Would anyone actually use a simple offline chess analysis app?

QUESTION

Anyone else feel like chess analysis apps on the Play Store have gotten way too bloated?

Most of them have a million things going on, annoying UIs, and subscriptions for stuff that should honestly be basic — like just getting an eval bar or analyzing a game.

I’m thinking about building a simple one in Flutter. Nothing crazy — offline Stockfish running directly on the phone, a clean board, PGN/Chess.com imports, and no paywall around the basic analysis.

I know there are already some big apps out there, so I’m curious — would you actually use something like this, or is the chess app space already too crowded for an indie developer to bother?

Posted Sep 8, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC

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