Android app

A chess tactics trainer that explains your mistakes

Tactiq turns puzzle solving into deliberate practice: every position is tagged with its motif, every mistake comes back, and every solution can be checked against Stockfish.

Free to start. No ads. Android 8.1 and newer.

Plans

Free builds the habit. Premium and Pro build strength.

The free set teaches the patterns. The paid plans are about getting stronger, and they come down to three things.

Only the best puzzlesAbout 6% of 5 million real-game positions make the cut.
Stockfish without limitsPlay out any idea and see exactly where it breaks.
Training by motifEvery tactical pattern, aimed at the one you keep missing.

Pick your plan

Free

Start training

A starter collection to learn the patterns and build the daily habit. No ads, no trial timer.

15,000 puzzles that work offline, rated up to 2000
10 core motifs: forks, pins, discovered attacks, hanging pieces, mates in 1 and 2, back-rank mates and the three game phases
Revenge queue: every puzzle you fail comes back until you beat it
Glicko-2 rating, daily streaks, weekly leagues and the motif radar
A few Stockfish analyses per day
Cloud sync with Google sign-in

For club players

Premium

Train on the best material

The curated database up to rating 2200, Stockfish without limits and every motif. For players who want each session to count.

227,000+ hand-picked puzzles up to rating 2200, chosen for quality, not volume
Unlimited Stockfish Explore Mode: test any idea and see exactly why it fails
All 22 motifs, including the 12 advanced ones: sacrifice, deflection, attraction, skewer, trapped piece, clearance, capturing the defender, double check, interference, X-ray, mate in 3 and smothered mate
Recommendations that target your real weakest motif
Replay any puzzle from your history, including the premium ones

Best value

Pro

For players who want to be tested

The full curated database with no ceiling, including the positions that make strong players stop and think.

Everything in Premium
The whole database of 350,000 puzzles with no rating cap
122,000+ puzzles rated 2200 and above, 17,000+ rated 2600 and above: long, quiet, engine-deep lines
The hardest puzzles cross 3000, for the rare player who finds everything else easy
Professional level: start at 2200 and skip the warm-up
Early access to new features

Premium and Pro are monthly or yearly subscriptions billed through Google Play in your local currency. Yearly plans cost less per month. Cancel anytime in your Google Play subscriptions; you keep access until the end of the paid period.

At a glance

Feature	Free	Premium	Pro
Puzzle set	15,000 starter	227,000+ curated	350,000 curated
Highest puzzle rating	2000	2200	Above 3000
Puzzles rated 2200+	—	—	122,000+
Stockfish Explore Mode	A few per day	Unlimited	Unlimited
Motifs to train	10 core	All	All
Professional level	—	—	Included
Early access to new features	—	—	Included
Revenge, leagues, radar, sync	Included	Included	Included

Languages and requirements

Interface in English, Ukrainian and German.
Android 8.1 or newer. Phones and tablets.
Works offline with the free puzzle set. An account is optional and only needed to sync progress between devices.
The Premium database is downloaded once inside the app and needs a few hundred megabytes of free space.