Half a year ago we released the new Lichess mobile app – read more here.
The development hasn’t slowed down since, and our team and open source contributors have been busy. Thank you to the volunteers who give their time and expertise to help build and improve the app!
What’s new
Variant support
You can now analyse and play all your favourite variants in the app.
Play vs Computer
By far our most requested feature: Play offline against the computer. Choose from 12 difficulty levels, or switch on practice mode for instant feedback.
Learn from mistakes
Just finished a game and wondering what went wrong? Review your errors and improve your play with Learn from mistakes
Open PGN files
Games from your coach, tournament exports, your own saved files… Open them all, right in the app.
Team tournaments
Play the Lichess Bundesliga and other team tournaments directly from your phone. Find them using the “Open tournaments” homepage widget, or open a direct link.
More stable
A lot of quiet work went into making the analysis feature and engine more reliable. Stockfish has been upgraded to the newest and strongest version 18. Broadcasts got some improvements too, such as player photos and tiebreak calculations. Notably Candidates participant and current world number 9 Anish Giri described the broadcast feature as “in the state of perfection”.
Source: https://xcancel.com/anishgiri/status/1987932494750966205
The old app is being retired
The old app has reached end of life and has been removed from the stores. Features have been breaking, maintaining backwards compatibility costs a lot of developer time and an outdated app is a security concern. Especially when there is a more modern, actively maintained app available.
Download the new app on Google Play or the App Store
If you run into any issues or have questions, ask them in the forum or open an issue on the GitHub repository.
We hope you enjoy the new app. Please leave us a review if you can!