Comparison

OGS Notify vs Doctor Go

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

Doctor Go

Learn the ancient game of Go with interactive lessons and AI opponents. Master rules, shapes, and puzzles with clear feedback and a glossary of terms. Play on various board sizes and rule sets with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Interactive chapter-based lessons
  • Glossary of 50+ Go terms with diagrams
  • Mini puzzles for life-and-death and endgame
  • Four AI difficulty tiers
  • Support for 9, 13, 19 line boards
  • Korean, Japanese, Chinese rules
  • Friendly board UI with hints
Features
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Doctor Go is the friendly way to learn the ancient game of Go (Baduk / Weiqi) on your phone or tablet — interactive lessons that teach you the rules and the most important shapes one step at a time. • 30 chapter-based lessons — every lesson has a board example and an interactive move with instant feedback • Searchable glossary of 51 Go terms — atari, ponnuki, ko, ladder, eye, joseki, sente, miai, tesuji and more • 211 puzzles — 131 life-and-death and liberty exercises, plus ladder, endgame and capturing-race problems • Four AI tiers — Beginner / Easy / Medium / Strong, MCTS-based with heuristics • 9·13·19 line boards · Korean / Japanese / Chinese rules · 2–9 stone handicap • OS-native leaderboard and achievements via Game Center • Friendly board UI — last-move marker, optional liberty / atari hints, score-territory preview, undo, full game replay No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases.

Screenshots

OGS Notify4 screens
Doctor Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Doctor Go at Free against OGS Notify's $0.99. Doctor Go also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). OGS Notify's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OGS Notify ships an update every 7 months, Doctor Go every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
OGS Notify versus Doctor Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOGS NotifyDoctor Go
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGunther CronenbergLim Sangjin

Customer experience

OGS Notify

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

Doctor Go

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

OGS Notify

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

Doctor Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OGS Notify free?
OGS Notify costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Doctor Go free?
Doctor Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OGS Notify or Doctor Go have ads?
Neither OGS Notify nor Doctor Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OGS Notify or Doctor Go?
OGS Notify ships an update every 7 months, and Doctor Go every 10 days. Most recently, OGS Notify was updated on October 24, 2026 and Doctor Go on October 25, 2026.

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