Plain Chess: Play & Learn
Chess coach, play with friends
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
Play a free game every day, meet six rivals with real personalities, and play friends with Game Center. Plain Chess Coach explains every game you play.
Chess without the stress. Play a free game every day, learn from a coach that explains your games, and play the people you know.
FREE EVERY DAY
Play one new game a day in any mode: one of six rivals, a friend, Quick Match, or pass and play on one iPhone. Solve the daily puzzle, keep your streak going, and get a hint and a threat check in your game. After each game, see how many moments there are to learn from.
SIX RIVALS WITH REAL PERSONALITIES
From Pip, a beginner learning one move at a time, to Nova, an expert who loves to attack, each rival plays at their own level and talks like themselves. Choose how chatty they are: quiet, friendly or spicy. Every rival is an AI and always labeled as one.
PLAY THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Invite friends through Game Center for a daily game, with up to three days a move, or a live game with a clock. Quick Match finds a player near your level, or one of our AI rivals when nobody's around. No chat, just six friendly reactions.
PLAIN CHESS COACH
Become a member for everything else:
• Unlimited games in every mode
• A review of every game: where it turned, your best move and every mistake, explained in plain words
• Unlimited Hint and Threats: a strong move, or what your opponent is after
• 300 AI Coach answers a month: ask about your position, typed or out loud
• Nearly 5,000 checkmate puzzles on a path through ten lands, and 85 opening lessons
• My Games: every game you finish, synced with iCloud
• Voices for the coach and your rivals, made on your iPhone
Choose Yearly, with a 7-day free trial for eligible new members, or Monthly. Family covers up to six people through Family Sharing, with 50 AI Coach answers a month for each person. Prices vary by country; the app shows your price before you buy.
Plain Chess Lifetime, $99 once, includes everything except AI Coach answers. AI Coach answer packs (25, 75 or 250 answers) are available to Lifetime owners, original buyers and members who use up their monthly answers.
Already a member, or bought Plain Chess early? You keep everything you have, and your price stays the same while your membership is active.
Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A membership renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Deleting the app doesn't cancel a membership.
AI Coach needs an internet connection and can make mistakes. No ads, no account to create.
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Terms: https://cerebraenterprises.com/plain-chess/terms
Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
A Closer Look
Small improvements and polish.
The developer, Cerebra Enterprises, LLC, 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:
- Purchases
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Cerebra Enterprises, LLC
- Size
- 120.8 MB
- Category
- Board
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Plain Chess Annual $39.99
- Plain Chess Monthly $4.99
- 250 AI Coach Answers $19.99
- 75 AI Coach Answers $7.99
- 25 AI Coach Answers $2.99
- Plain Chess Lifetime $99.00
- Plain Chess Family $69.99
- 100 AI Coach Credits $19.99
- 30 AI Coach Credits $7.99
- 10 AI Coach Credits $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Cerebra Enterprises LLC
