In this app, users can browse and search large chess game databases and analyze positions with integrated engines. Includes PGN import, game editing, Favorites, and game replay features.
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AppRecs rating 3.9. Trustworthiness 80 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 27 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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3.9
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Ratings breakdown
5 star
54%
4 star
8%
3 star
19%
2 star
3%
1 star
15%
What to know
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Low review manipulation risk
27% review manipulation risk
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Credible reviews
80% trustworthiness score from analyzed reviews
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Good user ratings
62% positive sampled reviews
About Scid on the go
Features
* Browse Scid (Shane's Chess Information Database) files, optimized for databases with millions of games
* Header search using player names, sites, events, dates, results, ECO, ELO ratings,…
* Search games by material and position
* Favorites
* Copy/paste games and positions to/from clipboard
* Edit board
* Support for variations
* Replay the game with a configurable delay between moves (autoplay)
* PGN import (also includes import from Internet)
* Analysis with included chess engine: Stockfish 10; you can add additional UCI engines for analysis
* Study mode
* Experimental write support and marking of games for deletion (needs Scid for PC to compact database after marking games for deletion)
* Retrieve positions from external programs, such as https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kgroth.chessocr (ChessOcr, non-free)
License
* GNU GPL v2
* Source: https://github.com/gkalab/scidonthego
Developers
* Most of the GUI code was taken from Peter Österlunds DroidFish and re-released under GPL v2 by the authors permission.
* Scid integration by Gerhard Kalab.
* Various enhancements by Alexander Klimov.
* Manage UCI engines by Larry Isaacs.
Permissions
* Storage for accessing databases stored on the SD card
* Internet access for downloading PGN files from The Week in Chess (http://www.theweekinchess.com/twic/)
* Browse Scid (Shane's Chess Information Database) files, optimized for databases with millions of games
* Header search using player names, sites, events, dates, results, ECO, ELO ratings,…
* Search games by material and position
* Favorites
* Copy/paste games and positions to/from clipboard
* Edit board
* Support for variations
* Replay the game with a configurable delay between moves (autoplay)
* PGN import (also includes import from Internet)
* Analysis with included chess engine: Stockfish 10; you can add additional UCI engines for analysis
* Study mode
* Experimental write support and marking of games for deletion (needs Scid for PC to compact database after marking games for deletion)
* Retrieve positions from external programs, such as https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kgroth.chessocr (ChessOcr, non-free)
License
* GNU GPL v2
* Source: https://github.com/gkalab/scidonthego
Developers
* Most of the GUI code was taken from Peter Österlunds DroidFish and re-released under GPL v2 by the authors permission.
* Scid integration by Gerhard Kalab.
* Various enhancements by Alexander Klimov.
* Manage UCI engines by Larry Isaacs.
Permissions
* Storage for accessing databases stored on the SD card
* Internet access for downloading PGN files from The Week in Chess (http://www.theweekinchess.com/twic/)
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Reviews for Scid on the go
Ranjana Thapa
12/28/2025
trash 🗑️🗑️🗑️ awful game to practice
Khan G
11/27/2025
great game for mind persons
