Recommendations for first app for a child

Uberdude · Post by **Uberdude** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:57 pm

In the club today (we play in a cafe) a nearby kid (<10 years old I guess) got interested in playing and we taught him a little. He also wanted to get a Go app for his iPad. I know about the SmartGo apps and have heard they are nice for experienced players, but they aren't free. So what recommendations (both Apple and Android) would you have for a kid's first Go program. It should be free, English language, have a bot to play on 9x9, be easy to use, and bonus points if it has a kid friendly tutorial and very easy problems that explain things like nets/ladders/two eyes.

huhu · Post by **huhu** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:27 am

I would suggest goproblems.com for easy tsumego. Or, in app form, you could get "WBaduk", and that's what I use (it has an ocean of puzzles for offline viewing) :study:

fireproof · Post by **fireproof** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:28 am

"Little Go" - not exactly kid-friendly, but it does have a bot, it's in English, and it's free.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little- ... 53989?mt=8

Bonobo · Post by **Bonobo** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:40 am

Igowin Tutor

http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html calls it a “Free version of Igowin for beginning players”

oca · Post by **oca** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:02 am

Hi,
My vote goes to "Champion GO"... ok... not free :roll:

... but not that expensive and very, very cool IMHO.
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/champio ... 41867?mt=8

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and also this one, which is free in its lite edition...
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/easygo- ... 12893?mt=8
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lpaatero · Post by **lpaatero** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:15 am

In Android Hactar Go Lite does most of it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gowrite.hactarLite

- Lauri (Hactar Go author)

pleiade67 · Post by **pleiade67** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:03 pm

In addition, I would suggest

1) Cho U's 4by4 go puzzles. (Unfortunately not free)

https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/cho-us- ... 53034?mt=8

According to britgo.org:

'This app is based on the 4 by 4 puzzle which has been come up with the idea by Cho U Kisei and Oza who is the best go player in Japan. This puzzle is the 4 by 4 tsumego game, an intellectual game which can be enjoyed by from complete beginners to high dan players. Kids can also learn how to play a game of go on its ‘Story Mode’ that features pretty characters.'
Really kid friendly... And pretty deep

2) Goquest

https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/goquest ... 41918?mt=8

A beginner friendly go server dedicated to 9x9 and 13x13 short games (2x3mn and 2x5mn) free

3) Beauty & Go

https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/beauty- ... 67258?mt=8

Problems for the kids (kid friendly interface). Some of them quite challenging. Free + in app

Bonobo · Post by **Bonobo** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:14 pm

Yes, I also wanted to recommend EasyGo which I really like a lot … one of its great features is profiles, very useful for tracking progress for different people playing on the same device. But then I remembered it was for pay, didn’t know there’s a “lite” version of it.

kyosaku · Post by **kyosaku** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:32 pm

Thanks pleiade67 for recommended GoQuest because I didn't know such a cool little server exist.
Gochild is not an app but is working great on a tablet (internet access needed).

Uberdude · Post by **Uberdude** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:33 pm

Thanks all for the suggestions. Igowin Tutor looks nice.

bloosqr · Post by **bloosqr** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:39 pm

Have you seen gochild? It was originally written by someone for their child but represents I think a great pedagogical approach to problem solving:

https://gochild2009.appspot.com

sybob · Post by **sybob** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:26 pm

For a child, first app that springs to my mind: GoQuest.
Direct play, easy, intuitive, also stronger players.
Lot's of fun for grown-ups too.

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