GoMate vs 수담
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoMate
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Play Go against AI at every level, from Beginner Coach up to Max AI, then review the game and check the score estimate. The KataGo engine runs right on your phone: no account, no internet, and it works offline. New players get an opponent that won’t overwhelm them; stronger players get one that pushes back. OPPONENTS, FROM COACH TO MAX AI • Beginner Coach: the lowest level, but every move is the one that keeps the game closest to 50/50, so you have room to practice • 15 kyu, amateur dan levels, pro dan levels, then Super AI and Max AI: one app that goes from first games to dan strength • 9×9, 13×13 and 19×19 boards, with Chinese or Japanese rules • Adjustable handicap and komi, with a one-tap reset to the default komi • Want White? Switch before the first move DURING A GAME • Coach toggle: turn it on for a win rate bar, candidate moves and hints, or off for a clean board • Undo, Estimate, Pass and Game Over are always one tap away • At the end, the result and each side’s score come from the engine’s margin; switch between Area and Territory counting • Save the game to Records. Leave mid-game and tap Resume Last Game to pick up where you stopped REVIEW AFTER THE GAME • Step forward and back, or drag the slider to any move • A win rate chart shows where the game turned, with good moves and questionable moves marked on the board and the chart • Estimate shows Black and White territory; switch between Black view and White view • Import SGF records and let the AI analyze them, with progress shown as it goes • Rename or delete any record WHAT’S FREE, WHAT’S PAID Free: every opponent level except Beginner Coach, plus handicap, komi, coach hints and win rate, undo, estimate, scoring, record management, SGF import and analysis, and review. No limits on games, no ads. You can play a full game, save it and review it without paying. Paid: only the Beginner Coach opponent needs unlocking. Choose Lifetime (pay once, keep it forever, no renewal) or Yearly (renews every year, cancel anytime). Beginner Coach games you already saved can still be viewed and reviewed, and an unfinished one can still be finished, even when it’s locked. Yearly is an auto-renewing subscription: payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, and it renews automatically within 24 hours before the period ends unless you cancel beforehand under Subscriptions in your system Settings. PRIVACY No account, no internet, no data collected. Your records and settings stay on your phone. Terms of Use (Apple’s standard EULA): Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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 in-app purchases: 수담 at none against GoMate's 2. 수담 also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). GoMate's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. GoMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. 수담 asks for nothing beyond the download.
GoMate ships an update every 2 months, 수담 every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | GoMate | 수담 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丽莉 芮 | addWisdom |
In-app purchases
GoMate
- Beginner Coach – Yearly$2.991 Year
- Beginner Coach – Lifetime$6.99
수담
No in-app purchases







