Chess Screen Time - Puzzles
Replace scrolling with an Instagram-like chess puzzle feed.
What it does
Most chess apps feel like work. You open them to "study," but when you're tired, you end up on Instagram instead. I built this to replace that muscle memory. It uses a vertical, infinite feed designed for mindless swiping, but with curated chess puzzles. No menus, no lobbies, and no friction, just open the app and start scrolling. It even includes timed nudges during your peak distraction hours to help you choose puzzles over Reels.
Does the same job
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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…
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