Deep Green 4+
No-nonsense classical chess.
Cocoa Stuff
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- Free
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Description
A no-nonsense classical chess app.
- CLEAN UI: Deep Green offers a distraction-free experience in a clean, native user interface.
- CUSTOM PIECE DESIGN: Beautiful chess set designed specifically for Deep Green and rendered at high resolution in both outline and 3D throughout the app.
- TIGHT SYSTEM INTEGRATION: Deep Green is built as a native app and features system-level Sharing, undo/redo, contextual menus, Dark Mode and more.
- OPEN GAME FORMAT: Games can be shared, saved, copied, pasted, imported, exported in the ubiquitous, open source PGN and FEN formats.
- UNIQUE CHESS ENGINE: Enjoyable opponent with adjustable strength, praised for its humane gameplay, developed for Deep Green on the Apple Newton more than 25 years ago.
- TWEAKABLE APPEARANCE: Engage the knights in the game by having them turn towards the center of the board, apply a humane, slightly random placement of the pieces.
- MODERN ARCHITECTURE: Rewritten from scratch making it a modern, maintainable app, prepared for the future.
- PRIVATE, AD-FREE: No ads, no tracking, no analytics, no nonsense.
If you like Deep Green, please rate it favorably on the App Store.
What’s New
Version 2.0.2
Added
- You can now Share to Deep Green directly from within Files.app and other apps that can share PGN content.
Fixed
- Engine could crash while making move right after opening game (thanks Richard!)
- In a game where the player resigns after being checked, the king now goes to show resignation instead of just flashing and going back to normal.
- When sending an e-mail to support@deepgreen.app from within the app, it is now as plain text, not HTML. Unless you specifically apply rich content.
Plus the recent improvements in version 2.0.1:
Added
- Dark and Tinted app icons on iOS 18, refreshed light mode icon
- Copy Position (FEN) in addition to Copy Game (PGN) item in contextual menu, accessible from the Games List
Fixed
- Capturing rook on its start position did not update state correctly, causing the engine to crash
- Tapping New Game could cause the app to freeze when device’s Text Size was set to more than 100%
- Empty game list graphics looked like you could tap it to create new game
- Status bar appearance glitch when presenting What's New after first launch
- Animating between two non-adjacent positions could move pieces in a way they were not played in the game
- King highlighting between certain states made it appear almost flashing
- King highlighting in a drawn game was done in gray (is now yellow)
- Colors have been adjusted to improve contrast (still some way to go on the board scene in general)
- Board selection color is now more subdued
Ratings and Reviews
See AllProne to CRASHES
For years I have enjoyed playing chess using Deep Green but over that time it has become prone to crash. Often it will crash in the midst of a game but it can be restarted and resumes back where it was. But there are time when it crashes in the midst of an intense contest and restarting the application avails nothing; the board will flash back and immediately crash again. Fortunately, I have actually been able to capture the fatal board setups with a very quick screen shot to later continue on a more competent platform. I would consider this a fatal flaw for Deep Green especially considering that the last time this app was updated was at least 7 years ago at the time of this review; obsolete. Ostensibly the developers have become complacent.
Is the new design permanent?
The main reason I bought this game was the gorgeous design, and the new design just look like a generic life-less chess app :(
The old icon is also 10x nicer than the new one…
Is there any chance of making the old green-classic them & app icon be an option? I am currently holding back from updating the app 😬😬
Thank you!!
Major UI Change READ BEFORE UPDATING
This chess app is top notch—always has been. No other app is as enjoyable to use. BUT! This new update is a major change to the wooden board and pieces. It is no longer the green felt and classic wood. Look at the new version previews and make sure you’re ok with that before you update. The classic wood board is not an option. I wish it was. Also, the Steampunk engine’s gears no longer make noise. I miss both that and the old wood board.
App Privacy
The developer, Cocoa Stuff, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Joachim Bondo
- Size
- 26.1 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2008-2025 Joachim Bondo
- Price
- Free