ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal
Log every game with result, color, and time control. See your win rate, chart your rating, keep a streak, and fix the leaks that cost you. Syncs on iPhone, iPad.
Download on theApp StoreChessGrind is a tracker for chess players who want to improve. Log your games, see your real numbers, build your opening repertoire, and keep a list of the mistakes that cost you, with a fix for each. No account, no tracking. Everything lives on your device and in your private iCloud, and syncs across your iPhone and iPad.
A Game Journal That Adds Up
Log every game with the result, the side you played, the time control, the opponent, and the opening. Filter by result and watch the journal grow into your record.
Your Real Numbers
ChessGrind computes your win rate and your record split by color and by time control, so you learn that you score well with White in rapid but leak points in blitz as Black. The numbers come only from the games you log.
A Rating Chart You Control
Note your rating whenever you check it and ChessGrind plots the trend. Keep separate lines for Chess.com blitz, Lichess rapid, or your over the board rating, and see the change over the last thirty days at a glance.
A Study Routine and a Streak
Log study blocks by theme: tactics, endgames, openings, strategy, and game review. A streak counts the days you keep it up, a two week strip shows your rhythm, and a chart breaks down where your time actually goes. Turn on a daily reminder to protect the streak.
The Leak List You Actually Fix
Name the mistakes that keep costing you games. Give each one a category, the pattern behind it, and the fix you will use instead, then advance it from open to working to fixed with a tap. This is the feature that turns review into progress.
Opening Repertoire
Save the openings you play with the main line, the ECO code, and the plans and ideas behind them. Pull one into a game entry with a tap.
Export What Is Yours (pro)
Generate a one page PDF performance report with your record, win rates, streaks, rating, and open leaks, ready to print or share with a coach. Export your games, ratings, and leaks as CSV files with ISO dates for any spreadsheet.
On Every Device
ChessGrind syncs across iPhone and iPad with iCloud. The iPad layout puts your dashboard and charts side by side.
Free Vs Pro
Free includes 20 games and 3 leaks with every tool: the journal, win rate stats, the rating chart, study streaks, and opening repertoire. ChessGrind Pro unlocks an unlimited game journal, unlimited leak tracking, and the PDF and CSV exports.
ChessGrind Pro is offered as a monthly subscription or a yearly subscription, or as a one time Lifetime unlock. The live local price is shown in the app before you buy. Pro subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation, and the subscription renews unless you turn off auto renew at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions; cancellation applies at the end of the current period. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal does one job well, works offline, keeps your data on your device, and syncs through your private iCloud. There is no account to create.
Who it is for
ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal is for anyone who wants a dependable way to handle this without a spreadsheet or a complicated setup. It sits in the Games category on the App Store.
Private by design
No ads, no trackers, no data harvesting. Your entries stay on your device and sync only through your own private iCloud, so they move between your devices without passing through our servers. There is a Delete All My Data control, so you stay in charge.
Common questions
What is ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal?
Log every game with result, color, and time control. See your win rate, chart your rating, keep a streak, and fix the leaks that cost you. Syncs on iPhone, iPad.
Is ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal on the App Store?
Yes. It is available now on the App Store.
Does ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal work offline?
Yes. Everything runs on your device, so it works with no signal.
Does ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal sync between devices?
Yes. Your data syncs through your own private iCloud. We never see it.
Does ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal work on iPad?
Yes. It is a universal app and runs natively on iPhone and iPad.
Does ChessGrind: Chess Game Journal include in-app purchases?
Some advanced features require an in-app purchase. The App Store shows the current choices, prices, and terms for your storefront before you confirm anything.
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