WeiqiVision vs Read19
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WeiqiVision
This app offers a digital training ground for Go players. It provides unique visualization exercises to improve pattern recognition, shape awareness, and memory recall for strategic gameplay.
- Visualization exercises
- Shape recognition training
- Pattern spotting
- Memory enhancement
- Go/Weiqi/Baduk practice
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WeiqiVision is your personal Go / Weiqi / Baduk gym. Sharpen your skills with innovative visualization exercises, boost your shape recognition, and strengthen your ability to memorize and spot patterns.
Read19
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Read19 brings cloud-powered KataGo analysis to iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Play directly against AI and watch win rate and score lead update move by move. Import SGF records to explore candidate moves, principal variations, ownership, and whole-game trends. Read19 flags inaccuracies, mistakes, and blunders by win-rate and point loss, so you can focus on the moves that changed the game. Your games and reviews stay on device. Sign in to sync privately with iCloud across devices and export standard SGF files. Read19 prefers secure WSS and falls back to HTTPS on restricted networks. Advanced users can connect to a compatible backend with custom HTTPS/WSS endpoints and an optional Bearer token. Free includes 100,000 visits each calendar month with the Fast model. Plus unlocks the stronger Balanced model, more concurrency, and 2,000,000 monthly visits. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Read19 at none against WeiqiVision's shown. WeiqiVision's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. WeiqiVision sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Read19 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WeiqiVision ships an update every 4 days, Read19 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WeiqiVision | Read19 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Mariotti | 思程 陈 |
In-app purchases
WeiqiVision
- Remove Ads$6.99
Read19
- KataGo Review Plus$6.991 Month
- 300K Visits$1.99
- 1M Visits$3.99
- 3M Visits$9.99
