Life In 19x19

Recent updates:

• New switch in settings: Save photos in library

• Support for external USB cameras and webcams (UVC compatible, iOS / iPadOS 17.0)

• Improved recognition of black and white stones (requires iOS / iPadOS 17 or later)

Version 6.1 is out: Sharing of images with Baduk Cap directly from screenshots or other apps like Photos

Version 6.0 is now available with new Live Capture feature: Broadcast your game to Mastodon

Technically, I have no doubt that the app would be possible on Android. However, there are other ‚missing features‘:
1. Time: Keeping the app up-to-date for the current iOS release and implementing new features already keeps me busy.
2. Hardware: Test devices are needed for development. I have ...

Upcoming version 6.0 will include the possibility to broadcast your games to Mastodon.

Mastodon is a free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services. It has microblogging features similar to Twitter, which are offered by a large number of independently run nodes ...

With Version 5.9.3, Baduk Cap now uses Artificial Intelligence in Live Capture to achieve a higher reliability of the move recognition.

Have fun playing & recording your games!

Version 5.9 is out - here's the new functionality:

• Lifetime Pro subscription: Use all features of the app (never expires)
• Alternate App Icons (Pro subscription required): Ukraine Green, Ukraine Black
• Live capture: You can now trigger photos also with a bluetooth camera remote

After laying some groundwork (aka refactoring) to enable this feature, there is

• Version 5.8 For games in progress, scoring now displays points based on an influence estimation

With this, it has become much easier to count a game during fuseki or midgame.

Along with improvements to image recognition and adjustments for iOS updates, these features have been recently published:


5.7.2 Manual adjustment of the grid corners to exactly match the goban (if needed) is now much easier
5.7.4 There is now a coffee jar available (in the settings menu), in ...

Version 5.7.1: Improved stone color detection in diagrams with numbered or marked stones

Good to hear that it worked out - despite the problems to keep an iPad in a stable position above the board. :)
Regarding the photos for scoring: To save them to your photo album, choose Camera > Save image.
Would you like to have ALL photos being saved to the photo album automatically? (In that ...

Here at the thombreSoft headquarters, we are always looking for ways to improve the experience for our users.

To support us with that, version 5.7 allows you to share images that you took within the app or imported from the photo library. Go to Settings > Support and flick the switch ...

Yes, it will work with an iPad mini.
Chinese scoring is active when you set Chinese rules either on the second tab under ‚Info‘ or you can switch the ruleset on the result explanation popup that you get when you tap the scoring result.

fireproof wrote: That sounds like an interesting feature! I hope the testing goes well.

You can see a video about it here:

I really hope that the words "currently not possible" indicate one possible direction of future research.
In your opinion, which server (KGS or OGS) would be easier to use for the transfer of recorded moves?
Broadcasting to a server would be the logical next step for game recording and is ...