ChessUSA.com TalkChess.com
Hosted by Your Move Chess & Games
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague...
Post new topic    TalkChess.com Forum Index -> Computer Chess Club: General Topics Flat
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Don Dailey



Joined: 29 Apr 2008
Posts: 4320
PostPost subject: Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague    Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 5:21 pm Reply to topic Reply with quote
JuLieN wrote:
There are more and more paying clones of StockFish in the AppStore. Just for this week, I can count THREE of them :



Human nature once again at it's worst. Some of them will no doubt take full credit for the chess engine.

An experiment we could do is to contact some of the so called "authors" and ask them about the development process in interview style, but not letting on that we know. I would like to see if they bluff through it or just come clean.

Quote:


Original Stockfish for iPad (Free, open source):

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stockfish-chess/id305558605?mt=8#

Cờ VuaBy NHAN NGUYEN HUU ($1.99):

Not a single reference to Stockfish, either in the application, either in its iTunes description. By this screenshot one can see that Mr. Nhan Nguyen Huu can change a string in a source but can't play chess ^^
iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id439503448?mt=8#

Deep Fish ChessBy ElementoApps Enterprise ($.99):

Slight cosmetical changes, with the mention "powered by Stockfish engine".
iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deep-fish-chess/id439611946?mt=8

Chess(Special Version)By Tran Van Luong ($1.99):

Yes, he managed to make it awful. I have no idea why this version would be "special", because I didn't want to spend $1.99 for it when Stockfish is free. Maybe because it's broken? Doesn't seem to be any mention of Stockfish anywhere, and the description just says:

Quote:
************************
HAVE FUN !
************************
************************
SPECICAL VERSION
************************
SUPPORT : IPHONE,IPAD.

The "author" doesn't even seem to be able to play chess either, if one will judge by this screenshot.
iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chess-special-version/id439580325?mt=8#

