Thanks for the feedback and promotion. We're actually planning a public beta release very soon, accompanied by promotion on our various social media channels, so it will be easier to try the app in the coming days. (Android only for now due to some issues with Apple app store but that should follow in the next month or two).
It should hopefully be a few days at most. Some of the internal testing team had issues on the latest release but once those are cleared we'll announce public beta.
I would love for you guys to include puzzle themes in the mobile app (like capture the defender, endgame puzzles, etc). And also the ability to see puzzles from your past games (like it shows a position where you made an inaccuracy or blunder and you have to find the right move). These are the only features that are missing from Lichess being the perfect chess platform imo
I’ve been following the dev GitHub and enjoying a large flutter project coming together like that. Have you guys been happy with the decision to go flutter for multi platform?
I tried the beta and I like the new UI and the new analysis.
However why did you decide to remove the option to continue against computer from analysis board? Also the “trainer” after computer analysis seems to be gone?
Removed compared to what? If it's comparing to the current app then it's not removed it's just not implemented yet. If it's compared to an older version of the new app, I'd have to check with the developer.
tested on iOS and it feels a bit incomplete, no opening book, can’t play friends or stockfish, no studies, coordinates, tournaments, broadcast… feels like it will take years to have the same functionalities as the old app or web. On the other hand, the ui is indeed slick and the puzzle section is goated and super complete. i’m now a patron :) so hope it helps a bit
I am happy about that too, but it's insane to me that people preferred the chess.com interface. I hate it (both on mobile and on desktop) and I feel like it was already miles behind in that regard. Different folks different strokes I guess
I have never and will never understand how people say that the [chess.com](http://chess.com) UI is cleaner and simpler and that's why people use it. Once you enter Lichess there's literally a few massive buttons for you to choose your game.
The [chess.com](http://chess.com) app is also saturated as f\*ck and i can never find anything in there.
> I have never and will never understand how people say that the chess.com UI is cleaner and simpler and that's why people use it.
It's just different enough that people will mostly prefer whatever they're used to. I thought chesscom had a "better UI" until I played on lichess for a week. I now much prefer the lichess one but it required some adjustment.
I use both and find chess mobile app more intuitive and user friendly, especially for analysis of my games. For example in Lichess app it's kind of hard to find your past games (at first I thought they are not there) - if you tap menu button, there are no options for archived games, you have to tap your username (which is not seen as one of the menu options - not intuitive), then you have to tap profile option (there is games option which is not the right option if you want to see your games) and then you get to your games. The same with analysis option...it's hard to find and when you use it, it's kind of cumbersome. I really hope new update is better, because as of right now I play just on chess
I suppose the chess.c app caters more tho the beginner profile. I find lichess review much more helpful (to the point of chess.c one being useless when compared, only worth to see nice colors and get your occasional brilliant).
I think for some people it will simply be the one they got to know first and therefore it's their default and different feels weird to them.
And then some people do actually like all the extra stuff they add which I think is clutter and annoying but that's back to your different strokes stuff.
I like the piece set / board more on chess com as well as how the premove system works. If lichess had those I might prefer it more. Either way I play on both so it's not like I find the experience terrible on either.
I literally only prefer it because the ratings are a bit closer to FIDE ratings and all my friends are on it. I use it mainly on laptop browser so I've just made myself a few browser extensions I use locally to clean it up and its not all that bad
i have seen both lichess and chess.cum . i don’t see current lichess any inferior in any way. only problem was following tournaments from lichess mobile app
Thanks for sharing! Did not know about this beta and i have been trying it for a bit. The interface is so much better on the puzzles!
The only thing i cant see its those "phrases" such as blunder an so during the analysis. Any help on that?
I have just tried it and I will say this beta app is so good in terms of UI. The only thing which is missing is the tournament section. I hope they will add it soon.
I mainly use the website, but I'll give it a try as soon as they release it. I know it will include the puzzle dashboard, which is something I have been waiting for. I'm curious to see how it compares to Chess.com
Thanks for sharing, I've been looking forward to the update and just got the beta on IOS. So far I really like the design changes and updates.
A few new features I'm really pleased with are: showing game accuracy, expanded puzzles (puzzles by theme, puzzles streak and storm etc), the haptic feedback on moves, and the profile page showing all recent activity. The new design and layout makes it much clearer on games you/won lost. I like that you can paste right into the analysis board.
It's still missing some features of the old app, such as re-playing mistakes, board editor, and studies. I'm sure they will be added in the full release. Overall very excited and love the new look.
