Minígo vs Hoshi Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 9x9 board
- Turn-based matches
- Play against friends
- Discover new opponents
- Area scoring
- Situational superko
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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
Hoshi Go
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Minígo | Hoshi Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Adelson | JUAN CARLOS CELIS PINTO |
In-app purchases
Minígo
No in-app purchases
Hoshi Go
No in-app purchases








