3.7
4K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this game

Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations.
Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free.

The following features are available right now:
- play real time or correspondence chess
- play arena tournaments
- play against online bots
- solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline
- race against the clock in Puzzle Storm
- analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server
- board editor
- study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature
- learn board coordinates
- play over the board with a friend
- watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments
- watch Lichess TV and online streamers
- use a chess clock for your over the board games
- many different board themes and piece sets
- custom background themes
- system colours on Android 12+
- translated into 55 languages
Updated on
Jul 11, 2025
Available on
Android, Windows

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Messages and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.6
3.75K reviews
K. Morawski
June 9, 2025
The UI looks more slick that what I assume to be the legacy app, but I can't find the option of importing a PGN anymore. It seems like the app only offers some subset of the original functionality. Personally I care more about features and usability than the UI (otherwise I'd just stick to their commercial competitor). I understand it's still a Beta.
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Justin Officer
July 2, 2025
I don't usually rate apps but I noticed that Lichess's user rating is much lower than it deserves. This app is great, totally ad free, a chess app by chess players for chess players. The rating system gives you an ELO quickly so that after a few games you are playing with people of your skill level. There are tons of options to customize the layout of your board and pieces and there is a super helpful engine to explore "best moves" and different openings. This app is freaking awesome. Thanks.
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Dave Klompas
June 19, 2025
Usefull for anyone looking to improve their game. There is a high level of commitment and passion within the community and the overall software is solid. Alas, the UI is messy and leaves much to be desired. There is no beauty in the layout and the presentation is far too rigid. Overall, Lichess is a very useful tool; but the presentation suks.
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What’s new

We continuously update the application with new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Release versions and more informations are available at:
https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile/releases