Comparison

Go Books vs Attikos

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

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About

Go Books

Access a vast library of high-quality digital books on the game of Go. Enhance your learning with interactive diagrams, note-taking, and adjustable layouts. Enjoy a superior reading experience compared to print, at a fraction of the cost.

Highlights
  • Interactive diagrams for move replay
  • Solve problems within diagrams
  • Inline diagrams in text
  • Add personal notes
  • Adjustable font and layout
  • Free chapter for each book
Features
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Enjoy high-quality books about the game of Go on your iPad and iPhone. Replay moves and solve problems directly within diagrams. A better experience than printed books, at half the price. Features: - Free chapter for each book. - Play and replay moves in diagrams. - Interactive problem diagrams. - Text enhanced with inline diagrams. - Links to pro games in SmartGo Kifu. - Add your own notes anywhere in a book. - Adjustable font and layout. - Some multi-lingual books (Japanese, German, French & Spanish). - Buy once, read on iPad, iPhone, and Mac. SmartGo Books currently offers more than 130 Go books that you can buy using in-app purchase; more books are in the works. To help you choose, the free “Guide to Go Books” provides clues as to which books might be appropriate for your level. Getting started: - “Learn to Play Go” (vol. 1-5) by Janice Kim 3 dan & Jeong Soo-hyun 9 dan - “Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game” by Cho Chikun 9 dan - “So You Want to Play Go?” (levels 1-4) by Jonathan Hop For more than 20 years, the Elementary Go Series books have been the standard texts for Go players who want to get a firm grasp of the fundamentals. Not only is the theory of Go explained clearly and simply, the reader is also given problems to show how these theoretical concepts are applied in actual games. - “In the Beginning” - “38 Basic Joseki” - “Tesuji” - “Life and Death” - “Attack and Defense” - “The Endgame” - “Handicap Go” Improving your technique: - “How Not to Play Go” (Spanish & French & English) - “Double Digit Kyu Games” - “Single Digit Kyu Game Commentaries” (vol. 1 & 2) - “More Go by example” - “Basic Techniques of Go” - “Fundamental Principles of Go” - “The Workshop Lectures” (vol. 1-5) - “Cho Hun-hyeon’s Lectures on Go Techniques” (vol. 1 & 2) – “Counting Liberties and Winning Capturing Races” - “Tesuji and Anti-Suji of Go” (out-of-print) - “Making Good Shape” - “All About Ko” - “Key Concepts in Life and Death” - “How to Destroy and Preserve” (out-of-print) - “Sabaki – How to Manage Weak Stones” (out-of-print) - “Punishing and Correcting Joseki Mistakes” (out-of-print) - “Correct Joseki” - “Vital Points and Skillful Finesse for Sabaki” Problem books: - “Black to Play! Train the Basics of Go” (German & French & Spanish & English) - “Graded Go Problems for Beginners” (vol. 1-4) - “501 Opening Problems” & “501 Tesuji Problems” - “Rescue and Capture” & “Tricks in Joseki” - “Get Strong at Life and Death” & “Get Strong at the Endgame” - “Shuko: The Only Move” (vol. 1 & 2) – “Gateway to All Marvels: The Xuanxuan Qijing of 1347” - “The most difficult problem ever: Igo Hatsuyôron 120” (German & English) “Invincible: The Games of Shusaku” by John Power has been widely acclaimed as a masterpiece on one of the greatest Go players who ever lived. Enhanced with in-diagram replay, inline diagrams, and links to referenced games, be prepared to experience this classic in a whole new way. “The Life, Games and Commentaries of Honinbo Shuei” by John Fairbairn provides a full-length biography, detailed commentaries on 79 of Shuei's games tracing the development of Shuei's elusive style, and a collection of Shuei's commentaries. A must-read for every serious Go player and student of Go history. Pro game analysis: - “Master Play: The Style of Lee Changho / Go Seigen / Takemiya / Kitani Minoru & Cho Chikun” - “The Games of Fujisawa Shuko” - “Modern Master Games: The Dawn of Tournament Go” - “The Go Consultants” - “Patterns of the Sanrensei” (Japanese & English) - “Understanding Pro Games” & “Deep Thought” (vol. 1 & 2) - Books on games by O Rissei, Naoki Hane, Keigo Yamashita, Go Seigen, Takemiya Masaki, and Sakata Go is a 4000-year-old board game that originated in China. The two players take turns placing stones in an effort to surround territory. The rules can be learned in minutes, yet the complexity of the game provides lifetime enjoyment. Also known as baduk, wéiqí, and igo, it is played by millions of people worldwide.

