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The app has 6 daily of differing difficulty. You can ask for a hint if stuck. There is an engine where you can try out things you thought would work to see your error. The puzzles use various patterns, so you'll likely learn something. The puzzles aren't strictly puzzles (aka only one move that wins). Sometimes, 2+ win and you need to find the best move. This makes the puzzles feel different than real puzzles but in a good way. You feel more like you're playing a match due to this.
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Donovan Lucibello
I really enjoy the bite sized chess lesson opportunities during the day. I always feel like I learn something new. Some of the puzzles are odd in the choices made on behalf of the opponent as clearly not the best tactical moves and so the feedback given to you of a "wrong" move is clearly a preference. Another thing feature that would make this superior would be to add rationale explanations for puzzles so that the learner can benefit from the overall strategy taught for proficiency/mastery.
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Sebastiaan Joosten
What I like is that the puzzles seem hand-picked or perhaps hand-crafted. Occasionally this means there's a good move (one that wins +3 according to the engine) but there's a better one that wins the game much more convincingly (say +10). Those are situations where if you see a good move, you should look for a better one. It also means that you'll have a fulfilling ending to your puzzle (unlike lichess' puzzles that sometimes leave your thinking: now what?)
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