Smart Othello vs Othello Sensei
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Othello
Experience the classic strategy board game with this app. Play against friends or a computer with five difficulty levels. Improve your skills with a tutorial and helpful aids, making it easy to learn but challenging to master.
- Five computer play levels
- Real-time matches via Game Center
- Achievements and leaderboards
- Blunder Guard
- Hint, undo, and replay functions
- Collection of top player games
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Play Othello against your friends or the computer. Created by the 1992 US Othello Champion, this is the Othello app you’ve been waiting for. A powerful engine wrapped in a clean user interface. With five levels to choose from, you’ll find the level that gives you the right challenge. The built-in tutorial and teaching aids will help you improve your game — advance to the next level and give your friends a good fight. — A MINUTE TO LEARN … A LIFETIME TO MASTER — Othello has simple rules: just bracket opponent discs and flip them to your color. But proper strategy is more complex than you might think. Smart Othello makes the game enjoyable while improving your play. Features: • Five levels of computer play, from novice to master. • Real-time matches using Game Center. • Achievements and leaderboards to challenge you. • Blunder Guard to keep you from making bad mistakes. • Random openings that give both players an equal chance. • Hint, undo, and easy game replay. • Collection of games by top players for replay and study. Smart Othello was created by the 1992 US Othello Champion, who also developed the acclaimed SmartGo apps for the game of Go. Othello® is a registered trademark of MegaHouse Corporation. Used with permission.
Othello Sensei
Master the game of Othello with this intuitive app. Analyze top player games, discover new strategies, and play against the computer. Identify your mistakes and refine your gameplay to become a stronger player.
- Mistake checking
- Strategy improvement
- Learn new openings
- Analyze top player games
- Play against computer
- Analyze XOT games
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A strong, responsive, and user-friendly app to study the Othello game, that allows you to: - Check your mistakes and improve your strategy. - Learn new openings. - Analyze games from the top players in the world. - Play against the computer. - Play and analyze XOT games.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Othello at 4.5 against Othello Sensei's 3.0. Smart Othello also leads on ratings volume (552 vs 2) and review sentiment (65% vs 50%). Othello Sensei's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Smart Othello sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Othello Sensei asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Othello holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Othello has 552 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Smart Othello's written reviews are positive against 50% of Othello Sensei's.
Smart Othello ships an update every 2 months, Othello Sensei every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Othello | Othello Sensei |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (552 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 552 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart Go, Inc. | Michele Borassi |
Customer experience
Smart Othello
Othello Sensei
Bugs and requests
Smart Othello
Reported bugs
9 issues- App freezes on launch when Game Center is enabled
- Game crashes mid-play on certain difficulty levels
- Online play fails to find opponents or pair players
- App locks up when switching to other applications
- Game Center notifications excessive and intrusive
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- Online games create duplicate concurrent matches
- Game sync fails between multiple devices
- Support email from within app doesn't work
- Game becomes unresponsive during online play
Requested features
9 requests- Fix online multiplayer functionality
- Add local 2-player head-to-head mode
- Implement time limits for online moves
- Add option to remove/customize player avatars
- Improve Game Center integration and sync
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- Better online mode instructions and documentation
- Auto-play engine for replay functionality
- Restore previous purchases
- Improve difficulty level progression
Othello Sensei
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smart Othello
- Pro Pack$2.99
Othello Sensei
No in-app purchases
