Listudy review: scores and evidence
Listudy offers free opening memorisation by spaced repetition from a PGN, tactics (including blindfold ones) and endgames against Stockfish, in ten languages including French. It does not analyse the player’s own games and has no courses.
Read on August 30, 2026 from the service’s public pages — every score cites the page read.
Overall score
3.4/ 10
Rank
25/ 128
Free-only score
3.4/ 10
quotas counted
Languages
10
Listed price
free (no paid offer on listudy.org)
What the service is
Listudy is developed by Arne Vogel, named on the site with the address arne@listudy.org, together with community contributions on GitHub. The public repository has existed since June 2020; the server is written in Elixir/Phoenix with PostgreSQL and released under the AGPL-3.0 licence, the site pointing out that anyone may “run the server yourself as you wish, for any purpose”. The service offers opening memorisation by spaced repetition from a PGN, tactics (including “blind tactics” and “pieceless tactics”), endgames played out against Stockfish and a daily puzzle, in ten languages including French. There is no paid plan and no advertising: the site is entirely free and the code is open.
Activity history
- 2026-02A burst of development on 22 and 24 Feb 2026: chessground updated, the chessboard offset fixed and apostrophe encoding in chapter names corrected (issue #181).
- 2024-05Commits on 12 May 2024 covering the support page and the content security policy (“support: try on stockfish”, “csp: update for support”).
- 2022-02The Portuguese translation was merged on 28 Feb 2022 (pull request #108), as part of the community localisation effort.
- 2020-06The ArneVogel/listudy GitHub repository was created on 26 Jun 2020 (“Listudy - chess training server”, AGPL-3.0, 391 stars).
The scores, evidence by evidence
Every score points to the page read and the fact found there. A fact documented nowhere is not credited: document it, then write to us.
APersonalized diagnosis
0.4A1 :1Importing your games (Chess.com, Lichess, PGN files)free
https://listudy.org/en: studies created from a pasted PGN; no Chess.com or Lichess connection
A2 :0Automatic engine analysis of every game
https://listudy.org/en: no engine analysis of your games
A3 :0Recurring mistakes identified across all your games
https://listudy.org/en — no mention of error aggregation (no game is imported)
A4 :0Types of mistakes covered (tactics, strategy, endgame, time…)
https://listudy.org/en — no mention of an error typology
A5 :0Written explanation of each mistake
https://listudy.org/en — no mention of an explanation of an error
A6 :0Stated verification of the diagnoses (procedure, rates)
https://listudy.org/en: no information
A7 :0Tracking each weakness over time
https://listudy.org/en: no history found
A8 :0Comparison with players of the same rating
https://listudy.org/en: no comparison
BOpenings
2.8B1 :2Building a personal repertoirefree
https://listudy.org/en: studies created from any PGN (build whatever you like)
B2 :2Training the repertoire (drills, games)free
https://listudy.org/en: interactive drill + spaced repetition over the studies; no full game against an opponent playing the repertoire (the positions played against Stockfish are endgames and studies, not the repertoire).
B3 :0Spotting where you left your repertoire in your games
https://listudy.org/en: no deviation detection
B4 :0Verification of the lines taught (engine, practice)
https://listudy.org/en: the lines come from the user and are not checked
B5 :0Opening explorer and statistics
https://listudy.org/en: no explorer
B6 :1Explanation of opening plans and ideasfree
https://listudy.org/fr: an “Ouvertures” section (names and moves); no plans explained
CTargeted training
3.3C1 :0Exercises drawn from your own games
https://listudy.org/en: no exercise built from your own games
C2 :1Bank of tactical exercises (size, themes, rating)free
https://listudy.org/fr: “thousands of sequences from real games”; no classification by theme and no rating found
C3 :2Endgame trainingfree
https://listudy.org/en: “endgames against Stockfish” (positions played out against the engine)
C4 :0Strategic and positional training
https://listudy.org/en — no mention of positional exercises (tactics, endgames and openings only)
C5 :0Training defense and alertness
https://listudy.org/en — no mention of defensive exercises
C6 :2Training calculation and visualizationfree
https://listudy.org/en: “blind tactics” (without the last two moves) and “pieceless tactics”
C7 :0Difficulty matched to your real level
https://listudy.org/en: fixed level
