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24 alternatives to Chess Widget

Chess puzzles on your home screen, for iPhone and iPad

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Chess Widget launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Chesster▲117

   3D Chess for your iPhone and iPad

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app▲369

   Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…

   2025 · offchess.com · its alternatives →

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   Piano Widget▲326

   Play Piano on Widget, LockScreen, Dynamic Island

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Rack Up▲58

   One-touch arcade puzzle game

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   I made a screensaver that solves chess puzzles▲34

   2025 · screensaverchess.com · its alternatives →

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   BrainyChess▲83

   Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Not Evil Sudoku▲125

   Clean, minimalist & joyful Sudoku app for iPhone and iPad

   2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Blackbox▲131

   Solve puzzles without touching the screen

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Countdown Widget Maker▲117

   Customizable countdown widgets for your home screen

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Pro:Sudoku▲61

    Play Sudoku with Apple Pencil on iPad

    2021 · prosudoku.app · its alternatives →

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    No More Kings▲72

    A challenging puzzle game based on the rules of chess

    2015 · montoyaindustries.com · its alternatives →

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    Widget Board▲4

    Interactive Widget Games

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Chess & Chat▲163

    A new chess puzzle to solve every day

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Telepaint▲63

    A unique touchscreen puzzle game

    2016 · telepaint.com · its alternatives →

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    Chess Screen Time - Puzzles▲4

    Replace scrolling with an Instagram-like chess puzzle feed.

    Mar 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Chess puzzles!▲5

    A mix of classic chess & puzzle challenges

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Shibuya Grandmaster▲71

    Fast paced arcade puzzle game

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Not Chess▲76

    A puzzling chess-like game

    2020 · notchess.crevasse.co · its alternatives →

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    Fancy Widget▲75

    Create fancy widgets on iOS

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Chessmate▲79

    Chess for macOS

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Super Game About Squares▲73

    Challenging puzzle game about squares

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    ChessEye▲82

    2D chessboard scanner & analyzer to calculate the best moves

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Wee Puzzles on Apple TV▲71

    Kids puzzle game for iOS now available for the new Apple TV.

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    SuperWidget for iPad▲96

    Beautiful widgets with data coming from Shortcuts or APIs

    2023 · superwidget.app · its alternatives →

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