Qwirkle vs Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qwirkle
Experience the award-winning board game Qwirkle on your mobile device. Strategize by matching tiles based on color and shape to score points. Enjoy solo play, online multiplayer, and pass-and-play modes with customizable options and engaging animations.
- Solo, Online, and Pass and Play modes
- Up to 4 players
- 4 difficulty levels
- Achievements and Leaderboards
- Customizable backgrounds and tile colors
- Tutorial and Help sections
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Challenging and thoroughly addictive! Now you can play the original award winning board game Qwirkle on your iPad and iPhone! Qwirkle is MindWare's best-selling board game, with over 7 million copies sold worldwide. Through the years, Qwirkle has received numerous awards including Mensa, Parents' Choice, Major Fun and the Spiel des Jahres, Germany's coveted Game of the Year award. FEATURES: - Solo, Online, and Pass and Play modes all support up to 4 players. - 4 levels of difficulty, from easy to expert. - Includes Achievements and Leaderboards through Game Center. - Customize your experience - choose your favorite background to play on. - Play with classic Qwirkle colors or personalize your tiles with custom colors. - Exciting animations and playful music enhance the Qwirkle experience! - Tutorial and Help sections get you playing fast and easy! WHO WILL YOU PLAY? - Play solo against 4 levels of robot, from easy to expert. - For family game night, use Pass and Play mode to play together on a single device. - Challenge your friends to play online through Game Center. - Find new online opponents through auto-match in Game Center. Find out more about Qwirkle on the MindWare website: https://www.mindware.orientaltrading.com/qwirkle-a2-32016.fltr Want to share your thoughts on the digital version of Qwirkle directly with the developers? Email us at mindware@mindware.com with your comments! We'd love to have your input about what you like and ideas for improvements. We look forward to your feedback! Happy Qwirkling!
Go
Engage in a strategic board game where the goal is to surround more territory than your opponent. Capture enemy stones by surrounding them. The game concludes when both players consecutively pass their turn.
- Surround territory to win
- Capture surrounded enemy stones
- Game ends on consecutive passes
- Deep territory analysis
- Convenient move navigation
- Pleasant gameplay and interface
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A logical game with a deep strategic content and simple rules: — The winner is the one who will surround more territory — A stone or a group of enemy stones that you have surrounded with your stones is removed from the board. — The game ends when both players in turn skip the turn Features: — Deep analysis of territories — Convenient navigation on the moves — Pleasant gameplay and interface
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Go at 5.0 against Qwirkle's 4.5. Go also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 36%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Qwirkle's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 45 months) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Qwirkle costs $2.99 and Go $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Go holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qwirkle has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Qwirkle's written reviews are positive against 63% of Go's.
Qwirkle ships an update every 3 months, Go every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qwirkle | Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 45 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #41 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MindWare | Stepan Grachev |
Customer experience
Qwirkle
Go
Bugs and requests
Qwirkle
Reported bugs
5 issues- Games disappearing or not loading properly
- Inability to start new games with friends
- Tiles/bag not functioning correctly
- Moves not registering properly
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
6 requests- Add chat/messaging feature
- Improve online game invitations and management
- Add notifications for turns
- Improve scoring display and accuracy
- Add more customization options
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- Improve robot/AI difficulty balancing
Go
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Qwirkle
No in-app purchases
Go
No in-app purchases
