Shredder Chess for iPad
How much does Shredder Chess for iPad cost?
Prices are current as of 28 Sept 2026.
Shredder Chess for iPad has no in-app products on record in the United States.
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| Germany | €9.99 |
| United States | $8.99 |
| Netherlands | €9.99 |
| Switzerland | CHF 8.00 |
| United Kingdom | £8.99 |
| Austria | €9.99 |
| Canada | CA$11.99 |
| Sweden | SEK 119.00 |
| Australia | A$14.99 |
| Spain | €9.99 |
| France | €9.99 |
| Belgium | €9.99 |
| Norway | NOK 99.00 |
| Russia | RUB 799.00 |
| Czech Republic | CZK 249.00 |
| Denmark | DKK 79.00 |
| Hungary | HUF 3,990 |
| Italy | €9.99 |
| Poland | PLN 39.99 |
| Argentina | $8.99 |
| Brazil | R$59.90 |
| Finland | €9.99 |
| Hong Kong | HK$68.00 |
| Japan | ¥1,500 |
| South Korea | ₩15,000 |
| Mexico | MX$199.00 |
| Malaysia | MYR 39.90 |
| New Zealand | NZ$14.99 |
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| Thailand | THB 299.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED 34.99 |
| Chile | CLP 9,990 |
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| India | ₹999.00 |
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| Romania | RON 49.99 |
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Shredder Chess for iPad reviews
4.4 out of 5, based on 273 reviews.
What people like
- AI automatically adjusts difficulty to match your skill.
- Interface is simple, clean, and easy to navigate.
- Puzzle section is fun and well-designed.
What they complain about
- App crashes and freezes on newer iOS versions.
- Puzzles lack explanations for why moves are correct.
- You must pay again to use it on iPhone.
- Graphics look blurry and outdated on high-res screens.
OS 27
Needs to be upgraded. Bombs with OS 27. I just changed this to five stars after upgrade.
Put out to pasture??
I didn’t review comments before downloading. Had I done so, I would have noticed no reviews more recent than one year ago. There’s only one of those and the rest are two years or older - a clear sign of neglect. Program performance and consistency also indicate neglect - IMHO. My first foray has been with the puzzles - which are “interesting” but frequently obtuse - with no explanations as to WHY one has managed to solve a puzzle. (Perhaps my lack of a Grand Master’s knowledge of the game is the reason I don’t understand - - but I don’t think so.) When one decides to play a position from the end of a puzzle to explore why a puzzle may have been solved, the program is completely bonkers - sometimes reversing board positions - sometimes not; sometimes playing automatically - sometimes not; and SOMETIMES making the most garishly amateur automatic plays so that it seems like an intentional loss is intended. I’m going to just move on. No point in attempting to contact a “support” department that must be moribund.
Puzzles Interface CHAMPION LEVEL
Clearly the best chess puzzle interface, clearly fun among the several chess apps with puzzles that I possess! Other chess programs have far better game playing ability today. Most exceed the average chess player’s skill level but I like this app but also use Chess Pro due to their wonderful user interfaces.
Stürzt unter iPadOS 27.0 ab
Leider Stürzt die App beim Starten eines neuen Spieles ab.
Well-done Chess app, BUT...
Shredder's iOS chess version is a well designed app. But the reply to a recent email I sent the company was misleading. Importing outside games was not added to this recent update. It still cannot show a move list which would allow you to quickly return to an earlier point to attempt a different move sequence. As a result, reviewing a game in Shredder is more cumbersome than Stockfish, tChess, Hiarcs, and ChessHD. The full-computer version of Shredder was just updated to v13 from v12 so I assume this app is stronger? The game's analysis function is nice but less useful than those of the tChess and "Analyze This" chess apps. It is hard to evaluate playing strength between the top iOS chess apps but Stockfish almost certainly is the strongest, and it may get an update soon as the full-computer version went from v7 to v8 a few weeks ago. Important - Stockfish is FREE. Shredder's value is its interface - the Puzzle Section is fun but a more extensive iOS "chess puzzle only" app is available and less expensive. The game play interface is easy to use(!) and attractive, and I enjoy the "game evaluation meter" over a simple number for whom is ahead in a game as seen in the other chess apps. Lastly, it is still possible that more database and game importing features will be added if the firm's recent email to me was accurate. I like Shredder and I do have hope.
Thanks for the update
Really appreciate the iPadOS 27 update!
Aweful ui
You have to tap the share icon to start a new game. The graphics are rubbish.
