YAR vs Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YAR
A premium board game with HD graphics and advanced AI. Players aim to have the majority of their colored pieces showing by flipping opponent discs. Play against a friend or challenge the virtual opponent.
- HD graphics
- Advanced Artificial Intelligence
- Two-player mode
- Single-player vs AI
- Tablet optimized
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YAR is a premium YAR game with HD graphics and advanced Articificial Intelligence. YARis a simple but challenging board game involving strategy and played by two players on an 8×8 uncheckered board. and a set of distinct pieces for each side. The player's goal is to have a majority of their colored pieces showing at the end of the game, turning over as many of their opponent's discs as possible. With this premium YAR, you can play with a friend who sits next to you or play against your phone. The advanced artificial intelligence embeded in the game allows a player to play against an easy virtual opponent but also challenge himself against an impressive virtual opponent. Will you be able to beat the most difficult level designed ? The game is tablet ready
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 price: YAR at Free against Go's $1.99. YAR also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 45 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). Go's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and chart position (#86 vs unranked). On ads, 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
YAR is free to download; Go costs $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 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
YAR ships an update every 7 months, Go every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YAR | Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 45 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #86 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magma Mobile | Stepan Grachev |
Customer experience
YAR
Go
In-app purchases
YAR
No in-app purchases
Go
No in-app purchases
