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342 points avadhesh18 | 8 comments | 08 Jul 25 08:57 UTC | HN request time: 2.069s | source | bottom

Hi HN!

I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet.

Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess.

OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in 1/2/3/4/5, tactics like pins/forks/skewers, or openings like Sicilian/French, etc). You gain or lose points based on how you perform, so there's a light rating system to keep things engaging.

No accounts, no tracking, no monthly subscriptions, no internet required. Just pure, old-school tactical chess training, wherever you are.

You can check out the iPhone/iPad app at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-puzzles-offchess/id67447... or the Android app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.offchess

Would love feedback, bug reports, or suggestions.

Thanks!

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rprouse ◴[08 Jul 25 10:57 UTC] No.44498868[source]▶
The app is full screen on my Samsung mobile so your bottom navigation is underneath the onscreen Android navigation and unusable. Happy to submit an issue and screenshots if you have a GitHub repo.

Other than that, it is working nicely so far.

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stavros ◴[08 Jul 25 11:05 UTC] No.44498907[source]▶
Same here, there's some text at the top that's below my clock and icons:

https://imgz.org/ibGDKfuf/

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avadhesh18 ◴[08 Jul 25 11:37 UTC] No.44499066[source]▶
That's not supposed to happen, there should be space left for a status bar and a navigation bar. Can you share the make and model of your device?
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1. stavros ◴[08 Jul 25 11:38 UTC] No.44499074[source]▶
Yes, it's a Nothing 2.
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2. avadhesh18 ◴[08 Jul 25 15:17 UTC] No.44500820[source]▶
Fixed, update should be available as soon as Google approves.
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3. stavros ◴[08 Jul 25 15:22 UTC] No.44500877[source]▶
Thank you!
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4. avadhesh18 ◴[09 Jul 25 03:26 UTC] No.44506094{3}[source]▶
Did you update? Should be fixed now.
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5. stavros ◴[09 Jul 25 08:08 UTC] No.44507412{4}[source]▶
There's no update for me yet :(
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6. avadhesh18 ◴[09 Jul 25 08:29 UTC] No.44507554{5}[source]▶
Sometimes it takes a while for Google Pla to distribute the update in different parts of the world. Check Google Play in a few hours and it should be there. I have confirmed with multiple people and they say the issue has been fixed with the update. If you still have the issue you can always mail me.
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7. stavros ◴[09 Jul 25 08:32 UTC] No.44507578{6}[source]▶
I got the update and the issue is fixed, thanks! Still no border when capturing, though (I don't know if that's been implemented yet).
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8. avadhesh18 ◴[09 Jul 25 08:46 UTC] No.44507668{7}[source]▶
> Still no border when capturing

For that you will have to wait for the next minor update.