PGN Pocket

Your chess scoresheet, as PGN

Photograph the scoresheet you just filled in and get the whole game back, ready to review, analyze and keep. Without typing it move by move.

Get it on Google Play Android · The app is free. So are the AI features, during the early phase.
Handwritten chess scoresheet from a tournament, notation in pencil

What it does

Record as you play

A board that only accepts legal moves, so you never lose the game to a slip of the finger. Works offline, no account needed.

Transcribe the paper

The AI reads the moves from the photo. It never fails silently: it flags what it is unsure about so you confirm or fix it, and recalculates the rest right away.

Study afterwards

Variations with branches, comments on any move, and an AI-written analysis you can also listen to read aloud.

Prepare for your opponent

Keep their games, imported from PGN, Lichess or Chess.com, filter them by color and period, and keep your previous games against them at hand.

Your own repertoire

An opening explorer built from your own games: what you play in each position, how many times and with what result.

Everything comes out as PGN

Standard PGN, so it opens in ChessBase, Lichess, Chess.com or whatever you use. Your games are yours.

What it looks like

List of tournaments and rounds in PGN Pocket Reviewing a transcribed game, with the board and the moves Opening explorer built from your own games

Made by a tournament player

PGN Pocket came out of a real need: finishing a round and not fancying typing forty moves by hand. The AI reads it, but the last word on what gets saved is yours.

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