Hey lemmy folks, some of you might know me as the developer of RDX for Reddit an open-source, free, ad-free Reddit client that is quite popular here. Two months ago i release. an offline-first, ad-free chess puzzles app that hit Hackernews #1. I thought I should share it with you people too.

Presenting OffChess, Built by me because I got frustrated with needing WiFi just to practice chess, thought, why not train anywhere: on planes, trains, even in sketchy tunnels. So OffChess aims to be a clean, distraction-free way to sharpen your tactics, even when fully offline.

Here are the main highlights:

  1. 100,000+ real-game puzzles, neatly curated.
  2. Offline first: no connection required to play puzzles.
  3. Adaptive difficulty: as you improve, puzzles get tougher.
  4. Rich stats tracking: streaks, accuracy, puzzles solved.
  5. Themes & clean UI: something comfortable to look at.
  6. For iPhone & Android (and totally usable offline).

Download on:

Would love feedback, bug reports, feature suggestions from you all. Especially what you like / dislike in similar apps (and how OffChess could try to stand out more.

Edit: One more thing you get 7 free puzzles every day for as long as you want, if you want to unlock all the puzzles there is a one time purchase(no subscription) of $3.99 that unlocks all the puzzles in the app forever. You can even share it on your other devices if you use the same apple/google account by just hitting restore purchases.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for all the support so far.

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    1 year ago
    1. Maybe because the move speed is slow? Other than that it loads fast enough also are you on Android?
    2. Text hints also halve your rating points gain when enabled
    3. Purely a desgin choice, the checkboard there looks sexy to me so I kept it there
    4. People keep asking me to add more stats/buttons etc but some sacrifices had to be made to make it look slick.