Heatmap Chess
Utku Kucu Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Heatmap Chess is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by Utku Kucu. Requires iOS 13.4. Updated October 2, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 19 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Oct 2
- 2026 · v1.2
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About Heatmap Chess
Heatmap.Chess teaches you to read a chess board the way grandmasters do — as a map of control, not a list of pieces. EVERY NUMBER IS A THREAT Each square shows how many pieces want to attack it. A "3" means three pieces are converging on that square. Drop your dock pieces in the right places, and every correct placement cools the heat by one. Get all numbers to zero — puzzle solved. WHAT'S INSIDE • Hand-crafted themed rooms with graduated difficulty • Fresh daily puzzles — keep your streak alive • Heart system + combo bonuses • Cross-device sync — pick up where you left off • Quiet, focused dark UI built for one hand • One-time purchase removes ads + unlocks every room SHARPEN YOUR CHESS VISION No openings to memorize, no notation to decode. You start seeing what grandmasters see when they sit down at a board — the geometry of attacks. A training tool for beginners and experienced players alike. DESIGNED FOR FOCUS No social feeds. No leaderboards screaming at you. Just numbers, pieces, and the small satisfaction of every count dropping to zero.
What’s new
Version 1.2 · Updated October 2, 2026
The app no longer requires an account to start. On first launch a 27-second intro video plays (skippable), then Home opens. Room 1 (15 levels) and today's Daily Puzzle are fully playable without signing in. Rooms 2-3 ask for a free account; Rooms 4-15 require the single one-time in-app purchase "Unlock Everything" (product id: all_rooms_bundle, $4.99, non-consumable). HOW TO REACH SIGN-IN Tap Room 2 or Room 3 on the Rooms screen, or finish Room 1 as a guest and tap "Save progress" in the banner. Guest progress is migrated into the account after sign-up/sign-in. HOW TO FIND THE IN-APP PURCHASE 1) Home screen "Unlock Everything" button, or 2) tap any locked room (4-15), or 3) tap a locked day in the Daily Puzzle archive. The purchase requires an account; a guest is first taken to sign-in, then to the StoreKit sheet. Purchases are verified server-side with the App Store receipt; "Restore Purchases" is in Settings.
App privacy
The developer, Utku Kucu, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: User ID
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Customer Support
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Performance Data, Crash Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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