Tsumego Pro (Go problems) vs Chess Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily tsumego problems
- Adaptive difficulty modes
- Detailed solutions and bad variations
- Color selection (black, white, random)
- Hint system
- Book theme
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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)
Chess Timer
A straightforward dual timer designed for over-the-board chess and other two-player competitive games. It allows for customizable time increments, delays, and overtime limits, functioning as a simple chess clock or for games like Scrabble and Go.
- Dual timer for two-player games
- Fischer, Bronstein, and simple delay increments
- Overtime limits with penalties
- Supports games like Scrabble and Go
- Intuitive tap-to-switch interface
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Chess Timer is a simple dual timer for over-the-board chess and other two player games. Place you phone flat on the table beside the chess board. Only one clock runs at a time. Tapping the clock face stops one clock and starts the other players clock. Can be used with other competitive two-player board game such as Scrabble, shogi or go. Pro Features: Extra time can be added every turn in one of three ways: Fischer, Bronstein, or a simple delay. Fischer: Time is added to the clock at the end of each turn. Bronstein: Time is added to the clock at the end of each turn, but never more than the turn time. E.g. if the increment is 10 seconds, but the player only takes only 6 seconds on their turn, then 6 seconds is added to the clock. Simple delay: A simple delay before the clock starts each turn. Overtime: An overtime limit can be allowed for each player and penalty points are given for the amount of overtime used. This can be used, for example, as a Scrabble clock.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chess Timer at none against Tsumego Pro (Go problems)'s shown. Tsumego Pro (Go problems)'s advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 43%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tsumego Pro (Go problems) sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Chess Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tsumego Pro (Go problems) has 1.8K ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Tsumego Pro (Go problems)'s written reviews are positive against 43% of Chess Timer's.
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) ships an update every 3 weeks, Chess Timer every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tsumego Pro (Go problems) | Chess Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.3 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 55 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Mathis | DAVID CROOKS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED |
Customer experience
Tsumego Pro (Go problems)
Chess Timer
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
Chess Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tsumego Pro (Go problems)
- +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
Chess Timer
- Chess Timer Pro$2.99
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