Comparison

Tsumego Pro (Go problems) vs Insight Town

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

Insight Town

Features
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[ Watering my tree once a day ] Insight Town is an online community-based healing space where you can live in a small village with other residents, decorate your own space, and enjoy activities such as fishing, foraging, home decorating, gardening, and mini-games! You can wander around the village to meet and interact with other residents. Create your own unique space by decorating your house and yard, arranging furniture, and growing plants. - Village Life Cultivate plants within the town and make friends with other residents. - Foraging, Fishing, and Cooking Gather materials throughout the village and obtain necessary items and rewards through fishing and cooking activities. - Gardening and Interior Decor Plant plants, tend your yard, and decorate your space by placing furniture inside your house. - Pets Tame lost pets! Feed them and spend time together; as you become closer, you can enjoy various interactions. - Mini-games Play mini-games such as Gomoku, One Card, and Picture Quiz with other residents. - Mail and Notifications You can check your game progress and event information through system mail, rewards, and notifications. - Town Shop You can purchase paid items through in-app purchases, and purchased items will be delivered via system mail. Some items and rewards may contain probability or random elements; relevant information can be found in the in-app guidebook. Insight Town aims to be a small online village where people stay, cultivate, and enjoy together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)4 screens
Insight Town4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Insight Town at none against Tsumego Pro (Go problems)'s shown. Insight Town also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Insight Town sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tsumego Pro (Go problems) ships an update every 3 weeks, Insight Town every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) versus Insight Town: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTsumego Pro (Go problems)Insight Town
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB318 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmmanuel MathisBeomJoo Park

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

Insight Town

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
6 purchases

Insight Town

Subscriptions1
  • Town Attendance$1.991 Month
One-time5
  • 10 Crystals$0.99
  • 50 Crystals$4.99
  • 100 Crystals$9.99
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  • 500 Crystals$49.99
  • 1,000 Crystals$99.99

Questions

Is Tsumego Pro (Go problems) free?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Insight Town free?
Insight Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tsumego Pro (Go problems) or Insight Town have ads?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) shows ads; Insight Town does not.
Which is updated more often, Tsumego Pro (Go problems) or Insight Town?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) ships an update every 3 weeks, and Insight Town every 4 days. Most recently, Tsumego Pro (Go problems) was updated on November 1, 2026 and Insight Town on October 28, 2026.

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