Comparison

Surround vs Radames

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

Head to head
About

Surround

Play the ancient strategy game of Go online with a global community. Engage in live or turn-based matches, observe ongoing games, and connect with other players. Receive timely notifications for your games and enjoy a sleek dark mode interface.

Highlights
  • Play live and turn-based Go games
  • Observe ongoing games
  • Chat with other players
  • Home screen widget for correspondence games
  • Notifications for game turns
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Surround is a client to play Go online with other players on the website online-go.com (Online Go Server - OGS). OGS is a very popular Go Server with a friendly community, and this app aims to provide the best OGS experience on iPhones and iPads. Features: - Play Go with other Go players on OGS, either live games or turn-based (correspondence) games. - Observe other live games that are currently being played. - Chat with other players. - Get a glimpse of your correspondence games on your home screen with a widget. - Receive notifications when it is your turn in correspondence games. - Beautiful dark mode. There are many more features on OGS website that I plan to implement into the app gradually, so I hope to have your support to make it happen faster. Let me know if there is any feature you specifically want to have first. This app offers subscriptions for supporting the app's ongoing development. If you decide to participate in the subscriptions: - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. - The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. - All purchases are final. I cannot issue refunds for purchases charged to your Apple ID. The Terms of Use can be found at: https://files.honganhkhoa.com/SurroundTerms.html, and the Privacy Policy can be found at: https://files.honganhkhoa.com/SurroundPrivacyPolicy.html.

About

Radames

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This is a kind of solitary game, opposing a human player and a virtual opponent, the smarphone. The game board has 16 cells, 4 lines and 4 columns. Each player owns 4 pawns: red for the human and black for the opponent. At game beginning, the pawns are aligned on their base rows. Aim of the game is tho place three pawns of your color aligned in diagonal, or four pawns aligned in vertical. The human player moves first: select a red pawn touching it: its colour changes to blue. Then touch the destination cell, which must be empty, and just une step away from the starting position, in any direction. Or a red pawn may jump over a black one, provided that the destination cell is empty. If the move is valid, the selected pawn will be moved to the new selected position. After each move of a red pawn, the move is up to black, and you have to wait for it. Once done, the move is up to you again, and so on.

Screenshots

Surround4 screens
Radames1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Surround at Free against Radames's $0.99. Surround also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 22 months). Radames's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.3 vs 18.0). On ads 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

Surround is free to download; Radames costs $0.99 up front. Surround sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Radames asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Surround ships an update fortnightly, Radames every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Surround versus Radames: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurroundRadames
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (72 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings72 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.014.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHong Anh KhoaLuigi Fonti

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Surround

Subscriptions4
  • Surround App Supporter$0.491 Month
  • Surround App Supporter$1.991 Month
  • Surround App Supporter$4.991 Month
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  • Surround App Supporter$9.991 Month
None

Radames

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Surround free?
Surround is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Radames free?
Radames costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Surround or Radames have ads?
Neither Surround nor Radames shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Surround or Radames?
Surround ships an update fortnightly, and Radames every 22 months. Most recently, Surround was updated on October 20, 2026 and Radames on October 3, 2026.

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