Padel Chess: Tactics Trainer
Positioning & strategy drills
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases
Become a smarter padel player, one puzzle at a time.
Padel Chess turns real on-court situations into quick, addictive tactical puzzles. Just like chess puzzles train your mind, Padel Chess trains your padel decision-making: where to place the ball, when to lob, when to attack the net, and how to play each phase of the point.
It's perfect for beginner and intermediate players who want to level up their game away from the court.
WHAT YOU'LL GET
• Hundreds of tactical puzzles based on real match scenarios
• Clear visual solutions on an interactive padel court, so you see every shot and movement
• Covers it all: consistency, positioning, communication, game phases, winning the net, time management, strengths and weaknesses, and mind games
• Points for every puzzle you solve, with progress you can track
• Compete with players worldwide on country and global leaderboards
WHY PADEL CHESS
Improving your technique takes years of practice, repetition, and coaching. Improving your tactics is faster and easier, and it can change your results right away. Most padel improvement happens between points, in the decisions you make, and that's exactly what Padel Chess trains.
You build the tactical instincts that win matches: better shot selection, smarter positioning, and sharper decisions under pressure.
Whether you've played a handful of games or you're fighting to break into the next level, Padel Chess helps you think, play, and win smarter.
Download now and start solving.
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more Your free puzzles now come back right on time. Depending on your time zone, the app could lock you out for another day just after midnight, before you had solved a single puzzle. That's fixed. The countdown shows exactly when your next 5 free puzzles land, and they unlock the moment it hits zero, even if you left the app open.
New concepts now arrive with their animated covers straight away, no update needed. More to learn, more often.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.29 5 hr ago
Every topic on the Puzzles tab has new pixel art, and it comes to life when you open it. A ball splats against the wall in Be consistent, the alarm clock rings in Time management, the rulebook gets slammed down in Rules. Tap the picture to watch it again.
Concepts got animated covers too. Watch the split step land, the racket get ready at the net, partners at the net slide together like table football players, and the difficulty dial pick which balls to finish.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.28 4 days ago
Padel Chess now speaks French and German. The whole app is translated, every puzzle included: questions, answers, explanations and the labels on the court. It follows your phone's language.
Spotted a clumsy line? Tap the three dots on any puzzle and suggest a better wording. We read every suggestion and fix it for everyone.
Make the court yours. Pick a character for yourself, your partner and each opponent, or one look for everyone. Choose your court colour too: it follows you through puzzles, concepts and games.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.27 6 days ago
New mini game: Ball Difficulty. Every shot leaves your opponent's racket glowing. Red is a hard ball: block it. Yellow is medium: volley it. Green is a sitter: finish it. Make the call early for a Perfect. Go for too much and you lose a heart. The pace keeps climbing, so your reads have to get faster.
Rankings now race by the day. Your country and world boards open on Today, with This week and All time one tap away. A new race starts every day.
Every game now links to the ideas behind it. Tap Practise the idea to open the concept or jump into the puzzles that train it.
The shot dictionary is now a feed. Open a term, then swipe up for the next one.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.26 18 Oct
Meet Concepts: padel tactics explained on the court.
Each concept breaks one idea down card by card, like the split step or getting ready at the net. Swipe through the cards, then jump straight into the puzzles and games that train it. Swipe up for the next concept.
New mini game: Forehand or Backhand. Your opponent hits, the court freezes, and you pick the side the ball is coming to. Read it fast for a Perfect. Guess wrong and you lose a heart. Race your friends and the world on its own rankings.
Games now have their own tab, and Split Step Trainer has a global board too. It also got tougher: shots come at different speeds, wide feeds start at 500 points, and you send the ball back with volleys, drives and lobs.
A fresh new look for the players across puzzles, concepts and the shot dictionary. The puzzle screen is cleaner too, with share and save tucked into the top bar.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.25 16 Oct
Meet Split Step Trainer, your first mini game.
Opponents wind up, you split step. Tap the court just before they hit and you land ready to volley it back. Play a few rounds a day and it becomes a habit: split step right before your opponent hits, every time, on the real court too. Nail the timing for a Perfect, build a streak to multiply your points, and keep your three hearts as the pace picks up. Find it on the Puzzles tab, with a quick tutorial to get you started.
Race your friends on it too. Rankings > With friends now has a board for puzzles and one for Split Step Trainer, so you can see whose split step is sharpest.
Profile is now Settings, laid out like the iPhone's own Settings app. Choose your racket hand and playing side right on the court, and pick which friend notifications you get.
The court has a fresh turf look, and we fixed a rare crash on launch.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.24 1 Oct
New puzzles, one tap away.
Home now has a New puzzles card: every puzzle added this month that you haven't solved yet. Solve them all and we'll tell you when more are on the way.
Review gets its own page too. See today's puzzles before you start, and watch each one fade as you work through them.
Friends no longer need an account. Pick a name, show your QR code after the match, and start racing. Collections work the same way: share yours and play your friends' without signing in. Sign in later and everything comes with you.
"My training" is now "My collections".
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.23 29 Sept
Padel is better with friends.
Add the people you play with. After the match, show your QR code and they scan it, or send them your invite link. See who played this week and race each other on the friends leaderboard, overall or on any topic.
Your friends' collections live on their profile. Play one, save a copy, or race them on it. Want to keep one to yourself? Turn off Visible to friends.