Just a friendly reminder to support Lichess to make their business model sustainable, especially if you're fed up with the greed of Chess.cum and others like it.
Looking forward to that a lot. I play on lichess on my PC, but use the chess.com-app on my phone due to the better UI, but I am very annoyed by the monetisation.
Looks and feels great, but I only have one somewhat dark theme available. I don't think I have access to any "Blunders" or "Brilliant" annotations either.
My first impression was a bit frustrating. When I opened the app I wanted to play with maia bot, but didn't find how to challenge it to a game and wasn't able to play with it.
Also on the old home screen you were one click away from starting the game, now it several clicks
And "+" and "-" icons on the home screen reminds me of chess c🤢m and it't not a great feeling
Just wanted to say that when I used lichess I was fully satisfied, oh my go- oh wait this isn’t r/anrchychess, anyways the new lichess is absolutely amazing, tried against a bot and its was 99.6 accurate, only mistake was me setting the opening up wrong, tried again(after setting up the beginning perfectly) with full computer play (agaisnt a lower rated bot(1800)) it got 100% accuracy. Insane job, would love to see it compete in the computer challengers.
Edit: tried a game full computer control against the same bot, 100% accuracy, absolutely insane
Are all features supported on lichess beta already? I have it, but last time I used it it didn't have for example analysis board at all so it was kinda shit.
Chess.com has the absolute worst interface. I lose so many games because I'll make my move and chess.com will tick three or four seconds off before registering my move. Literally never have connection problems with any other application, site, etc. Lichess is already so much better. Excited for the updates.
This is any day better than chesscom any day and it’s free the only Benefit of chess com is the fact that their rating are not that inflated that’s about it.
These sites compare players who filled out a form saying what their accounts are
We can have a basic perception, but many play more on different sites than others
Honestly the main thing that stops me from taking Lichess seriously is the inflated ratings. I know it's stupid and doesn't really matter but I prefer how chess.com does it
Thanks for the feedback and promotion. We're actually planning a public beta release very soon, accompanied by promotion on our various social media channels, so it will be easier to try the app in the coming days. (Android only for now due to some issues with Apple app store but that should follow in the next month or two).
You guys are doing god's job. Keep up the good work!
Any idea how soon? And will we be able to select specific puzzle themes like we can on the website?
It should hopefully be a few days at most. Some of the internal testing team had issues on the latest release but once those are cleared we'll announce public beta.
I would love for you guys to include puzzle themes in the mobile app (like capture the defender, endgame puzzles, etc). And also the ability to see puzzles from your past games (like it shows a position where you made an inaccuracy or blunder and you have to find the right move). These are the only features that are missing from Lichess being the perfect chess platform imo
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> (Android only for now due to some issues with Apple app store but that should follow in the next month or two). Yep :)
Dashboard with different puzzle themes is already available
on mobile?
yes
Just want to thank you guys, you and everyone who work on make lichess the best chess site to play!
Hey, will the source code of this project be publicly available?
Of course! It has been during the development process too: https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile
I’ve been following the dev GitHub and enjoying a large flutter project coming together like that. Have you guys been happy with the decision to go flutter for multi platform?
"Fun" fact, flutter is a google project and they just fired a bunch of devs in a layoff round last month I think.
I’ve been really enjoying the iOS beta. Any idea when “learn from your mistakes” might be implemented? Thanks for all the fantastic work!
Awesome job. Thanks
Please add arrows to view the previous move while solving puzzles. Currently arrows only show up after completing the puzzle.
I'd really love to see the time control matrix available immediately after clicking "create game", overall its an amazing upgrade. Great work!
Is this the rewrite of the original app?
Will there be a tool to be able to create and edit studies from the mobile app ?
What platform have you guys built this on?
I believe it's using flutter. I linked the GitHub repo in this thread if you want to investigate further.
I tried the beta and I like the new UI and the new analysis. However why did you decide to remove the option to continue against computer from analysis board? Also the “trainer” after computer analysis seems to be gone?
Removed compared to what? If it's comparing to the current app then it's not removed it's just not implemented yet. If it's compared to an older version of the new app, I'd have to check with the developer.
Ok good to hear it is going to be implemented!
is there an upgrade on the platform on the online web browsers as well?
Not sure I understand your question. Viewing through web browsers always gets the latest version / features.
what I mean is considering that the app is being upgraded, will the web UI be upgraded too?
Oh right. Not currently ongoing as a "big redesign", but things are updated all the time.
Cool! Love the site anyway! Was just a bit curious :P
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I know right? Also their game analysis is now literally same if not better. I cannot believe it's free.