Needs File Sharing
The puzzles are good. The engine is reasonably strong. It needs file sharing so you can import pgn games.
Buggy and terrible user interface
I love the iPhone version of this so was excited to see this app when I got my iPad. However it’s obvious very little work has been done on this app to convert it properly. The most useful feature for me personally - position analysis - is gone. Setting up a position is really awkward in a tiny screen - why oh why not on the full screen? And there are bugs. The user interface has always been a little unintuitive in shredder but it’s really janky and half baked here. I guess there’s little chance of an update so I’ll keep using the iPhone version.
Best app out there but room for improvement
It is the best app out there but it much more clunky then iPhone app. Control panel located inconveniently at the top of the page. Seemingly haphazard placement of controls means toggling between different pages especially when playing consecutive puzzles. The whole thing feels slipshod and not very well thought out. Seems the whole thing could be streamlined for better of use.
❤️❤️
I’ve used this chess app for many years and it’s just great!!! No other app out there compares.
does not work in ios10
menus do not work in IOS 10, unusable until updated
Very Good w/Caveats
I’ve played over 3,000 matches with Shredder. It’s flexible, powerful, and has most of the bells and whistles. The flexible game save function is helpful, and the leveling mechanic is reasonable. The biggest downsides are 1. The move suggestions, at least at my (middling) level are laughable. Follow them and you’ll win every time. But if you back up and try the same move on your own, without triggering it as a hint, you’ll be slaughtered. Meaning, when Shredder is teaching you, it sets up unrealistic responses that allow it to make successful hints. This is, in fact, the opposite of helpful. Even at my level, it was immediately obvious that the suggested moves were idiotic. 2. The puzzles are of little use, as they only test your knowledge. They do little to help you learn more. There is no explanation for why this or that is “...the best move for white”. And because it’s also timing you and scoring you, it feels judging, not supportive. When you fail, you just move on to the next puzzle, you don’t learn anything. It’s frustrating. Finally, the visuals are quite dated at this point, though that is obviously subjective and minor. All in all, it has a lot going for it, but really shows weaknesses as a teaching tool.
SCAM ALERT!!!! SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!
Elo is only 2600 and plays like 1700. I have played several games against the engine and Shredder resigned every game but one. This app won’t teach you ANYTHING!! What rhymes with cam? (SCAM)👎👎
bug
.i dont think you last move was good keeps popping up even if my next move is a checkmate.
One of the best chess apps
Shredder’s user interface may have been overtaken by Christophe Theron’s Chess Pro based on the Chess Tiger engine. Despite its weaker engine, Chess Pro only narrowly wins overall as a better app due to better game analysis functionality that Shredder Chess also has. I would not recommend one over the other but rather getting both! Some of Shredder’s outstanding features are the simplicity and elegance of the user interface, ability to randomly alter the engine’s personality, automatic Elo rating adaptation based on game outcomes, ability to transmit games individually or as a collection of games in PGN format. Chess Tiger Pro currently cannot email as a collection of games but rather individually. Despite its age, Shredder remains one the best chess playing apps on iOS. It’s playing strength can automatically be adapted to the user’s playing strength if desired. There is an opening book. There is a basic position analysis function. There are puzzles. There is an indicator about which side is winning during the game. While not as good as a graph, it still makes it easy to detect blunders when there are abrupt shifts of the indicator. The biggest negative about Shredder is that it’s iPhone version is a separate purchase :-(
Kurzes Vergnügen mit iOS 10
Leider lässt sich nach Beendigung der ersten Partie kein neues Spiel starten. Der Bug ist wohl bekannt, aber nach 2 Monaten noch nicht behoben? Naja ...
Is a good program, but...
Shredder has a very nice interface and a strong engine, but it seems it should include some of the features of the pc version for training, time control and variation analysis so that it can offset the relatively high price of the application...reason i am writing this is because if you download the FREE app Stockfish, i am afraid you will find perhaps a slightly better chess application. I hope shredder increases value in coming updates.
No new game button!
Such a dumb fail in the design of this game that there is no new game option on any menu! You have to scroll back all your moves through an entire game to get back to the beginning to play a new game! Duh!
Cheats
Once it's obvious you're going to win, it calls a stalemate and stops the game.
Great chess program
This is a great iPad chess app. Several different AI playing styles. After you play enough games to establish a rating it plays at your strength level. You can save and export games if you want to analyze them using whatever PC chess engine you use. Shredder also has an online chess server for a small annual subscription fee. Just a great app for iPad.
Funktioniert leider nur noch stark eingeschränkt.
