Go Lab vs 수담
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Go Lab
Play and analyze Go games with advanced AI. Features include real-time analysis, blunder reports, AI commentary prompts, and board photo import. Supports multiple board sizes and AI models for serious play and review.
- KataGo AI engine integration
- Real-time move analysis and win rate
- Blunder analysis reports
- AI commentary prompt generation
- Board photo import for analysis
- Online Go Server (OGS) integration
- Tsumego practice mode
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KataGo in the palm of your hand. A Go app for playing seriously and analyzing seriously. Powered by KataGo (b18c384nbt). HumanSL that recreates human playing styles, blunder analysis reports, AI commentary prompt generation, board photo import, and OGS play. Supports 9×9, 13×13 and 19×19, with every feature and model included at no extra cost. ■ KataGo Models: 3 Included • b18c384nbt: A powerful model that runs on CoreML. It truly shines in 19×19 play and analysis • b6c96: A compact model bundled with the app. Light and fast • HumanSL: A model trained on human game records for a human playing style. Play opponents close to your level, from 20 kyu to 9 dan, and switch between modern and classic (pre-AlphaGo) styles ■ Real-Time Analysis • Candidate moves: Shows KataGo’s top 10 moves with win rate and score estimates • Win rate graph: Updates after every move • Territory estimate: Shows black and white territory on the board (can be toggled on/off) • Thinking time visualization: Highlights long thinks in red and yellow ■ Post-Game Review • Blunder analysis report: Lists the moves that cost you the game. Each position shows the AI’s recommended move, a variation diagram, and the difference in points and win rate. Copy or share it as an image • Review mode: Play out variations from any position to create branches. Add PV (principal variation) lines and compare evaluations in the review tree • AI commentary prompt generation: Ports the concept detection layer of Kifu-Sensei (MIT). Automatically extracts facts such as cuts, ladders, and group stability from your game record and builds a high-quality prompt that lets an AI give accurate commentary. Just paste it into the AI of your choice to get a written explanation of why a move was a mistake, something KataGo’s numbers alone cannot tell you ■ Import Games from Photos • Just take a photo of a Go board, and the board frame and stone positions are recognized automatically • Analyze the imported position with KataGo right away ■ OGS Spectating & Play • Log in with your OGS account to watch games from around the world in real time • Also play against other players and bots ■ Games & Records • Play the computer or a friend on the same device (works offline) • Dead stone review screen: The AI suggests dead stones at the end of a game. Tap the board to correct life and death, and adjust the AI’s sensitivity with a slider • SGF import: Import game records by selecting a file or pasting text • Tsumego mode: 347 problems from the Xuanxuan Qijing ■ Focus Mode • Zen mode: Quietly fades out all UI except the board. Switch it on with the Zen button at the top right of the board • Full-screen support: Play on an edge-to-edge board (ideal for 19×19) ■ Bonus: Beginner Lessons • Added at the request of beginners: introductory and basic lessons with the Live2D character Midori • Practice liberties, atari, capturing stones, territory, ko and more by actually playing on a 9×9 board • Not needed? You can hide it the moment it appears Official website: https://apps.vlabos.com/go/
수담
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Sit down at the board, and your teacher is already there. Sudam is a fully offline Go (Baduk) app with KataGo — the world's strongest open-source Go engine — built right into your device. No internet, no sign-up, no server. 1. World-class AI, fully offline The KataGo engine lives inside the app, analyzing and responding instantly without a network. Every calculation happens on your device — and only on your device. 2. 27 levels, from 18-kyu to 9-dan Find the opponent that fits you on a finely graded 27-step ladder. Handicap games from 2 to 9 stones, adjustable komi, your choice of Black or White, and scoring under Korean rules. 3. Teaching Games with AlphaGomi Your AI teacher AlphaGomi compares your move with the best move every single turn, explaining the type of move, why it works, and how the game is likely to unfold — in clear, friendly language. 4. Review — down to "why that spot" Step through your game move by move and spot the turning points on the win-rate graph. In Explore mode, replay the AI's recommended lines or try your own ideas and judge the position. 5. Go proverbs, right when they apply In moments like atari, cuts, life & death, or a big group in danger, the Ten Golden Rules and time-honored proverbs appear one line at a time — so the principles sink in naturally. 6. Daily tsumego and Rank Challenges Fresh puzzles every day reveal your strengths and weaknesses by theme — life & death, atari, cutting, and more. Rank Challenges are played on a Korean byo-yomi clock, one rank at a time, with no analysis and no hints — pure skill. 7. Game Insights (weakness report) Sudam looks across your games to find the mistakes you repeat out of habit, organizes them by game phase and move type, and links each key scene straight into review. 8. Progress tracking and backup Rank history, AI match records, and puzzle accuracy on one dashboard. Export to SGF and back up or restore everything as a single file. Reviews, daily tsumego, and daily free games are yours to enjoy — and one single purchase unlocks everything forever: unlimited Teaching Games, Game Insights, and no ads. No account needed; your purchase restores on any device with the same store account. All your data stays on your device, on both iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 수담 at Free against Go Lab's $4.99. 수담 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Go Lab's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On in-app purchases 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
수담 is free to download; Go Lab costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Go Lab ships an update every 2 days, 수담 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Go Lab | 수담 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | koji ozono | addWisdom |
In-app purchases
Go Lab
No in-app purchases
수담
No in-app purchases









