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Sealed Movev1.3

Released September 18, 2026Major

iOS

What changed

  • New featureNew feature to scan chess diagrams from photos or screenshots using on-device OCR
  • New featureAdded ability to play scanned positions against an engine or export solutions as video
  • UXBalanced coach behavior updated to reduce interruptions and provide consolidated recaps
  • MonetizationUpdated Settings to correctly display active coach status after Pro trial ends
  • UXReduced frequency of trial-ended notifications to once per user
  • PerformanceFixed engine scoring logic where checkmate was incorrectly identified as a blunder

Original release notes

Point your camera at a chess puzzle and play it.

Scan a board: photograph a diagram from a book, a newspaper, or a screenshot, and Sealed Move reads the position right on your phone. Nothing is uploaded. Check it on an editable board, then play it out against the engine, let the coach solve it, ask why the winning move works, or export the solution as a video.

The Balanced coach now stays quiet until the game really swings, a real change in who is winning or a forced mate, then recaps the moves that led there in one message instead of interrupting on every move.

Also in this release: when a Pro Coach trial ends, Settings shows the on-device coach as active and the trial-ended notice appears once rather than on every launch, and a move that delivers checkmate is no longer scored as a blunder.

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