As the title suggests, there are some essential features (in my opinion), which are on the website but missing in the App. I am now going to list some of them:
-Opening Explorer: This can only be accessed by going to a daily game and then going all the way back to the beginning of the game. Now you're in the opening explorer.
-Analysis Board: You can access this by going to "Computer" setting both players to human and then turning on Analysis mode. You cannot use the opening explorer in this mode, you cannot import a PGN/FEN and look at it. Also there is only 1 engine line that is being calculated.
-Conditional moves in daily games: Not available in the app.
-Clubs/Vote chess: Not available in the app.
-Game Archive: I can look at my and other people's recent games, but there is no option to filter them like on the website.
-Puzzle Rush: This is a quite recent feature, so I get why this would not be in the App yet. Still, it would be quite nice to have this on the go.
Apart from that the app feels buggy at times and is not syncing correctly with the website.
For example I can not just search for a new daily game, because the app displays my rating 300 points to low (but only in the "play" section) and I get "The rating bandwith must include your own ranking" error. Logging out and in again did not help.
The next lesson is also not synced. On the homescreen of the app the "Moving the Rook" lesson is displayed although my next lesson on the website would be something completely different.
Especially the first two problems could be solved quite easily since they are already in the App but cumbersome to reach. Just add a point in the menu called Analysis board, where you can set up a position, import games and use the opening explorer.
I know that one can use all of the website's features on mobile site in the browser, but then why have an App at all?
You may not understand this but apps and websites are developed by teams of people. Chess.com has separate teams for the Android app, the IOS app and the website. They have spent the last several years updating the website.
They have a list of many things that they would like to develop. They can't all happen at the same time.
The things you have listed are not "basic features". They have to reliably work on thousands of different devices before they can be added.
Many people are thrilled about Puzzle Rush. There are a few complainers however who don't understand why everything doesn't happen simultaneously on all three platforms.
Many IOS app users are happy that tournaments were added this year for IOS.
Many web users are happy that the long awaited migration from V2 happened this year. Puzzle Rush seems to be an exciting new feature. There are still a few complainers who believe that the site should go back to what it was in the year 2010.
I note that you have been playing here for years and have not paid a cent. Maybe in your magic land where things can be developed instantly with no cost or complication that makes sense but if you want things to move more quickly, you should subscribe. (Don't give me that,"I'll subscribe when they give me everything I want"crap.)
As the title suggests, there are some essential features (in my opinion), which are on the website but missing in the App. I am now going to list some of them:
(Edit: I am talking about the Android App, since I don't have any knowledge of the iOS App)
-Opening Explorer: This can only be accessed by going to a daily game and then going all the way back to the beginning of the game. Now you're in the opening explorer.
-Analysis Board: You can access this by going to "Computer" setting both players to human and then turning on Analysis mode. You cannot use the opening explorer in this mode, you cannot import a PGN/FEN and look at it. Also there is only 1 engine line that is being calculated.
-Conditional moves in daily games: Not available in the app.
-Clubs/Vote chess: Not available in the app.
-Game Archive: I can look at my and other people's recent games, but there is no option to filter them like on the website.
-Puzzle Rush: This is a quite recent feature, so I get why this would not be in the App yet. Still, it would be quite nice to have this on the go.
Apart from that the app feels buggy at times and is not syncing correctly with the website.
For example I can not just search for a new daily game, because the app displays my rating 300 points to low (but only in the "play" section) and I get "The rating bandwith must include your own ranking" error. Logging out and in again did not help.
The next lesson is also not synced. On the homescreen of the app the "Moving the Rook" lesson is displayed although my next lesson on the website would be something completely different.
Especially the first two problems could be solved quite easily since they are already in the App but cumbersome to reach. Just add a point in the menu called Analysis board, where you can set up a position, import games and use the opening explorer.
I know that one can use all of the website's features on mobile site in the browser, but then why have an App at all?