Chess Peace
Place every piece so none can capture another.
26,500+ unique puzzles across 5 distinct modes.
Available now for free on the App Store.
Place every piece so none can capture another.
26,500+ unique puzzles across 5 distinct modes.
Available now for free on the App Store.
Simple rules, thousands of puzzles
Each piece attacks just like in real chess. A built-in reference shows you every move pattern with one tap.
Tap or drag to place every piece so none can capture another. Undo, reset, or use one of three hints anytime. Possible move indicators can be turned off for an extra challenge.
Every solve records your time and move count. Work through over 25,000 puzzles across a range of difficulties and modes.
Honest words from the press, podcasts, and players
Chess Peace […] is my kind of logic puzzle. […] Clever name too: the pieces need to be … at peace with each other. […] Great simple premise, really well implemented.John Gruber, Daring Fireball
A beautifully designed puzzle game […] The game has a great onboarding that explains all the details extremely well, too. If you love puzzle games, be sure to check this one out.John Voorhees, MacStories Weekly
I thought [it] was super fun!Stephen Robles, Primary Technology podcast
Simple + clever!Jason Kottke, kottke.org
I’m always looking for new daily games and this is the one. Can’t recommend enough for all puzzle lovers.
This is one of those rare apps that’s a truly original idea and great fun. Love the daily puzzles and sometimes dive in for some more fiendish challenges.
Great game. As someone who loves puzzles and wishes they were better at chess, this is a brilliant mash-up of them both.
Super fun! Casual puzzles. The game helped me think more strategically about chess without feeling intimidating. And it’s challenging without punishing me for not already being good.
I love this game! It gets my brain working while also being low-stim and calm. Really enjoying some of the challenges and love that there is a daily challenge every day. Couldn’t recommend this more!
A really fun and original challenge. I love a good puzzle game and this definitely scratches that itch!
Lovely stuff. Great format, excellent design and UI. Who doesn’t love a peaceful puzzle game?!
Brilliant game, brought back my love for chess.
That’s quite a fun little game of chess.Aged 7
5 distinct challenges
The original challenge. Place one of each piece so none attack each other. Pure spatial reasoning on boards from 4×4 to 6×6.
Multiple copies of the same piece must coexist alongside the others. Poker's not the only game with a pair of queens!
White and black pieces together in harmony. Same colour pieces are allies; opposite are enemies.
The board is split into disconnected regions. Pieces only threaten others on their island.
Some positions are revealed. Figure out which pieces belong where.
Considered down to the details
A fresh challenge every day, free for everyone. Optional reminders at a time of your choosing.
No Wi-Fi or data connection required. Puzzles work anywhere — plane, subway, middle of nowhere.
Share your success with a Wordle-style grid summarising your gameplay, and a custom image of the puzzle and your stats.
Customise your board colours, background, and app icon.
Your progress follows you across all your devices.
Success rate, average time, and average moves — broken down by mode and by difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard) for every puzzle you've solved.
No data collection. Your puzzles, your privacy.
Daily puzzle, continue puzzle, and quick-launch widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
Colourblind colours, high contrast, bold pieces, letter pieces, reduce motion, reachability, full Dynamic Type support, and VoiceOver labels throughout.
Can't remember how a knight moves? A crib sheet for every piece is one tap away — from the home screen, the puzzle list, or mid-solve.
Milestones for total solves, daily streaks (7, 30, 100, 365 days), per-mode mastery, free puzzle completion, and skill challenges like 1,000 no-hint solves and 1,000 hard-mode solves.
Three leaderboards — Total Solves, Daily Streak, and Fastest Solve — for the competitive at heart. Sign in to see how you rank, or skip Game Center entirely and your stats stay just for you.
Choose from a range of eight colour themes, eight board styles and over 30 app icons to make Chess Peace your own.
Personalise how the app looks and feels
An alternative palette that avoids red-green confusion, making every piece easy to tell apart.
Increases contrast across the board, cards, and borders for better visibility in any lighting.
Makes chess pieces visually heavier with thicker borders and bolder icons for easier recognition.
Replaces piece images with clear text letters (K, Q, R, B, N, P) for maximum clarity.
Text scales with your iPhone's system text size, so making text larger in iOS settings makes it larger here too.
Replaces animations and transitions with instant changes throughout the app.
Moves controls to the top or bottom of the screen for comfortable one-handed use.
Spoken labels throughout the app, down to every cell and playing piece.
If there's anything that would help you play but isn't here, please email hello@chesspeace.app — we'd love to do better.
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Everything you need to know
Yes — Chess Peace is free to download and includes 250 free puzzles across all modes, plus a free daily puzzle every day. Over 26,500 additional puzzles are available as a one-time purchase with no subscription.
Yes. The one-time puzzle purchase supports Apple Family Sharing, so everyone in your family group can unlock the full collection without buying it again.
Not at all. You don't even need to know how each piece moves — the built-in reference guide shows you exactly what each one does. No chess strategy required.
Yes, completely. All puzzles are stored on your device, so you can play anywhere — no Wi-Fi, no data, no problem.
Chess Peace is currently available on any iPhone running iOS 17 or later.
Over 26,500 unique puzzles across 5 modes and a range of board sizes, from compact 4×4 grids up to 6×6, plus a new Daily Puzzle every day. Each puzzle has been verified to have one unique solution.
Yes — a new puzzle is released every day, free for everyone. Your daily streak is tracked so you can keep the habit going.
Yes. Progress syncs automatically via iCloud, with no separate account or sign-in required, so you'll never lose your data, and we'll never see it.
No ads. No tracking, no data collection. Just puzzles.
Yes. You get three hints per puzzle, each revealing one correct piece position. Hints are tracked in your stats if you care about a clean solve, but there's no penalty for using them. There's also a Hints & Tips section in Settings with general strategy advice — like "place the Queen first" — that applies to any puzzle.
Email us at hello@chesspeace.app and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Free to download. No account needed. Just puzzles.
Questions or feedback? hello@chesspeace.app