CheckersVs Machine
Pick your opponent
Play Nova against a computer-controlled Pulse. Start easy and work your way up.
- RookieEasy
- VeteranNormal
- OverlordHard
Classic 8 × 8 · American rules
Jump. Crown.
Clear the board.
The checkers you grew up with, lit up in neon. Nova takes on Pulse on a glowing board: play the machine at three levels or pass the phone to a friend.
Two ways to play
Take on the machine,
or a friend.
Pass & Play
Two players, one device
Sit across the table and take turns on the same iPhone or iPad. Nova moves first from the bottom of the board.
Nova
Pulse
How to play
The rules you already know.
Standard American checkers on an 8×8 board. Nova (cyan) moves first from the bottom; Pulse (magenta) starts at the top.
- Move diagonally forward. Men move one square diagonally toward the far side of the board.
- Captures are mandatory. If you can jump an opposing piece, you must.
- Finish the jump. When one jump leads to another, the whole multi-jump must be completed.
- Get crowned. Reach the far row and your man becomes a king. Being crowned ends that turn.
- Kings go both ways. A king moves and captures forward and backward.
- Win the board. Capture every opposing piece, or leave your opponent with no legal move.
A game is drawn after 40 moves each with no capture and no man moved. More in Support.
Features
Simple, polished, yours.
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Undo
Take back a move. Against the machine, undo rewinds to your previous move.
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Picks up where you left off
Your game saves automatically and resumes after the app is closed.
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Sound & haptics
Sound effects and haptic feedback, each with its own switch in Settings.
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VoiceOver ready
The board has VoiceOver labels, so it works with Apple’s screen reader.
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iPhone & iPad
Built for both, on iOS 17 or later.
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Just checkers
Fully offline. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, no tracking, and no data collected.
Screenshots
See it glow.
Your move, Nova.
Checkers is coming soon to the App Store for iPhone and iPad. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts.