Play chess

The short version

The app collects nothing. There are no adverts, no accounts and no tracking. Everything stays on your phone.

What the app stores

Your games (the moves, the score and the names you type) and your settings, such as your chosen board and pieces, are kept only on your phone, inside the app. They are not sent to us or to anyone else.

No internet access

The app does not have permission to use the internet. It cannot send anything anywhere by itself. The computer opponent (the Stockfish chess engine) runs entirely on your phone.

Text messages

When you play a friend, the app opens your own messaging app with your move written out. Nothing is sent unless you tap Send there yourself. The message goes only to the person you choose, in the normal way. Normal text charges may apply.

The app never reads your text messages. To play a move your friend sent you, you copy or share that one message into the app yourself. The app looks at your clipboard only while it is open on screen, and only uses text that contains a chess move code.

Contacts

The app cannot see your contacts. If you tap "Contacts", Android lets you pick one person, and only that person's name and number are passed to the app and kept with that match on your phone.

Removing your data

Open a match, tap the menu (three dots) and choose "Delete match" to remove it from your phone. Uninstall the app to remove everything it stored.

Children

The app collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Contact

Questions about this policy: please use the developer contact email shown on the app's Google Play page.