Comparison

TextingGo vs Hoshi Go

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TextingGo

Play the ancient strategy game of Go with friends locally or remotely. Supports multiple rule sets and allows for text-based communication during games. Enjoy Go on your iPhone or iPad.

Highlights
  • Local multiplayer
  • Text-based multiplayer
  • Multiple rule sets (American, Chinese, NZ)
  • Play on the go
  • iPhone and iPad support
Features
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Local and Texting Multiplayer GO! Play Go on the Go ! American, Chinese, Japanese, and New Zealand Rules! Text your friends games of Go.

About

Hoshi Go

Features
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Hoshi Go is a free, beautiful, fully offline way to play and learn Go — the ancient board game also known as Baduk or Weiqi. PLAY • 9×9, 13×13 and full 19×19 boards • Pass-and-play with a friend on one phone • Challenge a built-in bot opponent, made for beginners and casual players • Handicap stones (2–9) to balance any matchup • Undo, resign, and proper Chinese (area) scoring with interactive dead-stone marking LEARN • Five short interactive lessons take you from "what is a liberty?" to scoring your first game • Solve real capture puzzles right inside the lessons • Covers liberties, capture, ko, suicide, eyes, life & death, and territory PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no accounts, no tracking, no internet required — ever • Collects zero data Whether you have five minutes for a quick 9×9 game or an evening for a full 19×19 battle, the board is always ready.

Screenshots

TextingGo4 screens
Hoshi Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hoshi Go at none against TextingGo's 1. Hoshi Go also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TextingGo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hoshi Go asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
TextingGo versus Hoshi Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextingGoHoshi Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew SchorrJUAN CARLOS CELIS PINTO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TextingGo

One-time1
  • Emote Pack$1.99
None

Hoshi Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TextingGo free?
TextingGo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hoshi Go free?
Hoshi Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TextingGo or Hoshi Go have ads?
Neither TextingGo nor Hoshi Go shows ads.

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