SmartGo Kifu

Some functionality such as “going back” breaks often

Smartgo Kifu has been the best go study app on the Store (along with the fantastic Smartgo Books) but it has not kept up with iOS improvements in one critical way. Downloaded sgf files do not share properly into Smartgo anymore - even from the Files app. I'd strongly recommend that the developer fix this key functionality.

I tried all the other games and none of them come close. Most aren't in English this supports English as well as just about every other language the iOS supports.👍<br/>I really did my research for this app it costs 20$ which is very expensive. It works great on the iPhone as well but it looses points for the annotated games are difficult to read only on the iPhone. There is a pseudo demo on windows that's available on the developer's website. It's very similar to this version.<br/>This game not only teaches you how to play go but challenges you to get better. Through a leveling up system which I love it, even though I have lost more games I feel like I am learning from my mistakes. <br/>The only other go game that I had for a years and it's the only app that even comes close is aya go. that app doesn't teach you go like this. It's like learning a martial art in a strip mall, this app is like going to Japanese dojo where martial arts originated.<br/>There is another option called: smart go pro. It is the step down from this and it's not available on the iPad and this app glows on the iPad. <br/>Multiplayer is a bit of a mystery I'm not sure it has it but you can email games to other people I assume the other person has to have this app. But I'm still a little new and I really intend to play the computer and solve problems. <br/>I also looked to see if this app has ever had a price reduction and it hasn't so don't wait to buy this. But it is updated about every month.

Great.

In my past, I was an absolutely horrid player, I tried to play with friends at the fabled &quot;Last Exit&quot; coffeehouse in Seattle in the early to mid 1970's. I have always loved the game, I've just never been any good at it! I love this app because I can watch ancient games from master, such as Honimbo and others, see patterns that form,how games progress and much more! Still a real crappy player but I really love this application!

I love the app for studying games and joseki however I’ve noticed that the AI will consistently miscount points an attribute itself victories instead of losses. Somewhat annoying to play however that’s not what I got this for. It is a phenomenal study resource.

Great. You won't have any complaints.

Uncontested champion of the iOS kifu apps. Add in the tsumego and the pro game archive and it is without a doubt worth the twenty.<br/><br/>I use it to record games I play, to study pro games, to review games I play on other services. One of the best tools available for sgf variation trees.