Rookli
Spoken Chess for Young Kids
$0.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Listen, learn, and play chess. Explore spoken lessons, hands-on rule practice, helpful explanations, and offline games against a computer or someone beside you.
Rookli makes a child's first chess adventure friendly, hands-on, and easy to follow.
Spoken directions, recognizable chess characters, large controls, and visual cues help young beginners learn through listening and moving pieces. Children can replay the current instruction or explanation with Repeat, and lessons offer helpful feedback after a mistake.
LEARN ONE STEP AT A TIME
Start by building a chessboard. Then discover how the knight, rook, bishop, pawn, queen, and king move. Completed lessons unlock the next step, so the learning path builds on what children have already practiced.
LEARN THE RULES, THEN TRY THEM
Nine chess-rule lessons cover turns and captures, touch-move, check and king safety, checkmate, stalemate and draws, castling, promotion, en passant, and tournament manners. Two-choice questions use spoken guidance. Selected rules include hands-on board activities, such as taking turns, escaping check, castling, and promoting a pawn.
PRACTICE WITH ENCOURAGEMENT
Lesson move stars show allowed destinations. Clear White and Black pieces help children recognize each team. Repeat and sound controls stay above the board, away from playable pieces. Lessons fit on the screen without internal scrolling.
PLAY A REAL GAME
After completing the learning path, play against an offline computer friend or share one device with another person. In Computer Friend, the child sets up White and the computer's Black pieces fill automatically. Play Together begins with both teams ready. Real matches use standard legal-move rules, quiet text feedback, optional background music, and a celebration at checkmate. There is no spoken coaching or move-star hinting during the match.
MADE FOR FAMILIES
• No account required
• No advertising or in-app purchases
• No chat or online multiplayer
• No analytics or tracking in the app
• Lessons, recordings, and games work offline
• Completed lessons, sound preferences, and computer difficulty progress are stored on the device
• Parents can reset learning progress behind a grown-up math gate
• Designed for iPhone and iPad
Rookli does not send learning progress or personal information to the developer. Families can learn at their own pace, from meeting the pieces to playing a full game.
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More ways to learn, clearer lesson guidance, and improved real games:
• Nine spoken chess-rule lessons, including castling, promotion, en passant, check, checkmate, draws, and tournament manners.
• Hands-on board activities for selected rules, with clearer team colors and helpful mistake explanations.
• Improved Repeat controls and lesson audio that matches the current question or board activity.
• More consistent narration volume and a smooth music fade when entering lessons.
• Large, non-scrolling lesson layouts for iPhone and iPad.
• Computer Friend sets up Black after the child places White. Play Together starts with both teams ready.
• Real matches use quiet text feedback, gentle background music, and a checkmate celebration.
• A protected parent preview lets authorized adults explore the learning path without changing the child's saved progress.
Rookli remains offline, with no accounts, advertising, analytics, or tracking. Learning progress and sound settings stay on the device.
The developer, Fuster Cook, 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
- Fuster Cook
- Size
- 118.7 MB
- Category
- Board
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Made for Ages 0–5
- Copyright
- © 2026 Fuster Cook