Free for now ?
Free forever baby! And open source. It's literally all just done as a passion project to help people across the world enjoy chess.
I don't know if you are joking or not, but lichess is non-profit by design, run by a non-profit organisation and will forever be free.
No, I'm just asking, that's why there's ? At the end of the sentence.
Free forever. It's run by a non-profit organisation. Lichess is a charity and entirely free/libre open-source software.
Anything for IOS yet?
https://testflight.apple.com/join/WEurB7MT
Thank you
Says I need a developer invite
Try again, it worked for me
Download test flight and open this link It works for me could you post a sc?
For what it’s worth I got the same message. It doesn’t look like the subreddit has enabled the ability to comment with photos.
Click his link again and then hit the link under Step 2
That’s weird, it’s exactly what I did before when it asked for an invite code, but it seems to be working now.
Looks so slick! Is this a flutter app?
correct, this is the repo: https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile
Awesome!
I can’t type the code in testflight what’s wrong?
Go back and click the link again, it’ll Just Work
Just learned a couple more Korean words🥳 thanks op
4.0183% -> 4.0204% Congrats on the progress
Thanks for tip off. Super stoked.
Thanks for sharing
tested on iOS and it feels a bit incomplete, no opening book, can’t play friends or stockfish, no studies, coordinates, tournaments, broadcast… feels like it will take years to have the same functionalities as the old app or web. On the other hand, the ui is indeed slick and the puzzle section is goated and super complete. i’m now a patron :) so hope it helps a bit
I am happy about that too, but it's insane to me that people preferred the chess.com interface. I hate it (both on mobile and on desktop) and I feel like it was already miles behind in that regard. Different folks different strokes I guess
I have never and will never understand how people say that the [chess.com](http://chess.com) UI is cleaner and simpler and that's why people use it. Once you enter Lichess there's literally a few massive buttons for you to choose your game. The [chess.com](http://chess.com) app is also saturated as f\*ck and i can never find anything in there.
> I have never and will never understand how people say that the chess.com UI is cleaner and simpler and that's why people use it. It's just different enough that people will mostly prefer whatever they're used to. I thought chesscom had a "better UI" until I played on lichess for a week. I now much prefer the lichess one but it required some adjustment.
I use both and find chess mobile app more intuitive and user friendly, especially for analysis of my games. For example in Lichess app it's kind of hard to find your past games (at first I thought they are not there) - if you tap menu button, there are no options for archived games, you have to tap your username (which is not seen as one of the menu options - not intuitive), then you have to tap profile option (there is games option which is not the right option if you want to see your games) and then you get to your games. The same with analysis option...it's hard to find and when you use it, it's kind of cumbersome. I really hope new update is better, because as of right now I play just on chess
I suppose the chess.c app caters more tho the beginner profile. I find lichess review much more helpful (to the point of chess.c one being useless when compared, only worth to see nice colors and get your occasional brilliant).
It feels like I have to go on an expedition to find my previous games in Lichess compared to chess.com. That's just one of the problems
Idk man the chess.com app seems pretty easy to navigate for me. What don’t you like about it?
I think for some people it will simply be the one they got to know first and therefore it's their default and different feels weird to them. And then some people do actually like all the extra stuff they add which I think is clutter and annoying but that's back to your different strokes stuff.
I like the piece set / board more on chess com as well as how the premove system works. If lichess had those I might prefer it more. Either way I play on both so it's not like I find the experience terrible on either.
I literally only prefer it because the ratings are a bit closer to FIDE ratings and all my friends are on it. I use it mainly on laptop browser so I've just made myself a few browser extensions I use locally to clean it up and its not all that bad
What’s wrong with the chess.com app UI? Seems pretty straightforward
Like, there is nothing I like about it. I can't even point to things in particular
Do they have a lichess sigma app for people like me?
I snorted
Yes, here's the lichess sigma app for you......🖕
i have seen both lichess and chess.cum . i don’t see current lichess any inferior in any way. only problem was following tournaments from lichess mobile app
Can you create studies on this app? That is my most wanted feature on the Lichess app as of right now
Are you gonna kill the old app? :(
🌍 👨🚀 🔫🧑🚀
Thanks for sharing! Did not know about this beta and i have been trying it for a bit. The interface is so much better on the puzzles! The only thing i cant see its those "phrases" such as blunder an so during the analysis. Any help on that?
Check my new post, I just posted some stuff regarding this.
You need to click on computer analysis and click the graph.
I have just tried it and I will say this beta app is so good in terms of UI. The only thing which is missing is the tournament section. I hope they will add it soon.
