Noctie
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveA chess opponent trained on human games, so it blunders and hesitates the way a player at your rating does.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
Priced in euros only: EUR 14 month to month or EUR 8 a month on the yearly plan (EUR 96 charged up front); no USD price is shown. Every plan starts with a full-access 7-day trial, and the rating test is free without a trial.
Use tool ↗About Noctie
Noctie is a chess coach built around an engine that imitates human play instead of calculating to maximum depth. It was trained on billions of human games, so its opening choices, mistakes and even move timings resemble a player at whatever rating you set. Around that sit the training features: opening practice against a repertoire you define, custom positions, puzzles generated from your own mistakes, move-by-move feedback, lessons and daily challenges. The company is Noctie AB, a Swedish entity whose notice runs from 2021. Apps ship for iOS and Android as well as the browser, and every plan opens with a seven-day trial.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Monthly EUR 14, Yearly EUR 8/month with EUR 96 billed annually, 'Prices in EUR', 7-day free trial on every plan (15 October 2026)noctie.ai ↗
- Home page: human-like AI at 25 levels from about 400 to 2800 Elo, opening practice, puzzles from your mistakes, import of Chess.com/Lichess games, web, iOS and Android; copyright 2021-2026 Noctie AB (15 October 2026)noctie.ai ↗
Is Noctie legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Mar 29, 2021 (5 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 19, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2021The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Noctie AB, SwedenOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Noctie
Most chess bots are a strong engine told to play badly, which produces losses that teach you nothing. Noctie's opponent misses things the way a human at your level misses them, which makes the post-game review worth reading. The training loop around it — repertoire drills, puzzles built from your own errors — is what you are actually paying for.
Pros
- Opponent imitates human opening choice, error rate and move timing at a chosen rating
- Puzzles generated from mistakes you actually made
- Opening trainer runs against a repertoire you define, plus arbitrary custom positions
- Native iOS and Android apps alongside the web app
- Seven-day trial on every plan
Cons
- No free tier at all once the trial ends
- Prices are quoted in euros only, so the dollar cost moves with the exchange rate
- No public API found
Best for
- Club players drilling an opening repertoire against realistic resistance
- Improvers who want practice games that resemble their real opposition
- Anyone whose puzzle practice should come from their own blunders
Not for
- Players wanting maximum engine strength for analysis
- Casual players happy with the free bots on the big chess sites
Watch out: The cheap rate is the annual plan, which takes EUR 96 up front; month to month is nearly double per month.
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