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24 alternatives to AR Chess by BrainyChess
Play Chess in Augmented Reality
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. AR Chess by BrainyChess launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Experience the familiar chess in an exciting way inside AR
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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BrainyChess▲83Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Classic chess in Augmented Reality
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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BoardBoss▲105Bring board games to life with the power of AR
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Solve sudoku puzzles like magic with the power of AR
2017 · magicsudoku.com · its alternatives →
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Oak▲225Turn your table into an Augmented Reality playground
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Chessmaster AI▲232Transform Your Chess Skills with AI-Powered Training
Jan 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Guess AI Engine Tournament Position, Fun Stury Tool. Play Chess Without Moving Pieces. Crazy Chess is a Variant of Random Fisher and Really Bad Chess. Because of the rearranged pieces, players cannot use typical chess opening moves. study tool to understand chess, and learning how to read the board.
2017 · ba.net · its alternatives →
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Astral Space▲71Amuse your mood with hand gesture controller based AR game
2022 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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We built ChessBoss at the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon this week. It didn’t make the top 10 but I thought Hacker News might think it’s pretty cool. https://devpost.com/software/chess-boss There are these really cool smart chessboards that can suggest moves and track your games... but they’re $400 and weigh 19 pounds. And of course there are apps that can analyze games but tracking and inputting games by hand is a huge pain. Or fully-digital chess apps... but board games are way more fun in real life! We wondered: “why can’t you just do that in software and bring the best…
2019 · devpost.com · its alternatives →
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AR Grimoire▲87The first augmented reality spellbook for D&D 5e
2019 · argrimoire.com · its alternatives →
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Thought I would post in celebration of 1 year of my website being online. I've been working on it on and off and currently the website allows users to play Hex, Tumbleweed, Amazons, and Connect 6 against friends or against practice bots. I've been a long time player of some of these games and I felt for a long time that the world could use a few more popular abstract strategy games compared to Chess or Go. If you try it, let me know what you think. I'm always looking for new games or new features to add :)
2025 · abstractboardgames.com · its alternatives →
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A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Solve sudoku puzzles like magic with the power of AR
2018 · magicsudoku.com · its alternatives →
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Augmented Reality Cups and Ball Guessing Game
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Kung Fu Chess▲140Kung Fu Chess, a real-time chess game. Contribute to paladin8/kfchess-cc development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 22Chess Scanner▲123
Scan score sheets and generate chess games in seconds.
2024 · chessscanner.com · its alternatives →
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Augmented Reality Tactical Strategy Game for ARKit
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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