Comparison

Go Problems vs BearTsumego

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

Head to head
About

Go Problems

Sharpen your Go skills with a vast collection of hand-picked problems. Track your progress, solve life and death, and tesuji challenges, and receive personalized problem recommendations based on your skill level. Daily practice is made easy with this app.

Highlights
  • Over 4,500 Go problems
  • Life and death and tesuji problems
  • Automatic rating calculation
  • Bookmarking favorite problems
  • Auto-problem mode adjusts to skill
  • Progress tracking by difficulty
Features
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Improve your go by solving go problems. All problems hand-picked from the goproblems.com database. Over 4,500 problems to start, and more will be added over time. This app will automatically calculate your rating as you attempt the problems. Life and death and tesuji problems are the fastest way to get stronger at go. This app will help you practice every day. App features: * Over 200 free problems * Retina display on iPhone and iPad * Bookmarking your favorite problems * Auto-problem mode finds problems at your level and adjusts to your skill * Track your progress at each problem difficulty level * Two-finger swipe to quickly change between problems

About

BearTsumego

This app offers daily Go puzzles to improve your stone life and death skills. Collect stickers by solving puzzles regularly and track your progress with detailed records and timed challenges. It provides detailed explanations for incorrect moves and allows you to confirm answers until satisfied.

Highlights
  • Daily Go puzzles
  • Sticker collection for motivation
  • Detailed move explanations
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Review mistakes feature
  • Proficiency tests
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Bear Tsumego is a tsumego app that focuses "Little and often fills the purse". Let's collect stickers by solving tsumego everyday! I hope you will enjoy and solve tsumego little by little everyday and become better when you realized it. *Please note that "Bear Tsumego" app is for users that know go rules and stones' life & death. ●○ Polite Response ●○ Have you ever not understand why your move is wrong when you solve tsumego? "In a book, I can't understand because there are only a few answers." "In an app, I can't understand because white doesn't respond to my move." In BearTsumego, I elaborate exercises so that white responds to possible moves. Also, because you can put stones as you like after ○× show on a screen, you can confirm the answer until satisfied. ●○ Main features ●○ - Free 120 tsumego exercises! - 3 difficulties: Beginner(from entry to 11k), Intermediate(from 10k to 1k), Advanced(from 1d to high grade) - Moreover there are 3 levels in every difficulty. - Stickers appear on a calendar when you solve tsumego! They motivate you to continue everyday. - "Today's Exercise": 3 random exercises appear on a top view everyday. - "Review Mistake": You can review effectively by solving the exercises that you made a mistake. - "Proficiency Test": Challenge a proficiency test (10 random exercises are set from a specific difficulty) to try your strength! - Exercises rotate and invert randomly. Tackle exercises with fresh feeling. - You will know your growth as you can see a previous record when you solve an exercise. - In addition, there is a timer to measure time to solve! ●○ Paid Features ●○ You can buy additional exercises outright! From the viewpoint of an abundant number of exercises, niceness of answers and BearTsumego's unique useful features, we offer the additional exercises at greater price than books. ●○ Terms ●○ -Terms of Use https://igokuma.com/tsumego-terms-en/ -Privacy Policy https://igokuma.com/tsumego-privacy-policy-en/ ●○ Contact ●○ kumaporo@igokuma.com

Screenshots

Go Problems3 screens
BearTsumego4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BearTsumego at 95% against Go Problems's 45%. BearTsumego also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2). Go Problems's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Problems sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and BearTsumego sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BearTsumego holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Go Problems's written reviews are positive against 95% of BearTsumego's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Go Problems ships an update every 2 months, BearTsumego monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Go Problems versus BearTsumego: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGo ProblemsBearTsumego
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (15 ratings)4.5 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews95.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1515
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdumbration, Inc.SHOUKO SAKURAI

Customer experience

Go Problems

All ratings15 ratings
Positive46.7%
Neutral26.7%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral27.6%
Negative27.6%

BearTsumego

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Go Problems

One-time10
  • Carpenter's Square Problem Set$0.99
  • Standard Problem Set 9$1.99
  • Standard Problem Set 1$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Standard Problem Set 2$2.99
  • Standard Problem Set 3$2.99
  • Standard Problem Set 4$2.99
  • Standard Problem Set 5$2.99
  • Standard Problem Set 6$2.99
  • Standard Problem Set 7$2.99
  • Standard Problem Set 8$2.99
11 purchases

BearTsumego

One-time11
  • Beginner Level 1$2.99
  • Intermediate Level 1$2.99
  • Basic Life&Death Level 1$2.99
Show 8 more
  • Intermediate Pack 2 Level 1$2.99
  • Intermediate Pack 2 Level 2$2.99
  • Intermediate Level 2$2.99
  • Beginner Set Level 1-3$5.99
  • Intermediate Level 1-3 Set$5.99
  • Advanced Set Level 1-3$5.99
  • Basic Life&Death Set$5.99
  • Intermediate Pack2 Set$5.99

Questions

Is Go Problems free?
Go Problems is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BearTsumego free?
BearTsumego is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Go Problems or BearTsumego?
BearTsumego is rated higher. Go Problems averages 3.2 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while BearTsumego averages 4.5 from 15 ratings.
Do Go Problems or BearTsumego have ads?
Neither Go Problems nor BearTsumego shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Go Problems or BearTsumego?
Go Problems ships an update every 2 months, and BearTsumego monthly. Most recently, Go Problems was updated on October 16, 2026 and BearTsumego on October 15, 2026.

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