Why is the chess.com app so bad? (compared to Lichess).

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Avatar of Turkish_Emperor_Jez

I've recently reinstalled chess.com on my new Galaxy tablet (after not being on here for a while) and it still sucks. It is incredibly clunky, nothing like Lichess in terms of smoothness and speed (when playing Bullet). 
I've played around with all the settings, including the Settings that are in the actual game and it is still utterly unplayable. Multiple times during a Bullet game I've needed to press the same square just to get the move to work, it seems as though the area of the square that activates a move is very small and seems to be literally just in the very centre of it.

By the way, the AI help is an even worse experience. Nearly as bad as all the pop ups....

Avatar of justbefair

I don't play bullet, but I recently got a new Android phone and I just reinstalled the Android app after a long period using the website only. It worked very well.

I had no problems with having to re-enter moves repeatedly. I suppose it is possible that chess.com and lichess define what constitutes a move tap within a square differently. Is it any tap anywhere in a defined x by x pixel area? I would think, however, that a tap to select a button (or square) would work the same across all apps.

I don't know what you were searching for help with. I doubt there is any help available on adjusting button sensitivity.

However, if you wanted to make a suggestion, you can do that by using the AI to make a suggestion on the Support site.

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8583752-how-do-i-report-a-bug-or-make-a-suggestion

Avatar of Turkish_Emperor_Jez

It works on Android, but in Bullet games it is the worst. And I've tried it on both iPads, Android tablets and Android phones. Unplayable (bullet chess).

Avatar of turnoffthefaucet

I just lost a game on the iOS app, because I can’t do multiple premoves. Chess.com has been promising a fix for years. It’s really strange, given their pursuit of the dollar, that they haven’t fixed this issue. I rarely play on my phone, wait until I’m home to use android, and I suspect I’m only one of many. They lose ad revenue because of this issue.

I have tried the site in a browser, but it’s so laggy it drives me nuts.