ChessCraft by Frame of Mind is a highly customizable chess sandbox that lets you design boards, rules, and pieces, then challenge AI or friends online. It stands out with 75 built-in boards in adventure mode and is touted as the world's largest chess variant database, with sharing that creates dedicated web pages for your designs. The app is free with no ads—aside from occasional popups inviting you to become ChessCraft Patron.
Pros & Cons
Highly customizable boards, tiles, and piece rules
Vast variant ecosystem with the world's largest chess variant database
Shareable designs with dedicated web pages for others to play
Online play or AI matches with your own creations
Less emphasis on traditional chess features and offline play compared to some rivals, per common competitor capabilities
Occasional popups tied to ChessCraft Patron may interrupt some sessions
Niche focus on variants may deter players seeking standard, classic chess experiences
About ChessCraft
ChessCraft is a board app developed by Frame of Mind.
Download Statistics
ChessCraft has been downloaded 1 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 13 thousand times.
User Ratings
ChessCraft is rated 4.49 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 12 thousand ratings.
App Information
ChessCraft is FREE to download. The APK download size is 92.15 MB. The latest version available is 1.16.33. The last update was on April 12, 2026.
Technical Requirements
ChessCraft requires Android 7.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play February 2019.
Description
Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess sandbox with an AI computer opponent. Customize chess boards, rules, and pieces. Share your creations online.
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Peak game Peak customization wished you can make a rule where you can betray your own pieces except the king of course (what I mean is by capturing your friendly pieces with your piece, hopefully I said that correctly)
★★★★★Dan Humphrey· Jul 16, 2026
This takes chess and the strategy involved to a whole new level!!! Adventure mode is a fun and refreshing twist on a classic game. To those wondering; you can play classic chess, but the adventure mode introduces a ton of new pieces, movements, challenges, board sizes, and unique spaces. My ONLY 2 issues are; 1. Lack of info on new pieces, movements, attacks, and symbols. 2. The "Create" section needs a tutorial (or something) to explain all the capabilities, #1 info, or ideas for use.
★★★★★David Bautista· Jul 16, 2026
It's a good chess app you can actually make your own pieces/board
★★☆☆☆Jelly Kim· Jul 17, 2026
The only thing I don't like is that your pieces are wrong. Is an archbishop a chimpanzee? No. Is an Amazon a wizard? No. Also, berserker is wrong grammar. If you are describing it as berserk, you would say berserk rook, berserk bishop, etc. I wish you could make the pieces go further. And I wish the pieces could only walk to further distances. For example, a piece must move diagonally 4 squares diagonally by walking. If a piece blocks the path, it must find a different way. Roasting 1-star reviews?
★☆☆☆☆Yeet Yaat· Mar 31, 2026
I'm having some trouble when I upload image for custom piece, after I choose an image it restarts back to the main menu, and my progress of uploading restarts as well, it's been my problem since this update drops, hope you can fix it even the UI as well
★☆☆☆☆Henry Rodriguez· Jul 19, 2026
Good Game, Though When I Upload Something, It All Disappears, And It Comes Back, Exept The Board, And Ads, They Are Awful, 2 Stars, Dropped from 3 to 2 because you refuse to admit that the rate chess craft and donate things are annoying ads, it's a trap to lure people in, actually, 1 star, constantly deletes things and when I play chess 2.0 it constantly crashes, oh yea hon top of it all the ads are persistent, want to play a game? Ad, want to make something? AD, this is honestly just scummy, 1 star.
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ChessCraft is requesting 5 permissions and is using 13 libraries.
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Trust & Safety: Permissions requested: INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, and BILLING. The app is free to use with an optional ChessCraft Patron to remove interruptions; the permission set is standard for networked features and local storage. Review the official site for privacy and safety details.
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