Plyfolio
Your chess, collected.
A chess scoresheet app and PGN library for iPhone, iPad and Android. Record your moves at the board in plain notation, keep every game in one book with players, places and ratings, and look back over them afterwards. One payment, £9.99 in the UK, with no account and no subscription.
What it is, who it's for, how it works.
Plyfolio started at a club night, with a stack of carbon-copy scoresheets nobody would ever type up. It is the recorder we wanted: notation only while you play, a proper library afterwards, and nothing to sign up for. The recording screen has no board, no engine and no hints, so it can sit on the table where a tournament's rules allow a phone as a scoresheet; the keypad only dims keys that cannot make a legal move, and it never suggests one. Games live in a SQLite database on the phone. Nothing is uploaded unless you turn on sync with a provider you choose. The engineering went into the unglamorous parts: a keypad that keeps up with a blitz finish, reading a paper scoresheet on the phone and checking every move against the rules before you save it, an Arasan engine that runs on the device for review once the game is over, and a 3D board that can stand on your own table in augmented reality. It launched in November 2026, made by Remiam in England.
Notation only, at the board.
The recording screen is a big move display above a notation keypad, and nothing else: no board, no engine, no hints. Keys that cannot make a legal move dim, and captures, checks and disambiguation complete themselves, so a quick finish still gets written down correctly. It works with no signal, so it can sit on the table wherever a tournament allows a phone as a scoresheet.
Every game, on a 3D board.
Once the game is over, flip the board from 2D to 3D. The pieces are modelled for Plyfolio and glide from square to square as you step through the moves; one finger turns the board, two fingers zoom, and a double tap brings you back to your own side. The last move is marked on the board, and Arasan's evaluation bar can sit alongside.
Your game, on your table.
On iPhones and iPads that support augmented reality, the same board stands on a real table through the camera. Walk round it, play the game through at your own speed, and turn on Arasan to see the better move as an arrow above the pieces at the moments that mattered. The camera picture is used on the phone to find the table and is never sent anywhere.
One book for every game.
Every game you record, scan or import lands in one library, sorted by opponent, event, place and date. Each opponent gets a page with your record against them, the openings they play and how they tend to play them, and before your next game you can ask for a short set of tips built from their own games.
Features.
Record at the board
A large notation keypad that keeps up with a quick finish. Keys that cannot make a legal move dim, and x, +, # and disambiguation complete themselves. No board, no engine, no suggestions while you play.
Every game in one book
A PGN library of your games, sorted by opponent, event, place and date. Import and export PGN, and fetch your own games from Lichess and Chess.com.
Scan a paper scoresheet
Photograph a club sheet and Plyfolio reads it on the phone. Every move is checked against the rules, and anything it is unsure of is asked about rather than guessed, before the game is saved.
Players and ratings
A page for each opponent with your record against them, their openings and how they tend to play. Ratings come in from Lichess, Chess.com and the ECF's public API.
Review afterwards
Step through a finished game with the Arasan engine running on the phone, offline. It counts mistakes plainly, with no accuracy scores to argue about.
The 3D board
Switch any saved game from 2D to a 3D board. Turn it with one finger, pinch to zoom, double tap to face White again, and watch the pieces glide through the moves.
On your table, in AR
On iPhones and iPads that support augmented reality, stand a saved game on a real table through the camera and play it through, with Arasan's analysis floating above the board.
Playing them next?
Pick an opponent, your colour and the format, and get a short set of tips drawn from their own games, each with the evidence beside it.
Print and share
Print blank or filled scoresheets, share a game as an image or a PGN, and back up to iCloud Drive or Google Drive if you want a copy off the phone.
Free tools on the web
plyfolio.com has free tools that run in the browser and store nothing: a PGN viewer and checker, a position finder, board images and scoresheet printing.