Your profile photo now shows up for your friends, and Profile tells you when your changes are saved.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.22 27 Sept
Share your collections.
Built a collection of the puzzles that matter to you? Send it to your partner or your whole group. Tap Share on the collection, and they can play it right away or save their own copy.
Collections now play in the order you set, and you always see your place, like 3/10. Finish one and you get a proper "Collection complete", with a way straight back to it.
Links to padelchess.me/dictionary now open the Dictionary in the app.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.21 25 Sept
Every padel word, explained on court.
Tap a highlighted word in a puzzle, like bandeja, chiquita or bajada, and see the shot drawn on a court: where everyone stands and where the ball goes. Once you know a word it stops being highlighted, so puzzles stay clean.
Every term also lives in the new Dictionary, just under the topics on the Puzzles tab. Each one has its own page, and you can share it with your partner. Play left-handed? The drawings flip for you.
The ball moves more like a real one too: top spin, slice and sidespin roll it, and a ball in the air looks higher.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.20 24 Sept
Reminders now ask properly.
Before your phone asks about notifications, we tell you what you would actually get: one nudge in the morning, when your free puzzles are back. Say not now and that is not final, so you can turn it on any day you change your mind.
Go Premium and the daily nudge sets itself up quietly, with no pop up at all. It sits in your profile, and one tap turns it off.
The ball on court is new too, pixel art to match the rest of the game.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.19 19 Sept
Narration is now on by default.
Puzzles read themselves aloud from the start, so you can train with your eyes on the court instead of the text. Tap the speaker to go quiet, and a phone on silent stays silent.
Country leaderboards now show the full top 50, with your own place pinned below it.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.18 15 Sept
Hear every puzzle out loud.
Tap the speaker and the question, the option you pick and the explanation are read to you. Train with your eyes on the court, not on the text.
Solved everything? A new card shows how far you have come: puzzles solved, how many you got right first time, and the mistakes worth another look.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.17 8 Sept
Left-handers, the racket is now in your hand.
Set your racket hand in your profile and most puzzles are drawn for you. New players are asked at the start, along with which side they play.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.16 28 Aug
• Topics and collections have a new look. Every cover is now hand drawn pixel art, and it plays a short animation when you open a topic or a collection. Tap a cover to play it again.
• My training is easier to start: create a collection without an account, and sign in later to keep it across your devices. A new collection opens the moment you name it, so you can go straight to adding puzzles.
• Fixed some bugs.
1.15 19 Aug
A clearer Premium screen.
What you get and what it costs now sit together, with the yearly saving shown up front. Upgrading from the daily limit works properly again.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.14 12 Aug
Review is where your puzzles come back.
Fix mistakes only ever held the ones you got wrong, and once you cleared them it stayed empty. Review keeps the whole bank in rotation instead. Puzzles you got wrong come back tomorrow and go to the front of the queue. Ones you got right return weeks or months later, timed to land just before they fade. Never more than twenty in a day, so it always ends.
New too: you can swipe the court instead of reaching for the buttons. Swipe left to confirm an answer and move on, swipe right to unselect or play the position again. The buttons show which way each one goes, so nothing is hidden.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.13 11 Aug
A fix for the country rankings.
Open another country's board and you used to find yourself sitting in it, on your own points, under their flag. Now you only show up in your own country, ranked against the players who are actually there.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.12 3 Aug
Build your own training, not just the puzzle of the day.
My training is a new section for the puzzles that matter to you. Save any position into a collection you name yourself, and work through it whenever you want. Next to it, Fix mistakes brings back every puzzle you got wrong, so the ones that caught you out get a second try.
New too: a daily reminder you can switch on in your profile, at a time you pick. One nudge when the day's puzzles land on court, and it backs off on its own if you stop playing.
Also: you can now send us feedback straight from the app, and players change pose with a soft dissolve instead of a blink.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.11 2 Aug
Share the position, not a screenshot.
Every puzzle now has its own share button. Send one to your partner and they get the court, the question and a proper preview card — and tapping that link opens the puzzle right here in the app.
Also: Padel Etiquette and Rules now have icons of their own, and courts draw every ball a position calls for, so multi-ball puzzles look the way they were designed.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.10 29 Jul
Steadier than ever.
Fixed: the app could crash right when you completed a topic and tapped through to the next one. That jump is now smooth every time.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.9.1 22 Jul
Steadier under pressure.
Fixed a crash that could cut off long solving sessions right after you answered a puzzle. Marathon streaks are safe again.
Also under the hood: better diagnostics, so future issues get caught before you ever notice them.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.9 22 Jul
Behind the scenes improvements to keep your training running smoothly.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
1.8 20 Jul
Your wrong answers now work for you. Miss a puzzle and it lands in the new Review mistakes deck, ready to be cleared for 50 points each. Clear them all and they are out for good.
Also new: sound effects on the court (toggle them in your profile), NEW tags on freshly dropped puzzles, and a smoother daily puzzle flow.
1.7 16 Jul
Instant first-launch loading, and a handful of layout fixes.
1.6 14 Jul
Your free puzzles now come back right on time. Depending on your time zone, the app could lock you out for another day just after midnight, before you had solved a single puzzle. That's fixed. The countdown shows exactly when your next 5 free puzzles land, and they unlock the moment it hits zero, even if you left the app open.
New concepts now arrive with their animated covers straight away, no update needed. More to learn, more often.
Keep solving, keep climbing.
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