Comparison

BearTsumego vs IgoStadium

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

Head to head
About

BearTsumego

This app offers daily Go puzzles to improve your stone life and death skills. Collect stickers by solving puzzles regularly and track your progress with detailed records and timed challenges. It provides detailed explanations for incorrect moves and allows you to confirm answers until satisfied.

Highlights
  • Daily Go puzzles
  • Sticker collection for motivation
  • Detailed move explanations
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Review mistakes feature
  • Proficiency tests
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Bear Tsumego is a tsumego app that focuses "Little and often fills the purse". Let's collect stickers by solving tsumego everyday! I hope you will enjoy and solve tsumego little by little everyday and become better when you realized it. *Please note that "Bear Tsumego" app is for users that know go rules and stones' life & death. ●○ Polite Response ●○ Have you ever not understand why your move is wrong when you solve tsumego? "In a book, I can't understand because there are only a few answers." "In an app, I can't understand because white doesn't respond to my move." In BearTsumego, I elaborate exercises so that white responds to possible moves. Also, because you can put stones as you like after ○× show on a screen, you can confirm the answer until satisfied. ●○ Main features ●○ - Free 120 tsumego exercises! - 3 difficulties: Beginner(from entry to 11k), Intermediate(from 10k to 1k), Advanced(from 1d to high grade) - Moreover there are 3 levels in every difficulty. - Stickers appear on a calendar when you solve tsumego! They motivate you to continue everyday. - "Today's Exercise": 3 random exercises appear on a top view everyday. - "Review Mistake": You can review effectively by solving the exercises that you made a mistake. - "Proficiency Test": Challenge a proficiency test (10 random exercises are set from a specific difficulty) to try your strength! - Exercises rotate and invert randomly. Tackle exercises with fresh feeling. - You will know your growth as you can see a previous record when you solve an exercise. - In addition, there is a timer to measure time to solve! ●○ Paid Features ●○ You can buy additional exercises outright! From the viewpoint of an abundant number of exercises, niceness of answers and BearTsumego's unique useful features, we offer the additional exercises at greater price than books. ●○ Terms ●○ -Terms of Use https://igokuma.com/tsumego-terms-en/ -Privacy Policy https://igokuma.com/tsumego-privacy-policy-en/ ●○ Contact ●○ kumaporo@igokuma.com

About

IgoStadium

Engage in online matches of the strategic board game Go with players worldwide or against AI. Enjoy customizable game times and practice on a virtual examination board. Offers features for playing with friends and observing live games.

Highlights
  • Online matchmaking with global players
  • Play against Go AI
  • Play with friends
  • Customizable game timers
  • Watch live matches
  • Examination board for practice
Features
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IgoStadium is an online game application for Go, with the developer's wish to enjoy playing it. [Functionality] - Random matching makes it easy to play games with people from all over the world - Play with friends - Matches with Go AI (artificial intelligence) - Set time for easy playing while commuting to work or school (countdown + grace time) - Grades without upper limits - Watching a match - A freely usable examination board installed in my room. [Match Rule] A form of competition in which players can play in gap time Chinese rule (Live stone on board + territory) Komi 7 9x9: Countdown time 15 seconds + Grace time 60 seconds 13x13: Countdown time 15 seconds + Grace time 120 seconds 19x19: Countdown time 15 seconds + Grace time 300 seconds ["IgoStadium" Developer Twitter Account] @oubeika11 https://twitter.com/oubeika11 [Contact Us] igostadium15@gmail.com

Screenshots

BearTsumego4 screens
IgoStadium3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IgoStadium at none against BearTsumego's 10. IgoStadium also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). BearTsumego's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (95% vs 67%). On price 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

Both are free to download. BearTsumego sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. IgoStadium asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BearTsumego ships an update monthly, IgoStadium fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BearTsumego versus IgoStadium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBearTsumegoIgoStadium
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHOUKO SAKURAInaoki jinguji

Customer experience

BearTsumego

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

IgoStadium

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

BearTsumego

One-time10
  • Beginner Level 1$2.99
  • Intermediate Level 1$2.99
  • Basic Life&Death Level 1$2.99
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  • Intermediate Pack 2 Level 2$2.99
  • Intermediate Level 2$2.99
  • Beginner Set Level 1-3$5.99
  • Intermediate Level 1-3 Set$5.99
  • Advanced Set Level 1-3$5.99
  • Basic Life&Death Set$5.99
  • Intermediate Pack2 Set$5.99
None

IgoStadium

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BearTsumego free?
BearTsumego is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IgoStadium free?
IgoStadium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BearTsumego or IgoStadium have ads?
IgoStadium shows ads; BearTsumego does not.
Which is updated more often, BearTsumego or IgoStadium?
BearTsumego ships an update monthly, and IgoStadium fortnightly. Most recently, BearTsumego was updated on November 2, 2026 and IgoStadium on November 2, 2026.

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