Tesuji Library vs 围棋之书
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tesuji Library
Enhance your Go game with this app, focusing on skillful moves and strategic plays. Learn to execute clever tactics to improve your reading ability and win more games.
- Study Go game skills
- Learn tesuji (skillful moves)
- Improve reading ability
- Practice strategic plays
- Analyze life and death situations
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Go Game - Tesuji is the top app for you to study and improve your go game skill. A Japanese term used in the games of go or shogi. A tesuji (手筋) is a clever play, the best play in a local position, a skillful move. Tesuji is derived from suji (筋), which means "line of play". The opposite of tesuji is zokusuji, which can be translated as "crude line of play", and also referred to as anti-suji, or a vulgar move depending on the situation. Tesuji is one of the important aspects of the game in which a player exerts his or her ability to "read ahead". In the game of Go, they are used in life and death situations (tsumego), in order to obtain initiative (sente), to capture stones, to gain extra points in the yose, or to otherwise save a seemingly unfavorable situation.
围棋之书
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这一款围棋软件是将日常的学习以及训练对弈结果为基础，通过统计和人工智能辅助给用户学习围棋的薄弱知识点,并给予加强练习,这款软件让用户专注于练习死活题,通过做题的积累以及难点分析,可以系统的学习围棋的知识要点，达成快速升级入段的学习目标！
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The clearest difference is price: 围棋之书 at Free against Tesuji Library's $5.99. 围棋之书 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Tesuji Library's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On ratings volume, 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
围棋之书 is free to download; Tesuji Library costs $5.99 up front. 围棋之书 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tesuji Library asks for nothing beyond the download.
围棋之书 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Tesuji Library's written reviews are positive against 71% of 围棋之书's.
Tesuji Library ships an update every 4 months, 围棋之书 monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tesuji Library | 围棋之书 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 延正 王 | 文艺 邓 |
Customer experience
Tesuji Library
围棋之书
In-app purchases
Tesuji Library
No in-app purchases
围棋之书
- 连续包月1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- 连续包年1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- 永久会员$24.99
