Ada is not a chatbot. She is a coach who sits beside the board: before each move she tells you what to look at, after each move she grades it on the square and says in one line what it did — and what was better. She hints on every puzzle, walks you through every opening study and reviews every finished game.
She never gets tired, never gets impatient, never says “you lost” without telling you what to do next time — and she does all of it with the tablet in airplane mode.
Plays at your level · grades every move · works offline
Checks, captures, threats, safety, plan — she runs the list with you and points at the squares that matter.
Brilliant to blunder, marked right on the board, with one line saying what the move did and what was better.
Every move graded, an accuracy score, key moments turned into puzzles, and what the masters played from each position.
A nudge on every puzzle, a guide through 5,000+ opening studies, and an explorer that names any line you play.
This is exactly how it looks in the app: the board on top, Ada's panel underneath. Each move gets a grade on the square and a short note beside it — no scrolling chat, just the move you made and what it did.
Coaching games are unrated on purpose — a safe place to try the move you are not sure about.
When a game ends — against a bot, in a tournament, or imported from Lichess — Ada analyses the whole thing on the device and walks you through it one move at a time. Step through with the eval bar, a grade on every move, the best move when you missed it, and what the masters played from the same position.
The same scale strong players use — with a colour and a symbol on the square, so it reads instantly whether you are six or sixty.
A move that gives something up and is still the best move on the board.
The only move that keeps your position — and you found it.
Exactly what the engine wanted. Ada tells you why it was.
Not the top choice, but it changes nothing. Perfectly fine.
Known opening theory. Ada names the opening you are in.
A little slip. There was better, and Ada shows you what.
This one costs something real. Ada explains what you gave away.
A win was there and it slipped past. Ada replays it for you.
The big one. Straight into your personal puzzle set to fix later.
Ada writes short sentences and explains her jargon the first time she uses it. She encourages when it is deserved and is honest when it is needed. A seven-year-old understands her; a 1600 player still learns something.
No coaching tier, no per-review charge. Unlimited coaching games, reviews and hints, offline. $19.99 then unlocks the rest of the academy, once, in the app.
NIA CHESS