Go Problems vs The World Go
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
The World Go
Engage in the ancient strategy game of Go with players worldwide. Practice against AI, watch master games, and connect with friends. Features unique board themes and a robust ranking system.
- Online multiplayer matches
- AI practice modes
- Watch master games
- Friend match system
- Customizable board themes
- Automated scoring
- User ranking system
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This game is a Go game that can be played by online. This app has been in service since January 2015. More than 10,000 players use this app every day. 1. Play online with players around the world 2. Watching Go Masters' Play 3. Play directly with your friends as a friend add function 4. Watch the your record and send to friends it. 5. Free artificial intelligence to play from level 10 to level 1 6. A set of unique board themes provided in addition to the default board. 7. Title and title match system for high level users 8. Automated House counting System 9. Ban on bad users with manner index system Just enter your old nickname and password at welcome popup. It supports the practice with a low level GO AI for beginners. If you want to learn Go, here you can play with a lot of different levels of strong players.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The World Go at 4.5 against Go Problems's 3.2. Go Problems's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 4) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Go Problems sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and The World Go sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The World Go holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Go Problems's written reviews are positive against 52% of The World Go's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Go Problems | The World Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (15 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews | 51.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adumbration, Inc. | MasterGames |
Customer experience
Go Problems
The World Go
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
The World Go
- GO Gold 10$2.99
- GO Gold 20$6.99
- GO Gold 70$19.99
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- GO Gold 120$34.99
