“too many ads, do not recommend”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,919 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.8 ★1,216,133 ratings
100M+Downloads
4+Age rating
213 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Install and play Chess Club now for free!
Chess Club has the following features:
- This offline Chess app is free - Play Chess vs COM - The board game offers 8 different levels of difficulty - Do you want to learn chess or need some help? Use the Hint function in the game to see the best move possible - When you made a mistake you can undo your move and try again - How many Chess games did you won? How many were a draw? View your personal stats and try to improve it! - Amazing graphics and low app size - Play with 2D or 3D pieces
How to play Chess Club?
Playing a real game of Chess has never been so easy. Simply install the free board game and start your journey to become the king of Chess! Select which color you want to start in: white, black or random. Define the difficulty level. In total our engine offers 8 levels. Tap on the PLAY NOW button and start your game.…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 2.8.8 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.8.8, updated 2026-09-18.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 2.8.8 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.8.8, updated 2026-09-03.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 2.8.8, scanned 2026-09-29.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
1–2 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: AdColony, Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine and 12 more
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 47 distinct reviewers — 8.9% of the 526 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Good game, adds suck to watch. — Ok this game is very good, the reason i didn’t rate 5 stars is there are too many adds. I don’t use money on games and most games need money for the no adds thing.”
“Makes you watch adds before it accepts it has lost — Even though I have obviously won with theee queens and pawns on the board, it tells me it is is a draw and wants me to watch about 3 adds. Each time it says it is a draw and asks me to…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.8.8.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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