Schade. Shredder funktioniert leider nur noch stark eingeschränkt. Eine Anpassung an IOS10 ist defacto unausweichlich. Sobald Kompatibilität wieder hergestellt wird, gibt es auch wieder eine Empfehlung.
Great, but........
It's great that Shredder has an app for iPhone. iPad and even Mac. However, what's missing is syncing. Why hasn't iCloud syncing been built into these apps? I should be able to start a game on my iPad and finish it on my iPhone or Mac.
Good and bad
Easy to use and good competitive play. The inability to play music on my device while I play and the very weak (and unexplained) suggested moves feature is very annoying. The worst is the developer refusing to acknowledge a bug where threefold repetition draws get called after only 2.5 repetitions.
Problems
Great app, but since latest iOS problem section freezes. No recent updates.
Excellent
I have owned Shredder on my pc for many years. I’ve even won a few games. The iPad version is the best I’ve come across on that platform. Not quite as many features as the pc version, but excellent and quite well conceived.
Update Needed
App hasn't been updated in nearly two years and does not function properly with iOS 10.0.
Needs Display Update
Shredder is a one of the best chess apps. However pieces are blurry and difficult to see on iPad, especially against all of the dark boards. The shadow renderings on the pieces add to the blur effect and confuse the eye enough to be distracting. Please update graphics and add more light- colored boards. Otherwise great app!
kein synch, keine Zweiplayeroption
Erst einmal ärgerlich, dass die ipad-version extra Geld zur Iphone Version kostet. Und dann noch nicht einmal das Laden von Pgn- Dateien möglich. Daher auch keine Synchronisation zwischen verschiedenen Geräten. Und die Desktop App kostet wieder separat. Zu teuer. Und auf dem ipad ist das Spielen zu zweit nicht möglich, oder die option ist extrem gut versteckt. Definitiv keine Kaufempfehlung
Missing good pen support
Great app for playing chess and entering games into pgn notation. No support for importing your own pgn database, even one created using Shredder for the Mac!!!!
Best offline opponent
The AI handicap is awesome. It adjusts its strength automatically to challenge you constantly even as you improve. When I'm not playing online with lichess, shredder is the next best thing.
Was my favorite app, but then iOS 8 came along...
This was my favorite app, particularly for the puzzels. I have spent many enteratining hours with this execllent engine. But it hasn't worked since the introduction of iOS 8. It hangs frequently and is essentially unsable. An update has been promised, but there has been no sign of it. I hate to give Shredder one star, but until it is fixed it deserves no stars. Do not buy if you have already installed iOS 8. I am beginning to wonder if the developer is serious about supporting iOS, if not, he should remove the app from the store.
My Favorite Chess app for the iPad
This is my favorite Chess app for the iPad, but there is room for improvement; read on... Pros: 1) It's easy to use 2) It has a chess coach and analysis 3) It has a strength bar indicating who has the advantage and how strong that advantage is. 4) It has puzzles Cons: 1) The UI could use a little attention A) It's starting to feel dated B) Some of the images are fuzzy, not retina or not pixel aligned C) The menu button is confusing as its really a Back button on a navigation controller. D) There is no warning when doing something that will make the game unratable. The $10 off coupon is nice but on the Mac I prefer the Hiarcs chess app as it has more features, is stronger and they seem to treat upgrades to a new version more fairly.
Ok but not great
1- doesn't come with a database of famous games ( not even on online one) 2- you cannot open a game from an email or text ( in case someone wants to send you his game) 3- When coordinates are displayed on the board you cannot see them clearly because they get mixed up with the pieces resting on the end rows
Good app
I like this app - the meter is a cool function and so are the puzzles. I have HIARCS also and I find that it is a bit easier on that app to jump in and out of the analysis, so one critique of Shredder would be that I don't personally find the GUI to be very intuitive. Overall a good bargain for a nice software. It would be nice to somehow have a chess app that could help explain why a move is preferred rather than just numerical analysis.... But I suppose that's what a human coach is for. However maybe a developer could take the time to write brief verbal analysis of the chess problems themselves - this approach would be insightful for those interested in solving problems.
iOS 10 update
Great app that has been updated to restore functionality in iOS 10. Probably the best all-around chess app in the iOS world. Solid and proven engine, reasonable features (though a few things like the ability to save info to iCloud or Dropbox would be helpful), and with the most recent update, it runs pretty fast again.
Fix iOS 8 bugs already
Freezes during puzzles.
