Pocket Rook: Offline Chess
Ngoc Son Tran Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Pocket Rook: Offline Chess is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by Ngoc Son Tran. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 10, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 4 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 10
- 2026 · v1.2
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About Pocket Rook: Offline Chess
Pocket Rook is chess for two people at the same table. No internet, no sign-up, no ads. Just the board, the clock and your opponent. ONE PHONE, TWO PLAYERS Lay the phone flat between you. Each side of the board faces its player, and the clock switches after every move. Games on one phone are always free and unlimited. TWO PHONES, ONE GAME Create a room. Your friend scans the QR code, types the 6-digit code or taps your room in the nearby list. Each of you plays on your own phone. The phones talk directly to each other, so you can play on a plane, at the beach or anywhere with no signal. MADE FOR REAL GAMES • Chess clock from 1-minute bullet to 15+10 rapid • Full rules: castling, en passant, promotion, checkmate, stalemate • Offer a draw, resign or play to the flag • If a phone sleeps or loses the connection, the game picks up where it left off • No takebacks: a move played is played • History of your two-phone games with a move-by-move replay • Share a result card with the final position • 13 languages PRIVATE BY DESIGN Moves travel only between the two phones and are encrypted end to end. There are no accounts and no servers. Your history stays on your device. POCKET ROOK PRO Free players get 5 two-phone games a day. Pro adds: • Unlimited two-phone games • Free games for whoever you play. Only one of you needs Pro • Backup and restore of your history • Pro profile icons Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://tnson1307.github.io/duoqi/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tnson1307.github.io/duoqi/privacy.html
What’s new
Version 1.2 · Updated October 10, 2026
Meet Pocket Rook, the new name for DuoQi. • Chess only, with a new bold look • Join a game by QR code, 6-digit code or the nearby list • Encrypted connection between phones • Games resume after a dropped connection • Pro: monthly, yearly or lifetime • Now in 13 languages
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App privacy
The developer, Ngoc Son Tran, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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