Senet (AG) vs SmartGo One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Senet (AG)
Explore and play historically significant board games brought to life with modern app design. Compete against AI, friends, or players worldwide, both online and offline. Enjoy collectible items and challenging rule variants.
- Play against AI, friends, and random players
- Online and offline gameplay
- Collectible game pieces and boards
- Challenging rule variants
- Cloud save across the collection
- Multi-language support
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If you play more than one of my Ancient Games, I suggest you delete the individual apps and install the main one (Ancient Games). It will allow you to play them all and save disk storage. The past is full of fascinating board games that haves been mostly forgotten. The Ancient Games collection aims to resurrect them as a meticulously crafted mix between what a player wants from an historical game and what he/she expects of a modern application. -Play against the IA, friends and random players from around the world. -Play Online & Offline. -Multiple collectibles : boards, game pieces, dice, nameplates, etc. -Challenges (Fun rule variants) -Free cloudsave across the collection : your progress in one game is available in all the others. -Much more features to come! -Languages : English, French, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Russian. Currently, the collection is comprised of four games : the Royal Game of Ur, Senet, XII Scripta and Puluc, but 40 games are in the works! Each game will be added to the Ancient Games app and will have its own individual app as well. The privacy policy has been updated in accordance to the latest data protection laws.
SmartGo One
Learn, play, and improve at the ancient game of Go. This app offers adjustable board sizes, a strong AI opponent, and tools to study professional games and solve Go problems. It's designed for players of all skill levels, from beginners to masters.
- Adjustable board sizes (9x9 to 19x19)
- Strong KataGo game engine
- Study professional game records
- Solve Go problems and tutorials
- Pattern matching for move suggestions
- Territory estimator
- Game recording and annotation
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SmartGo One is the only Go app you’ll need, whether you’re just getting started or already a seasoned player. Learn, play, study, and improve with SmartGo One. Experience the ancient game of Go on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac in a whole new way. Also known as igo (囲碁), wéiqí (围棋), or baduk (바둑), Go begins with an empty board that gradually fills as players surround territory and capture stones. Start with a 9x9 board and move up to 13x13 and 19x19 as your skills grow. SmartGo One adapts to your strength, automatically adjusting handicaps so games remain competitive and enjoyable. And when you’re ready for a serious challenge, the powerful KataGo-based engine delivers strong, rewarding play. But SmartGo One is far more than a way to play Go. Read interactive Go books while replaying the moves they describe to deepen your understanding. Explore a collection of more than 138,000 professional game records spanning both modern and historical masters. Improve your reading and decision-making skills with a growing library of Go problems and tutorials. Want to know how a master would handle a position on your board? SmartGo’s pattern matching technology compares your game with historical pro games and shows how strong players approached similar situations. No matter your level, SmartGo One helps you continue improving. Features include: • 9x9, 11x11, 13x13, and 19x19 board sizes • Powerful KataGo-based engine • Fast and responsive gameplay • Manual or automatic handicap adjustment • Record, annotate, and edit your games • Territory estimator • Hints and move analysis • Undo and replay controls • Tutorial with over 100 problems • Extensive user manual We value your privacy and only collect the minimum information necessary to make our apps work well for you. Learn more at https://smartgo.com/privacy.html. This app is licensed under Apple’s standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartGo One at 4.8 against Senet (AG)'s 4.2. SmartGo One also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 115). Senet (AG)'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Senet (AG) sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and SmartGo One sells 46 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SmartGo One holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartGo One has 1.9K ratings behind it against 115, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Senet (AG)'s written reviews are positive against 77% of SmartGo One's.
