Go Problems vs GoGrinari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
GoGrinari
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play your own set of go problem in GoGrinder format. (compress the set folder in a zip file)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoGrinari at none against Go Problems's 10. Go Problems's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Go Problems sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. GoGrinari asks for nothing beyond the download.
Go Problems ships an update every 2 months, GoGrinari every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Go Problems | GoGrinari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adumbration, Inc. | Rosat David |
In-app purchases
Go Problems
- Carpenter's Square Problem Set$0.99
- Standard Problem Set 9$1.99
- Standard Problem Set 1$2.99
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- 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
GoGrinari
No in-app purchases