This is just for this week, there are numerous other clones of Stockfish in the AppStore, nearly NONE of them being free. This is a real plague. As I kind of collect all of the chess applications I've been deceived a few times by other kind of apps: those that use stockfish with a different enough interface to lure us into buying them. I think StockFish's team should do something about that.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Display posts from previous:   
Subject Author Date/Time
Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague... Julien MARCEL Sat May 28, 2011 12:11 pm
      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Martin Sedlak Sat May 28, 2011 12:53 pm
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Tord Romstad Sat May 28, 2011 2:28 pm
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Bryan Whitby Sat May 28, 2011 3:08 pm
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 5:21 am
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 6:16 am
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Tord Romstad Sun May 29, 2011 7:02 am
                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 8:11 am
                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Tord Romstad Sun May 29, 2011 9:45 am
                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 6:59 pm
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Evert Glebbeek Sun May 29, 2011 9:08 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 9:30 pm
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Sven Schüle Sun May 29, 2011 10:32 pm
                                                                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 10:49 pm
                                                                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun May 29, 2011 10:53 pm
                                                                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 11:01 pm
                                                                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun May 29, 2011 11:03 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 11:57 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Alex Brown Mon May 30, 2011 2:01 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Mon May 30, 2011 4:57 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Alex Brown Mon May 30, 2011 9:32 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Eelco de Groot Mon May 30, 2011 11:04 am
                                                                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague H.G.Muller Tue May 31, 2011 2:19 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Miguel A. Ballicora Tue May 31, 2011 2:39 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Michel Van den Bergh Tue May 31, 2011 2:51 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Eelco de Groot Tue May 31, 2011 3:20 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Tue May 31, 2011 6:09 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Eelco de Groot Tue May 31, 2011 7:24 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:19 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:00 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:23 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:44 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:04 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:09 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:06 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:48 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Bigler Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:14 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Ted Wong Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:17 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Gabriel LEPERLIER Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:40 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:31 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:48 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:05 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:10 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:09 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:26 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:34 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:49 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Martin Sedlak Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:27 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:39 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:03 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:02 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Ron Langeveld Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:26 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:09 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:40 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:50 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:59 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:07 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:04 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:09 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steven Atkinson Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:20 am
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Ronald de Man Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:22 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:28 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Ronald de Man Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:53 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Darrel Briley Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:19 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Tue May 31, 2011 6:01 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague H.G.Muller Tue May 31, 2011 6:05 pm
                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Jon Dart Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:05 pm
                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:15 pm
                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Jon Dart Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:30 pm
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:33 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Jon Dart Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:43 pm
                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:48 pm
                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Jon Dart Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:55 pm
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Steve Maughan Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:08 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Jon Dart Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:30 pm
                                                            Apps with Stockfish engine Stefan Brettschneider Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:55 am
                                                                  Re: Apps with Stockfish engine Julien MARCEL Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:01 am
                                                                        Re: Apps with Stockfish engine Stefan Brettschneider Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:06 am
                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Bryan Whitby Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:03 am
                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague john dalhem Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:43 pm
                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:42 am
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:48 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Martin Sedlak Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:22 am
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Stefan Brettschneider Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:38 am
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague John Krush Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:24 am
                                                                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:56 pm
                                                                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Krzych Cybulsky Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:02 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Krzych Cybulsky Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:09 pm
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Greg Simpson Sun May 29, 2011 9:11 pm
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Joshua Shriver Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:42 am
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Martin Sedlak Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:21 am
      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague F. Bluemers Sat May 28, 2011 1:01 pm
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat May 28, 2011 1:05 pm
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Andres Valverde Sat May 28, 2011 1:45 pm
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sat May 28, 2011 1:53 pm
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague F. Bluemers Sat May 28, 2011 2:07 pm
      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Don Dailey Sat May 28, 2011 5:21 pm
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Marco Costalba Sat May 28, 2011 5:46 pm
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 5:23 am
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Marco Costalba Sun May 29, 2011 6:46 am
                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:07 am
                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Marco Costalba Sun May 29, 2011 7:49 am
                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 8:13 am
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Gian-Carlo Pascutto Sun May 29, 2011 9:25 am
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun May 29, 2011 9:39 am
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Alfonso Turri Mon May 30, 2011 10:36 pm
                                                                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Alfonso Turri Mon May 30, 2011 10:47 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Mike Scheidl Sun May 29, 2011 9:56 am
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 6:47 pm
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Tord Romstad Sun May 29, 2011 9:57 am
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Sven Schüle Sun May 29, 2011 11:46 am
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:03 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Don Dailey Sun May 29, 2011 12:16 pm
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Julien MARCEL Sun May 29, 2011 12:28 pm
                                                                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Don Dailey Sun May 29, 2011 6:05 pm
                                                                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:21 pm
                                                                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Gian-Carlo Pascutto Mon May 30, 2011 3:44 pm
                                                                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Sven Schüle Mon May 30, 2011 4:37 pm
                                                                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Gian-Carlo Pascutto Mon May 30, 2011 10:47 pm
                                                                                    Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Don Dailey Mon May 30, 2011 5:44 pm
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:07 pm
                                                                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Don Dailey Sun May 29, 2011 8:56 pm
                                                                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 10:42 pm
                                                                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Don Dailey Sun May 29, 2011 11:26 pm
                                                            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Greg Simpson Sun May 29, 2011 9:28 pm
                                                      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:00 pm
                                          Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Bryan Whitby Sun May 29, 2011 8:17 am
                                                Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 8:26 am
                              Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague H.G.Muller Mon May 30, 2011 6:21 pm
      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Sean Evans Sat May 28, 2011 8:29 pm
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Alex Brown Sat May 28, 2011 9:34 pm
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Don Dailey Sat May 28, 2011 9:58 pm
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:21 am
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 5:43 am
      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Roman Hartmann Sun May 29, 2011 7:04 am
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 8:18 am
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Sven Schüle Sun May 29, 2011 11:40 am
                        Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Christophe Théron Sun May 29, 2011 7:25 pm
      Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Krzych Cybulsky Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:12 pm
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague H.G.Muller Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:22 pm
            Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague H.G.Muller Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:23 pm
                  Re: Stockfish clones in the AppStore: it's becoming a plague Asim Pereira Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:46 am
Post new topic    TalkChess.com Forum Index -> Computer Chess Club: General Topics

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum




Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
Enhanced with Moby Threads