Serene Chess: Puzzles
Tactics, engine & review
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
4,000 puzzles, a strong engine, and a review of your game.
Serene Chess is a calm space for deep play: a strong engine, four thousand tactics puzzles, and a review that shows you where the game actually turned. Everything works offline, with no account, no ads, and no data collected.
PLAY
• A tunable opponent, from a gentle club player to full strength
• Three playing styles: Defender, Balanced, Aggressor
• Hints, takebacks, draw offers, resignation, and PGN sharing
• Your opening named as you play it, from the standard ECO tables
PUZZLES
• 4,000 tactics puzzles bundled in the app and playable anywhere
• Four difficulty bands, from Gentle to Severe
• Choose the idea you want to practise: forks, pins, skewers, deflection, back-rank mates, endgames
• A new puzzle every day, with streaks and honest progress
REVIEW
• The engine walks back through your finished game, move by move
• Accuracy for both sides, and the moments that decided the result
• See what the engine would have played instead
• Tap any moment to jump straight to that position on the board
QUIET BY DESIGN
Soft wood tones, an evaluation bar you can switch off, gentle haptics, and a dark mode that stays dark. Nothing flashes, nothing nags, nothing is sold to you.
Stockfish runs entirely on your device. No account, no network, no analytics: your games never leave your phone.
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Data Not Collected
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Information
- Seller
- William Alston
- Size
- 11.8 MB
- Category
- Board
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 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+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Will Alston