About

Attikos

This app offers a vast collection of Ancient Greek texts with integrated morphological data and definitions. It provides quick access to full dictionary entries in a companion app, aiding in comprehension and study. Includes grammar overviews for review.

Highlights
  • Extensive Ancient Greek text library
  • In-text morphological data
  • Short definitions
  • Full dictionary entry access
  • Greek grammar overviews
  • Perseus Project texts
Features
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Attikos is an Ancient Greek reading app with an extensive selection of texts. It provides the reader with in-text access to morphological data and short definitions for these texts, along with easy access to full dictionary entries in Logeion, an app which needs to be downloaded separately. This version of Attikos includes the following texts: ・Aeschylus ・Apollonius Rhodius ・Aristophanes ・Aristotle: Athenian Constitution, Nicomachean Ethics, Poetics, Politics, Rhetoric ・Demosthenes ・Epictetus: Discourses, Enchiridion ・Euripides ・Herodotus ・Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days ・Hippocrates: Ancient Medicine, Oath ・Homer: including Homeric hymns ・Isocrates ・Lysias ・Old Oligarch, Constitution of the Athenians ・Pausanias ・Pindar ・Plato: Apology, Charmides, Crito, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Ion, Laches, Lysis, Meno, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Protagoras, Republic, Symposium, Theaetetus ・Sophocles ・Strabo (partial) ・Thucydides ・Xenophon: Agesilaus, Anabasis, Apology of Socrates, Hellenica, Hiero, Memorabilia, Oeconomicus, Symposium, Ways and Means We gratefully use the texts published by the Perseus Project at Tufts University. Finally, some overviews of Greek grammar are included for those who wish to refresh their memory. Please report any bugs, problems, and errors at the links provided within the app.

Screenshots

Go Books4 screens
Attikos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Attikos at none against Go Books's 12. Go Books's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Go Books sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Attikos asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Go Books against 4.8 for Attikos. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 54 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Go Books's written reviews are positive against 87% of Attikos's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Go Books ships an update every 2 months, Attikos every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Go Books versus Attikos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGo BooksAttikos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (35 ratings) — better4.8 (54 ratings)
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews87.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3554 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB559 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmart Go, Inc.The University of Chicago

Customer experience

Go Books

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral7.3%
Negative12.1%

Attikos

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative4.3%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Go Books

One-time12
  • "Double Digit Kyu Games" by Neil Moffatt$5.99
  • "Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game" by Cho Chikun$5.99
  • "How Not to Play Go" by Yuan Zhou$5.99
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  • "So You Want to Play Go? - Level 1" by Jonathan Hop$5.99
  • "Learn to Play Go: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Game" by Janice Kim$7.99
  • "Learn to Play Go II: The Way of the Moving Horse" by Janice Kim$7.99
  • "Learn to Play Go III: The Dragon Style" by Janice Kim$7.99
  • "Basic Techniques of Go" by Haruyama & Nagahara$9.99
  • "Graded Go Problems for Beginners 1" by Kano Yoshinori$9.99
  • "Graded Go Problems 2" by Kano Yoshinori$9.99
  • "Fundamental Principles of Go" by Yilun Yang 7 dan$11.99
  • "Tesuji" by James Davies$11.99
None

Attikos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Go Books free?
Go Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Attikos free?
Attikos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Go Books or Attikos?
Go Books is rated higher. Go Books averages 4.9 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Attikos averages 4.8 from 54 ratings.
Do Go Books or Attikos have ads?
Neither Go Books nor Attikos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Go Books or Attikos?
Go Books ships an update every 2 months, and Attikos every 3 months. Most recently, Go Books was updated on October 29, 2026 and Attikos on October 28, 2026.

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