Noctie review

Noctie answers a common beginner complaint: engines and standard bots play nothing like real opponents. Noctie says its AI was trained on over a billion human games and plays like a person at your level, with human openings, human mistakes and human move timings. Every move you make gets an instant grade from blunder to excellent, and your mistakes become flashcard puzzles for later review. You can choose which opening the AI plays, set up custom positions and endgames, and import games from Chess.com or Lichess. The plan also includes 100+ interactive lessons, daily puzzles and weekly scenarios. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial, and one account works on web, iOS and Android. There is no permanent free tier, and the web pricing page showed us EUR prices, so the USD price is marked pending; Noctie notes regional prices in its mobile apps.

Who it is for

players who want a humanlike practice partner

Price

See vendor pricing (USD check pending).

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• AI opponent trained on over a billion human games
• Instant feedback on every move, from blunder to excellent
• Pick the opening the AI plays, or set up custom positions
• Flashcard puzzles built from your mistakes
• 100+ interactive lessons and games imported from Chess.com or Lichess

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Bot plays like a person at your level, not like an engine
• Strength: 7-day free trial on every plan
• Strength: One account on web, iOS and Android
• Weakness: No permanent free plan
• Weakness: Web prices shown to us were in EUR
• Weakness: No live play against other people

Key facts

• AI training data: Over a billion human games
• Free trial: 7 days
• Lessons: 100+ interactive
• Platforms: Web, iOS, Android
• Web price: EUR on our check; USD pending

Where it ranks

Noctie is No. 8 in our Best Chess Learning Apps verdict.