Comparison

Tsumego Pro (Go problems) vs Classic Shogi Game

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

Head to head
About

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)

Enhance your Go skills with a vast library of tsumego puzzles. Learn from detailed solutions and explore variations to understand mistakes. Features daily problems, adaptive difficulty, and customizable game settings.

Highlights
  • Daily tsumego problems
  • Adaptive difficulty modes
  • Detailed solutions and bad variations
  • Color selection (black, white, random)
  • Hint system
  • Book theme
Features
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Improve your Go game (weiqi, baduk) with Tsumego Pro and its large collection of tsumego problems! Each problem contains all valid answers and a lot of bad variations, to help you know why you are wrong. Features: - 6 daily problems - A simple mode: try to solve all problems in each package - A progress mode: the difficulty increases or decreases depending on your level - Choose your color (black, white, random) - Browse the solution, or just get a hint - A book theme (black and white)

About

Classic Shogi Game

Learn and play Japanese chess with an AI opponent or against other players. Offers over 3000 puzzle stages and daily challenges to improve your skills. Customize your avatar and engage in online battles.

Highlights
  • AI opponent for all skill levels
  • Over 3000 shogi puzzle stages
  • Daily Tsume Shogi challenges
  • Online multiplayer battles
  • Shogi rule explanations
  • Avatar customization
Features
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It is a shogi application loaded with AI that you can play with confidence even beginners such as those who want to start shogi from now or those who understand the rules. Why do not you try partner Shogi as your partner for the first time. Also equipped with more than 3000 stages of practical packed shogi. There are also interpersonal warfare functions that two people can use instead of a shogi board. It is also perfect for those who want to remember the rules of Shogi because they contain explanation of shogi rules from the explanation of shogi pieces. Since AI of a beginner level is also carried considerably, even those who remember the rules of Shogi can play with confidence. Also in Shogi of killing time! Also to study shogi! You can also use it for powerful maid shogi! ◆ Online games Member registration There is also a display of the battle pattern! Since it is an online battleground where there are many beginners more than anywhere, it is the environment that makes it easiest to start the most online game. Combine numerous parts and make your own avatar! There is avatar of event limited distribution as well. ◆ New features! Tsumei Shogi every day! I tried to pursue that I could continue with Tsume Shogi and created it. Why do not you keep on tight shogi, which is the shortest practice to become stronger every day? You can solve the problem of the number of hands set in 1 to 5 hands, increasing all 10 questions gradually with increasing difficulty. Even if you do not know the answer, you can check the answer in 1 minute so it will not stop with a problem you do not understand. You can receive reward every day by solving! ◆ People who want to start shogi, people who want to become strong in apps It is packed with functions necessary for beginners to strengthen Shogi. Although studying Shogi is hard, I can reach it fully with this one application until the first stage of Ama. Why do not you graduate a chess beginner while playing for a little free time or killing time at commuting school time? From checking the rules, flowing in the game, wearing shogi with Tsume Shogi can all be done with this application. ◆ Recommended for people like this! From weak AI to strong AI, those who want to play chess with a wide range of opponents Those who want to solve many packed shogi Those who are about to start shogi in their free time Those who do not know the rules of shogi, but who are trying to start shogi by watching animation and movies ◆ The mechanism of premium membership service 【Billing method】 You will be charged for your iTunes account. It is automatically renewed every month from the application date. [Details of automatic update] The membership period will be automatically renewed unless you cancel automatic renewal at least 24 hours before the end date of the premium service membership period. Charges for automatic renewal will be made within 24 hours after the end of the membership period. 【Confirmation / Withdrawal of membership status (cancellation of automatic renewal)) Confirmation of member status and withdrawal can be done from the following. 1. Open the App Store application 2. Scroll to the bottom of the "Recommended" tab 3. Tap "Apple ID" 4. Tap "Show Apple ID" in the displayed pop-up 5. Sign in as needed 6. Tap "Register" on the "Account" screen Please confirm the next automatic update date and time and cancel / setting automatic update on this screen. * Please note that cancellation of the premium service currently in use in iTunes Store payment from within a shogi application can not be done. 【Cancellation for the current month】 We do not accept cancellation of the premium service for the current month. ◆Terms of service http://crossfd.jp/kiyaku.html ◆Privacy policy http://crossfd.jp/policy.html Some TsumeShogi stages provided by: やねうら王プロジェクト様

Screenshots

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)4 screens
Classic Shogi Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tsumego Pro (Go problems) and Classic Shogi Game both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of Tsumego Pro (Go problems)'s written reviews are positive against 57% of Classic Shogi Game's. Tsumego Pro (Go problems) also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 156). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Tsumego Pro (Go problems) sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Classic Shogi Game sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Tsumego Pro (Go problems) against 4.4 for Classic Shogi Game. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tsumego Pro (Go problems) has 1.8K ratings behind it against 156, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Tsumego Pro (Go problems)'s written reviews are positive against 57% of Classic Shogi Game's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tsumego Pro (Go problems) ships an update every 3 weeks, Classic Shogi Game every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) versus Classic Shogi Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTsumego Pro (Go problems)Classic Shogi Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better4.4 (156 ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews — better56.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better156
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB276 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmmanuel MathisCross Field Inc.