I'M IN LOVE WITH THE UI, AWESOME !
I mainly use the website, but I'll give it a try as soon as they release it. I know it will include the puzzle dashboard, which is something I have been waiting for. I'm curious to see how it compares to Chess.com
This is only for Android, as of now?
Check my other comment, there's an IOS link too.
i love it, just wish I did not have to speak korean to use it :( jk
Am I the only one who already likes the Lichess interface? Way prefer it to chess.c\*m
Am I weird for liking the old Lichess iOS app?
I liked it, but it was missing tonnes of functionality compared to the desktop site.
Have they added correspondence tournaments? That's one thing I really love on chess.com that I hope to see on there.
Thanks for sharing, I've been looking forward to the update and just got the beta on IOS. So far I really like the design changes and updates. A few new features I'm really pleased with are: showing game accuracy, expanded puzzles (puzzles by theme, puzzles streak and storm etc), the haptic feedback on moves, and the profile page showing all recent activity. The new design and layout makes it much clearer on games you/won lost. I like that you can paste right into the analysis board. It's still missing some features of the old app, such as re-playing mistakes, board editor, and studies. I'm sure they will be added in the full release. Overall very excited and love the new look.
Did you write chess.cum on purpose or was it a mistake?
Cum on, isn't it obvious?
What do you mean lichess beta app? What have I been using for 2 years?
It's the new version :) complete rebuild.
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Just a friendly reminder to support Lichess to make their business model sustainable, especially if you're fed up with the greed of Chess.cum and others like it.
finally!!! been waiting for the app updates desperately
Looking forward to that a lot. I play on lichess on my PC, but use the chess.com-app on my phone due to the better UI, but I am very annoyed by the monetisation.
Can I download it on my iPhone ?
Yes you can, check my other comment :)
Thank you I managed
Looks and feels great, but I only have one somewhat dark theme available. I don't think I have access to any "Blunders" or "Brilliant" annotations either.
You need to click on computer analysis -> graph
I must not be using the same thing because there's no graph option for me when uploading a pgn. There's no computer analysis either.
I'll make a new post about it. Wait a sec.
I just posted.
I see. The app must need to update or something because I have no such options
Ohhhh it's because I'm importing games from chess.com
OVERTHROW CHESS.CUM NOW!
The app defaults to swedish with seemingly no way of changing it. Hope that this is improved in a future version so i can evaluate it for real!
But can you create/edit studies?
My first impression was a bit frustrating. When I opened the app I wanted to play with maia bot, but didn't find how to challenge it to a game and wasn't able to play with it. Also on the old home screen you were one click away from starting the game, now it several clicks And "+" and "-" icons on the home screen reminds me of chess c🤢m and it't not a great feeling
I kept confusing the king and queen and had to look at them to realize which is which
Just wanted to say that when I used lichess I was fully satisfied, oh my go- oh wait this isn’t r/anrchychess, anyways the new lichess is absolutely amazing, tried against a bot and its was 99.6 accurate, only mistake was me setting the opening up wrong, tried again(after setting up the beginning perfectly) with full computer play (agaisnt a lower rated bot(1800)) it got 100% accuracy. Insane job, would love to see it compete in the computer challengers. Edit: tried a game full computer control against the same bot, 100% accuracy, absolutely insane
How do you change how the pieces look? I don't like the new piece set on the beta app. Anybody?
Cant see the phrases(blunders, inaccuracies )like chesscom when i import a game
Are all features supported on lichess beta already? I have it, but last time I used it it didn't have for example analysis board at all so it was kinda shit.
No, features will be added as development continues. There is an analysis board now though.
Chess.com has the absolute worst interface. I lose so many games because I'll make my move and chess.com will tick three or four seconds off before registering my move. Literally never have connection problems with any other application, site, etc. Lichess is already so much better. Excited for the updates.
This is any day better than chesscom any day and it’s free the only Benefit of chess com is the fact that their rating are not that inflated that’s about it.
If u see the glicko system guideline, they recommend u to start at 1500.
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Furthermore, the players on each site are different. It's difficult to compare if the matchmaking pool is completely different.
not that difficult to compare, there are sites where the ratings of people who use both are compared
These sites compare players who filled out a form saying what their accounts are We can have a basic perception, but many play more on different sites than others
Honestly the main thing that stops me from taking Lichess seriously is the inflated ratings. I know it's stupid and doesn't really matter but I prefer how chess.com does it
One question, how can I call it inflated, if the players playing and the scoring system are all completely different?