Excellent but crashes with IOS8
Shredder is an outstanding piece of software. The interface is simple and easy to use and it plays well but is scalable. The only negatives are that it crashes in IOS8 on the iPad and when set to 1100 or so it makes foolish blunders that are not typical of players of that level ( e.g. Here's my queen. You can thank me later.).
Wenn ein „Weltmeisterprogramm“ …
nicht mal die 50-Züge-Regel kennt, ist das einfach nur schwach!!
Great app, worth the price…but not twice
One of the best chess apps I've ever encountered. However, having to pay again to enjoy this same app on my iPhone--my iPhone is always with me but the iPad stays at home--is ridiculous. I'd give 5 stars but subtract two for "double-billing".
First Class
This is a first class app. It's designed in several ways to help you improve your game and to enjoy the trip--most notably its ability to play at any level, so it's at just the right level for you. My only complaint is that the elo rating it gives you seems to be wrong. Right now it shows me having a rating of 11390, which is obviously a mistake.
Nich so doll
Spielstärke reicht für mich vollkommen aus. Rätseldatenbank relativ klein. Darstellung des Spielbretts mangelhaft. Auf meinem iPad 3 schnurzelt das Brett andauernd auf Minigröße zusammen und verdeckt dann auch noch die Steuerungs- bzw. Befehlleiste. Wegen dieses Fehlers muss ich andauernd das iPad resetten. Dann geht' s ein zweimal, bis unverhofft der gleiche Fehler auftritt. Dringend Update bedürftig.
Great
Great app for the 3.99 price tag. Needs a chess clock to finish it off.
Disappointment
This app is disappointing. The functions of endings and openings it claims are not as good or even been able to use yet. Very limited options also especially for settings.
Good chess app however ….
An enjoyable chess app that can really improve your game however there is a few problems with it, firstly I think it should include a browsable openings database and second there is a bug in the puzzle section: when you complete a puzzle successfully and click stop in order to find the oppositions best move, you are unable to move any of the pieces as apparently there is no correct move, due to a window popping up saying " Sorry, this is not the correct move" even though in the bottom left hand corner it says " Find the best move for …" implying that there must be a correct move.
I Love It
Absolutely the best chess app. Could do with an update though ;)
t Chess Pro still needed though...
Shredder has one fundamental problem. It does not let me copy and paste the pgn of a game. "Ah," you might say, "but you can send the game out as an email attachment.". Well that is pretty useless on an iPad because Shredder cannot then read the pgn attachment back in!!! This is where t Chess Pro saves the day. It can read the attachment, DocsToGo-style. Solution? Just ignore Shredder, get t Chess Pro and save yourself all this hassle. Don't get me wrong, I purchased Shredder years back for the PC, and use it regularly there, copy and paste, the lot. But on the iPad, Shredder is a let-down.
Needs to be able to import games from outside of shredder
Copy/paste pgn. Pretty basic.
Schachprogramm gut, aber keine Updates
Eigentlich das beste Schachproggi im Store, aber mit den Updates geht bei denen leider gar nix vorwärts 😢 Habe im Juni diesen Jahres nach nem Update für das Retina Display gefragt und die Aussage bekomme "wir arbeiten schon dran"... Mensch das muss aber ein Superduperspitzenupdate werden.
Es geht bergab!
Shredder war einmal ganz weit vorn bei den iOS Schachprogrammen. Aktuell haben aber viele Programme überholt und die neue "Uhr" ist völlig daneben und die ELO Wertung immer noch sehr optimistisch. Die Einstellmöglichkeiten der Uhr sind gering (FIDE Standard?) und nach einem Appwechsel ist die Uhr völlig durcheinander. Gleiches bei (unerlaubter, aber möglicher) Zugrücknahme. Die Bedenkzeit steht in keinem Verhältnis zur Zugqualität. Bessert lieber die vielen Defizite in Analyse und Import nach!
Shredder Chess for iPad FAQ
- Is Shredder Chess for iPad free?
- No. Shredder Chess for iPad costs $8.99 (US) to download.
- Does Shredder Chess for iPad have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Shredder Chess for iPad?
- Chess Pro with Coach (4.7 from 7,863 reviews, premium from $9.99), Chess - tChess Pro (4.5 from 786 reviews) and HIARCS Chess for iPad (4.7 from 681 reviews).
Shredder Chess for iPad download
Last updated 20 days ago.
Shredder Chess for iPad sells in 174 countries. It was released 16 years and 6 months ago, on 1 Apr 2010. It holds a 4.4 rating from 273 reviews.
Supports 2 languages: English, German.
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