Comparison

Minígo vs Hoshi Go

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

Head to head
About

Minígo

Engage in turn-based matches of the ancient strategy game on a 9x9 board. Connect with friends or find new opponents through Game Center, utilizing area scoring and a 5.5 point komi.

Highlights
  • 9x9 board
  • Turn-based matches
  • Play against friends
  • Discover new opponents
  • Area scoring
  • Situational superko
Features
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Play Go on a 9x9 board with friends! FEATURES - 9x9 board - Turn-based matches through Game Center - Play against friends or discover new opponents - Area scoring - 5.5 point komi - Situational superko

About

Hoshi Go

Features
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Hoshi Go is a free, beautiful, fully offline way to play and learn Go — the ancient board game also known as Baduk or Weiqi. PLAY • 9×9, 13×13 and full 19×19 boards • Pass-and-play with a friend on one phone • Challenge a built-in bot opponent, made for beginners and casual players • Handicap stones (2–9) to balance any matchup • Undo, resign, and proper Chinese (area) scoring with interactive dead-stone marking LEARN • Five short interactive lessons take you from "what is a liberty?" to scoring your first game • Solve real capture puzzles right inside the lessons • Covers liberties, capture, ko, suicide, eyes, life & death, and territory PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no accounts, no tracking, no internet required — ever • Collects zero data Whether you have five minutes for a quick 9×9 game or an evening for a full 19×19 battle, the board is always ready.

Screenshots

Minígo3 screens
Hoshi Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

Minígo and Hoshi Go are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Minígo versus Hoshi Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinígoHoshi Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael AdelsonJUAN CARLOS CELIS PINTO

In-app purchases

None

Minígo

No in-app purchases

None

Hoshi Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minígo free?
Minígo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hoshi Go free?
Hoshi Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minígo or Hoshi Go have ads?
Neither Minígo nor Hoshi Go shows ads.

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