Checkers and Draughts at App Store analyse

App power index: 156 (based on ranks around App Stores today)
Games Board Family
Developer: Uwe Meier
Price: 0 free
Current version: 2.2, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 20 Nov 2010
App size: 29.99 Mb
4.0 ( 1920 ratings )
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Estimation application downloads and cost

> 3.43k
Monthly downloads
~ $ 1.4k
Estimation App Cost


Game Highlights:
- Variety of different Checkers/Draughts games from all over the world
- Play against computer
- Play against others on same device

available games:
(1) Free Package
- American Checkers
- Philippines Draughts
- Pool Checkers

(2) Game Pak 1:
- International Draughts
- Italian Checkers
- Frisian Checkers
- Russian Draughts 8x8
- Russian Draughts 10x8

(3) Game Pak 2:
- Brazilian Draughts
- Spanish Checkers
- Malaysian Checkers 8x8
- Malaysian Checkers 10x10

(4) Game Pak 4: (iPad only)
- Canadian Draughts 12x12
- Malaysian Checkers 12x12


Checkers or Draughts, as it is known in Great Britain, has ancient roots. It is thought that the earliest form of checkers was a game discovered in an archeological dig at Ur in Iraq. Carbon dating makes it appear that this game was played around 3000 B.C. However, the game used a slightly different board, a different number of pieces and no one is quite certain of the exact rules.

In Ancient Egypt a game called Alquerque, which had a 5X5 board was a common and much played game. Historians have traced it as far back as 1400 B.C. It was a game of such popularity that it was played all over the western world for thousands of years.

Around 1100 a Frenchman got the idea of playing the game on a chess board. This meant expanding the number of pieces to 12 on a side. It was then called "Fierges" or "Ferses". It was soon found that making jumps mandatory made the game more challenging. The French called this version "Jeu Force". The older version was considered more of a social game for women and was called "Le Jeu Plaisant De Dames".

Now the rules for checkers were set and the game was exported to England and America. In Great Britain the game was called "Draughts". Books were written on the game in Spain as early as the mid 1500s and in England a mathematician name William Payne wrote his own treatise on Draughts in 1756.

Over the years, many countries developed their own version of checkers/draughts and adjusted the rules, board size and color of pieces. They all share the same principal of rules, but added new rules or modified existing ones.

In Checkers and Draughts you find a variety of different checkers/draught games from all over the world. You can play the games either against the computer, other playes on the same device or you can connect to other devices (iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad) through the bluetooth connection and play against players on other devices.
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# Term Store county Place Priority
1 uwe meier 6 ⭐️⭐️
Available in countries
Country Price
Canada free
China free
France free
Germany free
Italy free
Netherlands free
Portugal free
Spain free
Poland free
UK free
India free
Japan free
Korea, Republic Of free
Poland free
Russia free
Turkey free
USA free
Korea, Republic Of free
Ukraine free
Available for devices
iPad2Wifi, iPad23G, iPhone4S, iPadThirdGen, iPadThirdGen4G, iPhone5, iPodTouchFifthGen, iPadFourthGen, iPadFourthGen4G, iPadMini, iPadMini4G, iPhone5c, iPhone5s, iPadAir, iPadAirCellular, iPadMiniRetina, iPadMiniRetinaCellular, iPhone6, iPhone6Plus, iPadAir2, iPadAir2Cellular, iPadMini3, iPadMini3Cellular, iPodTouchSixthGen, iPhone6s, iPhone6sPlus, iPadMini4, iPadMini4Cellular, iPadPro, iPadProCellular, iPadPro97, iPadPro97Cellular, iPhoneSE, iPhone7, iPhone7Plus, iPad611, iPad612, iPad71, iPad72, iPad73, iPad74, iPhone8, iPhone8Plus, iPhoneX, iPad75, iPad76, iPhoneXS, iPhoneXSMax, iPhoneXR, iPad812, iPad834, iPad856, iPad878, Watch4, iPadMini5, iPadMini5Cellular, iPadAir3, iPadAir3Cellular, iPodTouchSeventhGen, iPhone11, iPhone11Pro, Watch5, iPadSeventhGen, iPadSeventhGenCellular, iPhone11ProMax, iPhoneSESecondGen, iPadProSecondGen, iPadProSecondGenCellular, iPadProFourthGen, iPadProFourthGenCellular,
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Le niveau n est pas terrible mais conviendrait aux joueurs occasionnels. Ce qui est insupportable c est la jouabilité; c est un enfer pour déplacer les pions; vous trouverez bien mieux au même prix

Mir gefällt es super ;: )

Endlich mal so richtig viele Regel-Varianten wie man sich nur wünschen kann !!! Genial : )

Good app

The only flaw is the game script is hard read (just a little). A selection of piece styles would be nice.

Keep crashing, buggy logic

This game would be nice if it was not crashing every four or five moves on my iPad 2. It also crashed when you navigate the menus (asking for the Rules is a sure way to crash the application). At least the game remember the last position you were so you do not have to restart your game from the beginning. But frankly, the crashing issue is really annoying. I even bought an add-on thinking that removing the add from the free version would correct the problem. No chance. The logic is also very buggy. Under some condition, the application declares a draw when the player is winning. For example, only two kings are left on the board and the player is in a position to capture the AI piece. A draw will be declared. On the plus side, the graphics are nice and there is different type of checkers that you can play. But because of the issues which I considered very important, I recommend to wait for a version that corrects them before buying this products. UPDATED: I also found out that when you increased difficulty, the crashes occur more often.

Шашки

Русские шашки все время вылетают при на сложном уровне. Зря купил ((

Хорошо сделано, но иногда вылетает

При игре в русские шашки программа вылетает, но позиция сохраняется. В целом программа производит хорошее впечатление. Нужен русский язык.

Loved this game!

Tyvm! Its the best checkers game for ipad! And with gamecenter integration! And option to purchase table options!!! Im braziian and Im very glad to find the option to purchase brazilian checkers variant ingame, tyvm!

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