TacticBar
Chess puzzles in your menu bar
Only for Mac
$4.99
Mac
TacticBar puts chess puzzles one click away in your Mac menu bar.
Open it whenever you have a spare minute, find the best move, and get immediate feedback without switching to a browser or opening a full chess app. TacticBar keeps practice focused, lightweight, and easy to return to throughout the day.
FEATURES
• Solve quality chess tactics from the menu bar
• Choose from 73 puzzle themes with a searchable picker
• Track successes, unsuccessful attempts, and performance by time of day
• Explore local practice trends and your Lichess puzzle history
• Adaptive difficulty based on your results
• Instant feedback, hints, solution lines, and replay
• Daily puzzle count and training streaks
• Start automatically when you log in, if you choose
• Optional Lichess connection for unseen puzzles
• Use your Lichess puzzle rating to seed difficulty
• Submit rated puzzle outcomes to your Lichess account
• Local practice works without an account
• Native macOS design with no ads or tracking
TacticBar is an independent application and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lichess.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
• Choose what to practise with a searchable puzzle picker covering 73 themes, from forks and pins to checkmates and endgames.
• See your progress in the new Performance view, including success rates, daily results, and trends by time of day.
• Explore your Lichess puzzle history alongside a separate view of practice on this Mac.
• Get in touch directly from the app with feedback, feature requests, or support questions.
• Enjoy cleaner navigation and more reliable puzzle type switching.
The developer, Simon Edwardsson, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Simon Edwardsson
- Size
- 6.9 MB
- Category
- Board
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.7 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.7 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Simon Edwardsson