Customer experience

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)

All ratings1,780 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews255 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative16.5%

Classic Shogi Game

All ratings156 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.8%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral14.8%
Negative28.4%

User reviews

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Stimulate thinking
  • 👍 Minimalistic, Gets the Job Done
  • 👍 Great app for learning Go on the move!
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Amazing Go app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Do Not Buy All-Access Pack
  • 🐛 Sometimes it says resolved when black loses
  • 🐛 Not for beginners, not helpful at all
  • 🐛 Decent - room for improvement
  • 🐛 Lacking feedback, errors, & lack of control

Classic Shogi Game

From 156 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for learning Shogi
  • 🎮 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
  • 🤖 Good AI opponents
  • 🌐 Online play available
  • 💡 Tsume Shogi practice

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 😠 Intrusive ads
  • 📉 Unstable servers/disconnects
  • ❓ Confusing AI level scaling
  • 😵 Poor English translation

Bugs and requests

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Purchases do not work
  • Incorrect problems
  • Issues with the progress mode and problem selection

Requested features

6 requests
  • Explanation when a move is correct or incorrect
  • More explanations and instructions for beginners
  • Ability to play out variations and see different outcomes
  • Consistent difficulty ratings for problems
  • Ability to bookmark and revisit problems
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  • More content and problem sets

Classic Shogi Game

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Bugs and errors causing losses
  • Pieces changing ownership
  • Losing when opponent times out
  • Sound not working offline
  • Online sound follows opponent's settings
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  • Glitching to double reward points
  • Reward video not opening
  • Connection issues ('Reconnecting...')
  • App crashing
  • App not loading after update
  • Email validation bug in contact form
  • Tsume Shogi solutions sometimes invalid
  • AI not following rules
  • AI making no mistakes (Level 8)
  • Pieces being taken by invalid moves
  • Incorrect recording of LV13 results to LV12
  • Bug with 2歩 (two steps forward) rule
  • Online opponent disconnects when losing
  • Rating decreases after winning by resignation

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add 1v1 feature on the same device
  • Add chat/messaging with online opponents
  • Add tournaments and events
  • Add Manchurian language and icon
  • Add human vs human mode
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  • Add numbering and lettering on axes
  • Add entry-into-the-castle declaration rule
  • Ability to recall Tsume Shogi problems
  • Option to pay to remove ads
  • Option to pay to remove 'retract move' ad
  • Improve AI difficulty scaling
  • Fix UI for iPhone XR

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)

One-time12
  • +150 Basic Problems$0.99
  • +150 Intermediate problems$0.99
  • +150 Easy problems$0.99
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  • Beginner problems$1.99
  • Elementary problems$1.99
  • Intermediate problems$1.99
  • Advanced problems$1.99
  • Advanced problems #2$1.99
  • Basic tesuji$1.99
  • Daily problems - Easy$1.99
  • Daily problems - Hard$1.99
  • All-Access Pass$9.99
15 purchases

Classic Shogi Game

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Member$4.491 Month
One-time14
  • Gold_6$0.99
  • Matta Unlimited Pass$1.99
  • Gold_28$3.99
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  • PiggyBank +30$3.99
  • Gacha Ticket Sale$3.99
  • Sale Offer 1$3.99
  • Gold_52$6.99
  • Gachaticket_10$8.99
  • Gachaticket_14$11.99
  • Gold_100$11.99
  • Gold_147$19.99
  • Gold_250$29.99
  • Gachaticket_78$59.99
  • Gold_540$59.99

Questions

Is Tsumego Pro (Go problems) free?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Classic Shogi Game free?
Classic Shogi Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tsumego Pro (Go problems) or Classic Shogi Game?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) is rated higher. Tsumego Pro (Go problems) averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Classic Shogi Game averages 4.4 from 156 ratings.
Do Tsumego Pro (Go problems) or Classic Shogi Game have ads?
Both Tsumego Pro (Go problems) and Classic Shogi Game show ads.
Which is updated more often, Tsumego Pro (Go problems) or Classic Shogi Game?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) ships an update every 3 weeks, and Classic Shogi Game every 5 weeks. Most recently, Tsumego Pro (Go problems) was updated on September 24, 2026 and Classic Shogi Game on September 24, 2026.

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