# IGO Academy — Play & Learn the Game of Go

> Play & Learn the Game of Go (iPhone/iPad app by BUDDY CHRISTOPHER KINDER.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/igo-academy/id6807056348 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [BUDDY CHRISTOPHER KINDER](https://appshunter.io/developer/6772988924)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/igo-academy/id6807056348/reviews.md

## What is IGO Academy?

IGO Academy is a complete way to learn and play Go — the ancient board game also known as Baduk (바둑) and Weiqi (围棋). Whether you have never placed a stone or you are sharpening your reading, everything is here, offline, with no ads and no accounts required.

LEARN FROM ZERO
• Eight interactive lessons take you from the very first stone to scoring a finished game: liberties and capture, atari, saving stones, illegal moves, the ko rule, life and two eyes, and territory.
• Every lesson step is hands-on — you play the move yourself.

500+ PROBLEMS TO SHARPEN YOUR READING
• More than 100 problems at each of five difficulty tiers: Novice, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Expert.
• Capture, atari, escape, connection, and life-and-death (tsumego) — including snapbacks and vital-point shapes.
• Your progress is tracked so you always know what is left.

FIVE LEVELS OF AI
• Play full games against opponents from gentle beginner to a Monte-Carlo Tree Search engine that actually reads ahead.
• Choose your color, add handicap stones, and play on 5×5, 7×7, 9×9, 13×13, 19×19, or 21×21 boards.

PLAY PEOPLE
• Game Center for online matches.
• Local-network play over your Wi-Fi or wired network using Bonjour — no internet or account needed.

BUILT RIGHT
• Full rules: captures, suicide, simple ko and positional superko, two-pass scoring (Chinese area or Japanese territory) with komi, and unlimited undo.
• Export any game as an SGF file to study or share.
• Clean, native, and fast.

IGO Academy is free. Sit down at the board and play.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Buy Me a Stone | $0.99 | one-time |
| Buy Me a Goban | $2.99 | one-time |
| Sponsor an Update | $4.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-10

No release notes.

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