Comparison

Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi vs Square Run Game

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

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About

Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi

This app helps you improve your Japanese chess (Shogi) skills by analyzing your games and creating personalized training plans. It offers AI opponents, detailed move analysis, and progress tracking, all playable offline without an account.

Highlights
  • AI opponents with distinct playing styles
  • On-device game analysis
  • Personalized training plans
  • Tsume (checkmate) puzzles
  • Skill profile and progress tracking
  • Offline play
  • Built-in lessons for beginners
Features
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Most shogi apps let you play. Shogiful makes you stronger. It is a personal shogi coach that lives on your iPhone and iPad. Play a game and a real shogi engine reviews every move with you. It shows where the game turned, explains why in plain language, and builds tomorrow's training around the mistakes you actually make. OPPONENTS WITH A PERSONALITY 40 AI opponents, from patient first-game partners to masters. One lives for the attack, another builds a fortress and waits, a third wins everything with drops. Beat one and the next is waiting. Stuck mid-game? The in-game Coach can show you the best move and what each move is worth. FIND OUT WHY YOU LOST After every game, Shogiful walks you through it. Each move is graded from best to blunder, and each mistake comes with the better move and the idea behind it, written like a shogi teacher, not an engine printout. Over time it spots the mistakes you keep repeating, and your training starts targeting exactly those. EVERY ANSWER COMES WITH A REASON Tap "Why this move?" on any puzzle and Shogiful tells you what the move really does: the escape square it takes away, the piece that seals the mate, the sacrifice that tears the castle open. Found a different mate than the book? If it truly mates, it counts. A WHOLE DOJO IN YOUR POCKET Your Daily Plan turns your own games into a few focused minutes a day, and spaced repetition brings each lesson back right before you would forget it. When you want more: • Tsume Trail: more than 500 checkmate problems, from 1 move to 9 • Drop Drills, Tesuji Cards and three-move tactics • Yose Trainer, for the endgame race where games are won • Joseki Lab and Castle Atelier: eleven openings, twelve castles • Komaochi: handicap games, the way shogi has always been taught WATCH YOURSELF GET STRONGER A skill profile across openings, tactics, defense, positional play and the endgame. A kyu and dan estimate you can calibrate. Progress charts that show real improvement, and 62 Game Center achievements to chase along the way. NEW TO SHOGI? START HERE. Shogi is Japan's chess with one brilliant twist: captured pieces switch sides and come back into play as your own. 80 lessons across eight tracks take you from your very first move to castles, endgames and handicap play. Pick traditional kanji pieces or easy-to-read symbols, and Japanese or Western notation. MADE THE WAY YOU PLAY Play on a 2D board or a 3D one. Import and export your games as KIF. Keep your progress in sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac with private iCloud sync. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. The engine runs on your device and works fully offline, so your games stay yours, on the train or on a plane. SHOGIFUL PREMIUM Play, review and train every day at no cost. Premium removes every limit: unlimited analysis and Coach hints, deeper multi-line analysis, every lesson and drill, the 7- and 9-move tsume, the strongest opponents and your full skill history. Choose monthly, yearly or a one-time Lifetime unlock. Every plan supports Family Sharing. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Square Run Game

Navigate a challenging obstacle course, collecting coins and gems. Use your earnings to enhance your character and customize its appearance. Test your reflexes to keep Square alive.

Highlights
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Coin and gem collection
  • Character upgrades
  • Background customization
  • Endless gameplay
Features
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Avoid the obstacles and keep Square alive while collecting coins and gems to upgrade him and his background.

Screenshots

Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi4 screens
Square Run Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Square Run Game at 5.0 against Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi's 4.2. Square Run Game also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Square Run Game sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Square Run Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi ships an update every 9 days, Square Run Game daily. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi versus Square Run Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShogiful Learn & Analyze ShogiSquare Run Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntti AittamaaConnor Derrig

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Supporter$4.99
  • Huge Support$9.99
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  • Premium Lifetime$19.99
10 purchases

Square Run Game

One-time10
  • 1,000 Coins$0.99
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 5,000 Coins$2.99
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  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • 550 Gems$3.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • 15,000 Coins$6.99
  • Value Pack$7.99
  • 1,500 Gems$8.99
  • Mega Pack$14.99

Questions

Is Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi free?
Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Square Run Game free?
Square Run Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi or Square Run Game?
Square Run Game is rated higher. Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Square Run Game averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi or Square Run Game have ads?
Square Run Game shows ads; Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi does not.
Which is updated more often, Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi or Square Run Game?
Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi ships an update every 9 days, and Square Run Game daily. Most recently, Shogiful Learn & Analyze Shogi was updated on November 5, 2026 and Square Run Game on November 5, 2026.

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