Senet (AG) ships an update fortnightly, SmartGo One every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Senet (AG) | SmartGo One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (115 ratings) | 4.8 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 115 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sullivan Bousiniere | Smart Go, Inc. |
Customer experience
Senet (AG)
SmartGo One
User reviews
Senet (AG)
From 115 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game concept
- 👍 Entertaining and enjoyable
- 👍 Good graphics and visuals
- 👍 Authentic feel to ancient game
- 👍 Developer is responsive
Room to improve
- 🎲 Rigged computer AI
- 🐛 Bugs in multiplayer/PvP
- 💸 Ads in paid game
- 🤔 Unpredictable AI behavior
- 🐌 Slow progression to new levels
SmartGo One
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Awesome app
- 👍 Great for playing and learning Go
- 📚 Excellent integration with Go books
- 🔍 Powerful analysis and review features
- 💻 Seamless experience across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and stability issues
- 🤔 Unintuitive user interface for beginners
- 💰 Paywall for full 19x19 board and some features
- 🤖 AI too strong for novice players
Bugs and requests
Senet (AG)
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game rigged/cheats
- Cannot buy ads removed
- Functionality removed
- Ads cause app to freeze
- Computer AI makes illegal moves
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- Cannot skip turn
- Game ID for starting games doesn't work
- Latest update ruined features (PvP, playing with friends)
- Unresponsive controls on last row
- In-app purchases broken
Requested features
12 requests- Offline PvP
- One-device multiplayer
- Restore purchases button
- Tutorial
- Option to remove game-related paraphernalia
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- Ability to communicate with other players
- More games like Senet
- Hounds and Jackals game
- Mehen game
- Hieroglyphics feature
- More XP for faster leveling
- Adjustable wait times for dice throws and piece movement
SmartGo One
Reported bugs
3 issues- Illegal move detection issues on certain board positions
- Problems with missing variations or incorrect answers
- Inconsistent behavior when passing moves
Requested features
5 requests- Add read-only mode
- Improve move suggestion explanations
- Introduce difficulty settings for AI
- Integrate online play functionality
- Provide more randomness in AI moves
In-app purchases
Senet (AG)
- Mortal to Heroic Upgrade$0.99
- Heroic to Divine Upgrade$0.99
- Ancient Artifact$0.99
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- AG+ Mortal Edition$1.99
- Mortal to Divine Upgrade$1.99
- AG Credit$1.99
- Gems x 30$2.99
- Dawn of Civilization DLC$2.99
- Skeletton Key$2.99
- Unlimited 1 Month$3.99
- Senet Divine Edition$3.99
- Gems x 75$6.99
- Unlimited Forever$44.99
SmartGo One
- SmartGo One Pro – Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Games and Features14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Just Enough Japanese 1Free
- Key Concepts in Life and Death$2.99
- Go Problems Master Collection$3.99
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- Go Problems Add-on 2: Medium$3.99
- Go Problems Add-on 1: Easy$3.99
- Go Problems Add-on 3: Hard$3.99
- Counting Liberties$4.99
- The Monkey Jump$4.99
- Double Digit Kyu Games$5.99
- Go: A Complete Introduction$5.99
- How Not to Play Go$5.99
- Encyclopedia of Go Principles$5.99
- Want to Play Go? Level 1$5.99
- Black to Play 30-25 Kyu$5.99
- The Workshop Lectures 1$5.99
- Rethinking Opening Strategy$6.99
- Learn to Play Go 1$7.99
- Learn to Play Go 2$7.99
- Learn to Play Go 3$7.99
- Correct Joseki$7.99
- “The Theory of Go”$7.99
- Learn to Play Go 4$7.99
- Buddhist Philosophy Game of Go$8.99
- Graded Go Problems 1$9.99
- Graded Go Problems 2$9.99
- Want to Play Go? Level 2$9.99
- Basic Techniques of Go$9.99
- Graded Go Problems 3$9.99
- Get Strong at Life and Death$9.99
- Mastering Mini Go by Mark Tomlinson$11.99
- Fuseki Revolution$11.99
- Fundamental Principles of Go$11.99
- The Basics of Life and Death$11.99
- Joseki Revolution$11.99
- Life and Death$11.99
- A Survey of the Basic Tesujis$11.99
- Tesuji$11.99
- AlphaGo to Zero, vol. 4$14.99
- Trouble Master, volume 2$14.99
- Trouble Master, volume 1$14.99
- AlphaGo to Zero, Vol. 2$14.99
- Invincible$24.99
- Essential Go Proverbs$24.99
- Pro – Lifetime Unlock$99.00









