Comparison

OGS Notify vs Kifubara

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Kifubara

Instantly scan any physical Go board with your camera to detect stones, count territory, and calculate scores. Supports both Chinese and Japanese rules, with options to manually adjust the position and export game data.

Highlights
  • Automatic stone detection from photos
  • Territory counting and scoring
  • Adjustable komi
  • Manual position editing
  • SGF export
  • Game library
Features
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Point your camera at any Go board and Kifubara reads the position, counts territory, and calculates the score — in seconds. No more counting by hand. Leave scoring to Kifubara. HOW IT WORKS Take a photo of your Go board or pick one from your gallery. Kifubara detects every stone, maps territory for both players, and scores the position under Chinese or Japanese rules. Review the result, adjust anything that needs fixing, and export. FEATURES • Automatic stone detection from a single photo • Territory counting and scoring under Chinese or Japanese rules • Adjustable komi • Mark dead stones and edit the position by hand • Deep analysis to refine scoring accuracy • Group strength and influence visualization • SGF export to share or study in your favorite Go app • Save and name games in your library BUILT FOR REAL BOARDS Kifubara is designed for the moment after you finish a game on a real board. Works with wood boards, printed boards, magnetic travel sets — any physical Go board. Just make sure all four corners are visible and the lighting is decent. Kifubara uses on-device machine learning. Your photos never leave your phone. Go. Baduk. Weiqi. Whatever you call it — Kifubara counts it.

Screenshots

OGS Notify4 screens
Kifubara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kifubara at 100% against OGS Notify's 22%. Kifubara also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.5 vs 3.5). OGS Notify's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kifubara is free to download; OGS Notify costs $0.99 up front. OGS Notify sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Kifubara asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kifubara holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of OGS Notify's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kifubara's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OGS Notify ships an update every 7 months, Kifubara every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
OGS Notify versus Kifubara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOGS NotifyKifubara
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)4.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings66
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGunther CronenbergArtur Tamazian

Customer experience

OGS Notify

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral33.3%
Negative44.4%

Kifubara

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

OGS Notify

One-time2
  • Green tea for Gunther$2.99
  • Burrito for Gunther$7.99
None

Kifubara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OGS Notify free?
OGS Notify costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Kifubara free?
Kifubara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OGS Notify or Kifubara?
Kifubara is rated higher. OGS Notify averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Kifubara averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do OGS Notify or Kifubara have ads?
Neither OGS Notify nor Kifubara shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OGS Notify or Kifubara?
OGS Notify ships an update every 7 months, and Kifubara every 2 days. Most recently, OGS Notify was updated on October 13, 2026 and Kifubara on October 7, 2026.

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