nearChess: Chess Club & Rating

Name: nearChess: Chess Club & Rating
Author: nearChess

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Play chess online, join clubs and tournaments, and get rated over the board.

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Total installs: 1,464
Installs / day: 0
Rating: —★
Released: 1 Apr 2026
Last update: 6 Oct 2026
Countries: —

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

30dAll

Installs per day · last 90 days

Change timeline

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

Shares data with third parties Location, Personal info and 2 others
Collects data Personal info, Financial info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

20 in 7 groups

9 Sensitive5 Notable6 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
Use your camera to take photos and record videos
Record sound using your phone's microphone
Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage

LocationSensitive2

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA

MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO

Wi-Fi connection informationRoutine1

Access to details about Wi-Fi networks your device sees or uses

See whether Wi-Fi is on and details of the network you are connected toview Wi-Fi connections · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE

OtherSensitive11

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps · SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
See Bluetooth settings and connect to paired devices like headphones, speakers or watchespair with Bluetooth devices · BLUETOOTH
Change volume and choose which speaker or headset plays soundchange your audio settings · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
Use NFC to talk with tags, cards and readers held close to your phonecontrol Near Field Communication · NFC
Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

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Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description

Chess that counts. Play someone across a real board, scan a QR code, and the game is rated. Your in-person record is the one rating nobody can farm — because you had to show up. nearChess is a complete chess platform for web, Android and iPhone. One account everywhere. No paid tier, no move limits, nothing locked behind a subscription. ♟️ THE IN-PERSON RATING - Meet someone, scan a QR code, and play a rated game across a real board - Build a record: games played, opponents faced, cities played in - Earn the OTB Rated badge after 5 games against 5 different opponents - Kept separate from your online rating, because facing someone in person is a different thing ♟️ PLAY ONLINE - Bullet, blitz, rapid and daily correspondence chess - Real-time matchmaking against players at your level - Play friends any time, or play the computer at any strength - Chess960, premoves, increment, rematches and running rivalries ♟️ EVERY GAME REVIEWED, FREE - A full engine review of every game you play - Every move graded, the turning point named, the better line shown - Explore any variation on the board - An AI coach and a weekly report on what to work on next - All of it free, with no limits ♟️ TRAIN ON YOUR OWN MISTAKES - Daily puzzles and Puzzle Rush - A personal training set built from the positions you actually got wrong - Opening explorer and a full analysis board with engine - Your openings, your weaknesses, your progress ♟️ CLUBS, ACADEMIES AND CITY LEADERBOARDS - Join or create a chess club, with members, chat, posts and a ladder - Academies and college societies can run their whole group in one place - City leaderboards, so you can see where you rank where you live - Online tournaments, arena and Swiss, with proper pairing and tiebreaks ♟️ FOR COACHES AND ORGANISERS - One invite link brings a whole class or society in - See every student's games, mistakes and progress in one roster - Run tournaments for your own group - Coach tools are on the web at nearchess.com ♟️ SAFE FOR YOUNGER PLAYERS - Parental controls and per-feature limits - Content filtering on chat - Your games stay yours: download any game as PGN whenever you want WHO IS IT FOR? - Anyone who plays chess in person and wants it to count - Academy and college students who want a ladder and a record - Online players who want free game review without a subscription - Coaches and organisers running a group Download nearChess, and make your games count.

What's new

bug fixes in game play and stronger game analysis

Growing in Board

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