Comparison

Tsumego Pro (Go problems) vs Couch Classics

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

Couch Classics

Features
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Couch Classics is a shelf of old board games, played by two people across a sofa or by one against the computer. It began as a wish for a collection that is simple and good-looking, made for playing with a friend - without adverts interrupting a turn, and without the glitz that games this old have never needed. These games have a history worth knowing, so each one has a short card: where it came from, what it is called elsewhere, and how it is played. It waits there until you are ready to play. This is a beginning rather than a finished collection. Requests are genuinely welcome - a classic that is missing, or another way of playing one already here - and so are TestFlight testers: checking every rule of every game single-handed is a fair amount of work, and another pair of eyes before an update goes out is what lets me keep adding games. I wish you many good games, alone and across the sofa. - JiSvis Games in current version: - Backgammon - Checkers - Chess - Gomoku - Mancala - Nine Men's Morris - Reversi - Tic-Tac-Toe Pass and play, on the one device. Each game keeps two unfinished boards - one against the computer, one against the player beside you - and both wait until you come back to them. One game of your choice is free and stays yours, on every device signed in to your Apple Account. After that, any game can still be tested against AI Easy and be bought, if you want to fully unlock it. Classic and modern themes to choose between. Classic puts each game in its own material and lays it on a table of wood, marble or concrete. Modern is the flat system look, with no table. Both follow the device into light or dark. No ads, no tracking. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to subscribe to. The app carries no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and it sends nothing anywhere on its own - everything except buying a game works with the network switched off. App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected. iPhone and iPad. iOS 17 or later.

Screenshots

Tsumego Pro (Go problems)4 screens
Couch Classics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Couch Classics at none against Tsumego Pro (Go problems)'s shown. Couch Classics also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Tsumego Pro (Go problems)'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tsumego Pro (Go problems) sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Couch Classics sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tsumego Pro (Go problems) ships an update every 3 weeks, Couch Classics every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) versus Couch Classics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTsumego Pro (Go problems)Couch Classics
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmmanuel MathisJani Siuvatti

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

Couch Classics

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
8 purchases

Couch Classics

One-time8
  • Gomoku and Tic-Tac-Toe$1.99
  • Mancala$1.99
  • Checkers$1.99
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  • Nine Men's Morris$1.99
  • Chess$1.99
  • Backgammon$1.99
  • Reversi$1.99
  • Unlock Everything$14.99

Questions

Is Tsumego Pro (Go problems) free?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Couch Classics free?
Couch Classics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tsumego Pro (Go problems) or Couch Classics have ads?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) shows ads; Couch Classics does not.
Which is updated more often, Tsumego Pro (Go problems) or Couch Classics?
Tsumego Pro (Go problems) ships an update every 3 weeks, and Couch Classics every 2 days. Most recently, Tsumego Pro (Go problems) was updated on October 19, 2026 and Couch Classics on October 11, 2026.

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