OGS Notify vs GoGrinari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OGS Notify
Receive instant notifications for your Go games on online-go.com. This app helps you avoid timing out by alerting you to new moves, paused games, and the stone removal phase. It provides a quick overview of your current games and displays updated rankings.
- Push notifications for game moves
- Today widget for game overview
- Alerts for paused games and stone removal
- Displays updated ranking system
- Opens games in preferred browser
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OGS Notify notifies you, when one of your Go games at the famous online-go.com server is waiting for you. Never time out on any of your go games! You can instantly get an overview over your current games. • Push notification gives you a glance of the board. Immediately see the played move! • Use the Today widget to get a quick overview of waiting games. • OGS Notify shows you when a game is paused manually, by vacation or weekend. You will also see when the game is in the stone removal phase. • Displays the ranking based on the new rating system • Open the games in your preferred browser ## If you use Facebook to authenticate at OGS: Please log into OGS and create a separate password at OGS under "Settings -> Account Settings". For the login in OGS Notify use your profile name and then created password!
GoGrinari
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play your own set of go problem in GoGrinder format. (compress the set folder in a zip file)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GoGrinari at Free against OGS Notify's $0.99. GoGrinari also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
GoGrinari is free to download; OGS Notify costs $0.99 up front. OGS Notify sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. GoGrinari asks for nothing beyond the download.
OGS Notify ships an update every 7 months, GoGrinari every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OGS Notify | GoGrinari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gunther Cronenberg | Rosat David |
In-app purchases
OGS Notify
- Green tea for Gunther$2.99
- Burrito for Gunther$7.99
GoGrinari
No in-app purchases
