MindChess

Early signal

Your daily chess gym and study companion

Launched 19d ago

Signal

Velocity

What this means

+52%Launching in a 52% WoW growing category.

Mac had 96 launches this week vs 63 last.

15Founder Conviction Index: 15 — low signal.

Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.

Prediction

Top-5 finish probability

today

Projected end-of-day votes

5range 4–7

Trajectory

stable

Vote pace holding steady.

Speed vs peers

1×

64 Education launches

About

MindChess is a daily chess gym for iPhone, iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac: 60-second drills for board vision, memory and calculation. Version 1.3 adds a repertoire trainer with spaced repetition, a diagram scanner, a chess clock and Stockfish 19 offline (Pro).

AI Summary

MindChess is an educational chess app available on iOS and Mac, offering 60-second drills to enhance board vision, memory, and calculation skills. The latest version includes a repertoire trainer, diagram scanner, chess clock, and offline access to Stockfish 19 for Pro users.

Attention & discussion velocity

Performance

Velocity0

Vote pace vs average

Momentum0

Sustained over 6h

Virality0

Spread × engagement

Engagement—

not measured

Signal sources

2 of 6 active

Launch tracking9 readings since we picked it up
AI analysisEducation
Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
Revenue signalsno match on this domain
Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass

A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.