Chess Minis ∙ Play & Learn 4+

Seriously so much fun! And the best looking chess app by far! Perfect for me and my kids to play. I’ve been playing chess since I was in the fifth grade so I’m always looking for something new. The best part about minis so far is that there are all the different game modes I want in a single game. There are times when I want something quick like the puzzles. Sometimes I want a faster round and sometimes I have time to get serious and play a full round. I love that there’s a leaderboard too. Can’t wait to climb! The skins and animations are also so cute! I’m already looking forward to decking out my account. Great job team!

It would be great if they add an in-app game analysis or any options to copy and paste the game file into an engine. There is also no way whatsoever to offer a draw or resign. Every single game has to naturally end or run out of time on either side.

There is an issue I’ve ran into that’s similar to “freeze-offs” in MLB the show. It’s very infrequent but I’ve closed the app or locked the screen a couple times and it has frozen the game entirely on my move. There’s been no way to interact with any pieces or un-freeze the game. Strangely enough when my clock has run out I was credited with a win all three of the times it has happened. All three of those games still show as wins

Other than that the games artwork is pretty cool. A few quality of life improvements and much needed features away from being a very good product.

I love this game and most of its artwork and puzzles however earning coins and gems is hard once you pass the training and get deep in the puzzles rewards per day is limited to 10 and there is no in game chat so when you get faced off against someone who doesn’t know its they’re turn you cannot notify them at all that it not your turn and you and your opponent sit there for 10 minutes until the timer runs out instead of participating this has happened to me multiple times .i think that in blitz mode after each move a player is given +3-5 seconds to turn players timer because after each move your timer still continues to decrease for 2 seconds before the turn is actually switched which doesn’t make sense why is my timer still going after I’ve moved my pieces