Go Master 2017 vs 围棋之书
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Go Master 2017
This app offers a free library of Go problems for learners of all levels, from beginner to advanced. It provides detailed explanations, solutions, and variations for each problem, encouraging proactive learning with note-taking tools.
- Free Go problem library
- Problems for all levels (40k to 9d)
- Covers all game stages
- Proactive learning encouragement
- Detailed explanations and solutions
- Note-taking tools
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A joint product for learning board game go, by Go Eye author and BestGo Institute. A free, simple, and elegant go problem library app targeting at each level of go learners, with problems ranging from 40k to 9d. The problems include all stages of a go game, including opening, middle game, and end games. It is the first go learning app that encourages proactive learning. It provides comprehensive explanations to each problem with correct solution, wrong solution, variations, as well as comments. With handy note taking tools, you can document your thoughts in each problem. The problems are shared from BestGo's yearly accumulated teaching materials and the library is growing continuously.
围棋之书
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这一款围棋软件是将日常的学习以及训练对弈结果为基础，通过统计和人工智能辅助给用户学习围棋的薄弱知识点,并给予加强练习,这款软件让用户专注于练习死活题,通过做题的积累以及难点分析,可以系统的学习围棋的知识要点，达成快速升级入段的学习目标！
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Go Master 2017 at none against 围棋之书's 3. Go Master 2017 also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 71%) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. 围棋之书 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Go Master 2017 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Go Master 2017 against 5.0 for 围棋之书. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Go Master 2017 has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Go Master 2017's written reviews are positive against 71% of 围棋之书's.
Go Master 2017 ships an update every 3 weeks, 围棋之书 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Go Master 2017 | 围棋之书 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wenzhang Zhu | 文艺 邓 |
Customer experience
Go Master 2017
围棋之书
In-app purchases
Go Master 2017
No in-app purchases
围棋之书
- 连续包月1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- 连续包年1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- 永久会员$24.99
