CaptureAge vs SC2 Replay AI Coach

CaptureAge’s CA:DE is a Windows spectating client for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. It renders supported modes with a custom overlay and additional statistics. Documented modes include 1v1, team games, free-for-all, AI games, and Battle Royale. The free version supports playback of CA:DE recordings regardless of patch, full zoom, essential statistics, an integrated creator scoreboard, and a replay browser. Pro adds recording generation, timeline controls, reverse playback, bookmarks, a unit-follow camera, and further statistics and unit breakdowns. Pro costs €5/mo; Pro Plus costs €10/mo and Pro Legend costs €25/mo, with the latter two including custom CA:DE skins users can style with their own CSS and assets. The game must be installed to use CA:DE. The FAQ describes preliminary support for non-Steam versions, including Microsoft Store, and asks users to test Xbox PC versions. Running CA:DE alongside the game demands more from the system than the game alone; the FAQ recommends CA:DE Recordings for best performance. The privacy policy says it may collect email, cookie, IP, browser and device identifiers, and application interactions.

SC2 Replay AI Coach is a free browser-based site for parsing, viewing, and analyzing StarCraft II and Brood War replay files. It accepts .SC2Replay files for StarCraft II and .rep files for Brood War. Replay pages present economy timelines, army composition, battle records, build-order timelines, strategy classifications, and coaching notes. The automated post-game coach reads replay events, derives economy and combat metrics, compares openings with known build patterns, and adds notes tied to replay timestamps. Deterministic rules identify tactics including drops, cannon rushes, proxies, fast expansions, and one-base all-ins. Uploaded replays remain available through shareable URLs, with listed team coverage from 1v1 through 4v4. The tool requires no account or download and states no replay-count limit. Uploading is available in desktop browsers where local replay files are stored. Co-op replay visualization is supported, but ladder-coaching assumptions do not fully fit commander-specific units and mission objectives. Frame-perfect micro grading is limited because replay data contains events and sampled positions rather than a full coaching video.