Watch Chess

Follow Top Tournaments Live

Free · In-App Purchases

Follow every critical moment live: top tournaments, smart alerts, real-time clocks, Live Activities, Stockfish 19 Game Reports, and Apple Watch. Watch Chess is built for following the world's top chess tournaments live. Keep up with every game and know when the position turns critical—even from your Lock Screen. FOLLOW TOURNAMENTS LIVE • Browse live and recent top-level tournaments. • Move through every game with a simple swipe. • Follow several boards at once. • Check pairings, standings, results, and real-time clocks. NEVER MISS THE MOMENT • Choose alerts for round starts and game results. • Get highlighted-moment alerts for blunders, brilliant moves, forced mates, time pressure, and hard-to-find moves. LIVE ACTIVITIES Follow a live game from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, with the board, last move, and clocks updating as the action unfolds. STOCKFISH 19 GAME REPORTS Review a completed game with Stockfish 19. See accuracy and move quality, find critical turning points, and understand where the game changed. APPLE WATCH Follow tournaments and games from your wrist with a dedicated Apple Watch experience. Have questions or feedback? Email info@watchchessapp.com or find us at @watch_chess. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Service: https://watchchess.app/tos.html. Privacy Policy: https://watchchess.app/privacy.html.

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Ratings & Reviews

  • 4.3
    out of 5
    8 Ratings

• Get alerts when top games reach critical moments, including blunders, brilliant moves, forced mates, time pressure, and hard-to-find moves. • Improved tournament schedules and player cards. • Support for iOS 27. • Improved tournament list. • Many fixes and performance improvements.

Version 13.0.0

The developer, Ignacio Soto Bustos, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

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Information

Provider
Ignacio Soto Bustos
Size
163.6 MB
Category
Board
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
  • Apple TV
    Requires tvOS 17.0 or later.
  • Apple Watch
    Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
Languages
English and 23 more
  • English, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
  • Watch Chess Pro £2.49
  • Watch Chess Pro £16.99
  • Watch Chess Pro £0.99
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Copyright
© 2026 Nacho Soto
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Some in-app purchases and subscriptions may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled. Learn More

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