Comparison

Tsumego Pro (Go problems) vs Go

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

Go

Experience the classic board game of Go on your iPhone or iPad. Challenge an advanced AI opponent and aim to surround more territory than your opponent to become the best player. Enjoy a user-friendly interface and classic rules.

Highlights
  • Play on iPhone and iPad
  • Advanced AI opponent
  • Classic Go rules
  • User-friendly interface
  • Territory capture gameplay
Features
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ГО – любимая всеми настольная игра. Играйте на iPhone! Играйте на iPad! Играйте против продвинутого ИИ! Станьте лучшим! • Удобный интерфейс с поддержкой поворота устройства. • Классические правила • Подсказка с правилами • Возможность сделать пропуск хода • Продвинутый искусственный интеллект Цель игры - отгородить на игровой доске камнями своего цвета большую территорию, чем противник

Screenshots

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)4 screens
Go3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tsumego Pro (Go problems) at 74% against Go's 0%. Go's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tsumego Pro (Go problems) sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Go asks for nothing beyond the download.

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Tsumego Pro (Go problems) versus Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTsumego Pro (Go problems)Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmmanuel MathisGUSKOM

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%

Go

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Go

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tsumego Pro (Go problems) free?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Go free?
Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tsumego Pro (Go problems) or Go have ads?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) shows ads; Go does not.

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