HIARCS Chess App Reviews

Program is not working properly with IOS 8. Do not upgrade until they have a fix. Im waiting for hiarcs to reply. Cannot save or load games.

Feature rich. Extremely useful as learning tool.

This program is without question, I believe, one of the best chess program anywhere! Keep up the great work.

Hiarcs for the iPhone is a very strong and easy to use chess app that comes with no extra functions you never use and has great support from the developer...recommended whether you are just learning or are polishing up for a tournament.

Im not going to write much as most the other reviews for older versions covered the details. The support for the 6+ is appreciated. Just wish it were easier to add the opening books.

Good app, great for beginners. A few UI issues that could be better but otherwise great and no real bugs on a 5s where I havent upgraded to iOS 8 yet.

Hiarcs is very weak vs stockfish app, the opening book is terrible and the price (10$) is terrible. Maybe 5 years ago this was worth 10$ but now its just a scam.

This app provides an opportunity to sharpen your skills no matter what your level of play. This chess app is a "must have". Well worth the $. This app helps you to focus, understand the correct move(s) to make & why, & learn to think/anticipate a few moves ahead. This app is awesome!!!

I have been a long time chess player and also have been a Chess teacher. Recently I was evaluating iPhone chess apps for my six-year-old nephew. I concluded that Hiarcs is the best of the bunch. It plays very quickly, has excellent difficulty levels for beginners, and is generally well designed.

I use the Hiarcs desktop program and now I use the Hiarcs iPhone application too. This app allows the use of enhanced opening books (note: these books are provided by the same Dev for a fee, but they are updated roughly twice each year and they are amazingly thorough). If I had one wish, it would be the ability to access online endgame tablebases but other than this, Hiarcs is a great tool for chess-on-the-go.

And keeps getting better.

Fantastic opening repertoire. Modern lines and impressive depth to every move. Will definitely improve your game to master level understanding. t

Very enjoyable chess program, human-like play.

While using hotspot , board/menu is not displayed properly and it is not playable. Many apps handle hotspot correctly. Been that way a while now. You would expect a better for a paid app. Chess Genius does it correctly

Best chess app available. It is cross platform and versions if it are able to run on my iMac, iPad and iPhone. It also has excellent controls for novice and experts alike. You will not be disappointed!

I probably own, easily, 20–25 different chess apps. I have never paid $10 for any of them until now, and I own some really good ones. I expected this to be the cream of the crop in chess apps, but it is far from it. The app is basically OK to average but not worth $10. There is much better stuff out there for much less money (or free). Very disappointed and would not purchase again.