C8 :2Spaced repetition (named algorithm)free
https://listudy.org/en — “spaced repetition” on the studies; algorithm not named (neither on the site nor in the https://github.com/ArneVogel/listudy README)
C9 :2Personalized training planfree
https://listudy.org/en — “Daily Puzzle” + a review queue for the studies; neither a time budget nor priorities
DPrice and value
10.0D1 :3What the free plan actually lets you dofree
https://listudy.org/en: “Free and Open Source”, everything unlimited
D2 :3Annual price of the full planfree
https://listudy.org/en: free
D3 :3Commercial transparency (price shown, trial, cancellation)free
https://listudy.org/en: no payment, no renewal
D4 :3Number of paid tiers (how simple the offer is)free
https://listudy.org/en — “Free & Open Source”, no paid offering
EEvidence and transparency
5.0E1 :0Published evidence of effectiveness
https://listudy.org/en: no effectiveness data
E2 :1Chess verification of the content (positions, lines)free
https://github.com/ArneVogel/listudy: GitHub issues (fixes once reported, e.g. #181)
E3 :3Transparency of the method (algorithms, code)free
https://github.com/ArneVogel/listudy: source code public under AGPL-3.0
E4 :2Marketing claims that can be checked (no overselling)free
https://listudy.org/en: factual wording
FContent and method
1.3F1 :0Courses organized by rating level
https://listudy.org/en: no course
F2 :1Course authors named and titledfree
https://listudy.org/en: Arne Vogel is named, with no title
F3 :0Content formats (text, video, interactive)
https://listudy.org/en: no course content
F4 :0Published method of progression
https://listudy.org/en: no method
F5 :1How often the content is updatedfree
https://github.com/ArneVogel/listudy/commits/master: last commit 24 Feb 2026 (< 12 months)
GPlaying and practice
1.7G1 :0Playing humans online (pool, anti-cheating)
https://listudy.org/en: not possible
G2 :1Realistic artificial opponentsfree
https://listudy.org/en: Stockfish on the endgames; levels not documented
G3 :1Replaying one specific position against the machinefree
https://listudy.org/en: play an endgame or a study position against Stockfish
G4 :0Tournaments and organized competition
https://listudy.org/en: none
HExperience and accessibility
2.7H1 :1Platforms available (web, iOS, Android, desktop)free
https://listudy.org/en: web only
H2 :0User ratings and reviews (stores, press)
https://listudy.org/en: no store rating; no third-party review cited on the site
H3 :2Interface languages availablefree
https://listudy.org/ — language picker in the footer: EN DE ES FR HE IT NL PT TR VI (10)
H4 :0Accessibility (keyboard, screen reader)
https://listudy.org/en: no accessibility page
H5 :1Offline use and known incidentsfree
https://listudy.org/en: depends on the server; no incident found
IPreparation and study
0.0I1 :0Preparing for a named opponent
https://listudy.org/en — no mention of preparing against, or profiling, a named player
I2 :0Annotating and sharing games (studies)
https://listudy.org/en — “Create a new Study” = an opening PGN for spaced repetition; no comment and no annotation
I3 :0Entering a game played at a club (photo, scoresheet)
https://listudy.org/en — no mention of entering or scanning a game played over the board
I4 :0Searching your games (filters, position)
https://listudy.org/en — no mention of the player’s own games (nothing is imported)
JHuman coaching and community
3.3J1 :0Access to human coaches
https://listudy.org/en: no coach
J2 :1Size and activity of the communityfree
https://github.com/ArneVogel/listudy: 391 stars, GitHub issues; no daily forum
J3 :0Tools for trainers, clubs and schools
https://listudy.org/en: no coach area
J4 :3Engagement mechanics (streaks, virtual currency, reminders)free
https://listudy.org/en: no leaderboard and no streak
KPersonal data and interoperability
6.7K1 :2Exporting your data (games, repertoire)free
https://listudy.org/en: studies in PGN format (import/export); full export not documented
K2 :1Protection of personal data (GDPR, hosting)free
https://listudy.org/en/privacy: hosted on DigitalOcean (country not stated), transfer in case of a sale, backups kept for a year
K3 :3Public API and source codefree
https://github.com/ArneVogel/listudy: open source (AGPL-3.0)
Also, outside the grid
Features found that no criterion measures. They do not count towards the score.
- Pieceless tactics
- Create and share your own tactics
- Books recommended by grandmasters
- Openings / motifs / players / events explorer
Sources consulted
Services with a similar profile
The three services whose category profile is closest — a distance over the eleven scores, computed, never chosen.