ChessKid review

ChessKid is the clear pick for children. Its home page lists 150+ interactive lessons, thousands of puzzles, bots from gentle beginner to master, and play against kids worldwide, all inside a safety design with no chat, auto-generated usernames and child activity reports for parents. ChessKid says 2000+ schools use it, and it offers teacher training videos and an online classroom. A free account covers the basics, while Gold removes limits on puzzles, lessons, videos, workouts and game history and adds a Live Classroom for real-time lessons, custom usernames and Gold bots. Buying Gold also upgrades the parent account. The membership page offers monthly, quarterly and yearly Gold, with the yearly plan marked as saving 65% compared with monthly. That page showed us prices in PLN, so the USD price is marked pending. Teenagers and adults will find Chess.com a better fit.

Who it is for

children and parents who want a safe place to learn

Price

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Key features

• 150+ interactive lessons with videos and practice
• Play other kids or bots from beginner to master level
• Safety design with no chat, auto-generated usernames and child activity reports
• Gold adds unlimited puzzles from 50K+, lessons, videos, workouts and game history
• Live Classroom tool for real-time teaching on Gold

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Built for kids, with no chat and generated usernames
• Strength: Used by 2000+ schools, with teacher resources
• Strength: Translated into 30+ languages
• Weakness: Unlimited use needs a Gold membership
• Weakness: Prices shown to us were in PLN, not USD
• Weakness: Older teens may find the style young

Key facts

• Lessons: 150+ interactive
• Puzzles: 50K+ with Gold
• Schools: 2000+
• Languages: 30+
• Plans: Monthly, quarterly and yearly Gold

Where it ranks

ChessKid is No. 5 in our Best Chess Learning Apps verdict.