The review is free. Pro explains every game.
The engine review and all 23 chess tools stay free. Pro adds 5 AI explanations a day, 100 credits every 30 days for photo reads, and your full insights, repertoires and opponent scouting.
Accuracy test · Oct 16, 2026 · 43/45 moves read right on a real handwritten scoresheetWhat a scan costs
- Scoresheet photo → PGN
- 2 credits
- Board photo → FEN
- 1 credit
- Screenshot in the best move finder
- Free
10 free credits when you sign up, no card needed. Credits never expire. Full price list
Free
$010 credits when you sign up — no card required
- Scans, editing, replay, PGN export and your games library
- Stockfish analysis, one free AI explanation a day and daily practice
Pro
For your own games and preparation
$29.99 today, then $29.99 every year until you cancel. Any tax is calculated at checkout.
- 5 AI explanations a day — games, positions and event reports
- 100 credits every 30 days for photo reads — about 50 scoresheets
- Full insights, opening repertoires, opponent scouting and event reports
- Unlimited daily practice
Pro+
For coaches and heavy personal use
$119.99 today, then $119.99 every year until you cancel. Any tax is calculated at checkout.
- 15 AI explanations a day — games, positions and event reports
- 500 credits every 30 days for photo reads — about 250 scoresheets
- Everything in Pro, with higher report and repertoire limits
- Public share links for reports
Buying for a club? A club's Pro+ is bought on the club's Credits & billing page; a personal Pro+ does not cover a club. Plans for clubs and coaches
- Cancel any time, in two clicks
- A scan that fails gives its credits back
- Credits never expire
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Canceling stops the next renewal; payments already made are final and not refunded. A scan that fails gives its credits back automatically. Refund Policy
How accurate is it? We publish the test.
We test the reader on sample scoresheets and publish the results, sheet by sheet.
See the accuracy test- 43 of 45 moves on a clean real German scoresheet
- 43/45
- 141 of 143 moves read right first time on 3 standard algebraic scoresheets, including 2 printed test sheets
- 141/143
- Blank scoresheets don't get invented moves
A small test, not a guarantee: always compare the moves with your sheet.
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Every club gets the free club plan: a roster of up to 10 players with student pages, and 1 event report a month; scans use the club's credits as usual. Pro+ bought for the club on its Credits & billing page removes the roster limit and gives 60 event reports a month; a personal Pro+ plan does not cover a club. Credits never expire, and unused ones stay in your balance.
How credits work
Credits are the only thing you spend on ScanChess. Every new account starts with 10 free credits, and credits never expire.
| What you do | Cost |
|---|---|
| Scoresheet photo → PGN | 2 credits |
| Board photo → FEN | 1 credit |
| AI explanations: the game coach, a position, an event report summary | Free 1 a day (Pro 5, Pro+ 15), shared by all three, then 1 credit each |
| Best move finder: reading a photo of a real board (up to 50 per 24 hours) | Free with a verified free account |
| Browser extension: board read on your device | Free, no account needed |
| Editing, replay, PGN export, game history | Free |
In the best move finder, screenshots are read in your browser, free and without an account. A board scan in the workspace costs 1 credit because it saves an editable position to your account; the best move finder only reads the picture to show the engine's answer. The browser extension reads boards on your device the same way; only its optional server reader, for images the device can't read, costs 1 credit.
Pro adds 100 credits every 30 days — about 50 scoresheets — and Pro+ adds 500. The 30 days are counted from the day you subscribed, not from your billing date. Each period's credits are added the next time you use ScanChess, and none are lost if you're away: missed periods are made up. Unused credits stay in your balance.
On the yearly plans that works out to about $0.025 per credit on Pro and $0.02 on Pro+ — roughly $0.05 per scoresheet on Pro and $0.04 on Pro+, half the monthly rate.
Questions about billing?
Questions about a charge, a refund or your credit balance — write to us at support@scanchess.com
Billed in USD and renews automatically at the same price — monthly plans every month, yearly plans every year — until you cancel. Cancel any time on this page: Pro stays active until the end of the period you have paid for, and you are not charged again. All payments are final and non-refundable except where the law requires otherwise — see our Refund Policy. Taxes are calculated at checkout by Waffo, our merchant of record, who is the seller for web purchases.
Prices in USD, billed by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.