ADAPTIVE CHESS ELO TRAINING
Glicko-2 ratings per tactical theme and opening category
Dynamic difficulty matched to your chess skill level
Transparent ELO changes after every solved chess puzzle
No black box - every rating change is explainable
GHOST MODE - CHESS FROM MEMORY
Memorize the position for ten seconds, then the pieces vanish
Solve the chess puzzle from memory alone
Ten chess puzzles per session
Daily updated leaderboard
Didn't catch everything? Five-second peek budget per puzzle
CHESS BOARD VISION TRAINER
Identify chess squares instantly on the board
Unlimited practice mode
60-second mode with its own daily leaderboard
Sharpens board awareness for real chess games
WEAKNESS ANALYSIS
Your six weakest tactical motifs at a glance
ELO and solve rate per chess theme
Tap any theme to start targeted chess training instantly
PROFILE AND CHESS HISTORY
ELO progression graph over time
Calendar view of daily chess results
Complete history of every solved chess puzzle
Replay any daily puzzle with a single tap
TWO TIERS OF ACCESS
Free version: 1,000 chess puzzles, daily allowance for puzzles, Ghost rounds and Vision practice
Pro version unlocks over 500,000 chess puzzles, unlimited Ghost mode and unlimited Vision trainer, plus weekly and monthly recaps, sparklines, manual theme boost, achievements and data export
No ad banners, no advertising IDs, no in-app advertising
No sign-up, no account, no email address required
DESIGN WITH CHARACTER
Editorial style instead of generic app aesthetics
Warm cream tones on near-black background
Georgia as both display and body font
Hairline separators instead of cards, no rounded corners
A chess app that reads like a 1970s textbook
OFFLINE AND DATA-MINIMAL
Complete chess puzzle database bundled with the app
No internet connection required after install
No trackers, no advertising IDs, no personal data shared with third parties
WHO IS PUZZLEMATE FOR?
For chess beginners who want a structured way to learn chess tactics. For club players between 1200 and 2000 ELO who want to close their tactical gaps. For advanced players who want to train visualization through Ghost mode. For anyone looking for a quiet, focused chess trainer without noise.
HOW DOES THE CHESS TRAINING WORK?
You start with an ELO rating per tactical theme (fork, skewer, discovered attack, mating nets, and more). After every solved chess puzzle, PuzzleMate adjusts the difficulty - correct solutions raise your ELO, mistakes lower it slightly. This way you always get chess puzzles right at your learning edge: hard enough to challenge you, manageable enough to see progress.
The Glicko-2 calculation considers not only success or failure, but also your confidence while solving. Solving a puzzle quickly and cleanly earns more ELO than reaching the solution after several failed attempts.
Languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese.
Ratings & Reviews
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- NEW: weekly, monthly and quarterly reports - your progress, ELO trend and tactical motifs at a glance
- A notification lands as soon as a new report is ready
- Personal coach recommendations after every training session
- Training streak: hit your daily target several days in a row and beat your personal best
- Rating history curves for every tactical motif
- Fixed: the daily reminder is now scheduled reliably
- Smaller improvements and bug fixes throughout
The developer, Ronny Stasiak, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Ronny Stasiak
- Size
- 137.5 MB
- Category
- Board
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- PuzzleMate Pro $5.99
- Copyright
- © Ronny Stasiak

