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Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:02 am
by koks9dan
Hi, anyone can let me know which software is the best for playing across platforms Mac, iPad and iPhone?
Thank you,
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:25 am
by PeterHB
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:10 am
by jeromie
If you are looking to play on a go server, Pandanet works well.
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:46 pm
by sparky314
Also for playing, Tygem for iPad.
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:21 am
by oren
sparky314 wrote:Also for playing, Tygem for iPad.
Oddly doesn't work on iphone and requires windows emulator for Mac.
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:52 am
by Fadedsun
I would personally recommend Crazystone/Champion Go over Smartgo. Smartgo Kifu is $20, I believe. I didn't buy that one though, I bought another version of Smartgo. I find the AI to act strangely at times; playing totally random moves in the opening. Crazystone seems to have better AI overall and I enjoy the interface more for quick games. Smartgo feels a little slow at times.
Another app I like, which is free, is LittleGo. The interface is nice and you can customize a lot in regards to AI behavior and strength. It allows you to upload games into it (say, from DGS) Oh, Dragonstone (DGS) is another app to get if you haven't yet. It's a way to play people online in a turn based style. Kind of like words with friends. I like doing this if I don't have time to sit for an hour or longer and play a full game.
I would also recommend Pandanet for iphone, or Mac. Another Go app I use on Mac is Goban. The AI is decent, and you can also connect to servers like KGS directly through the app and play using that board.
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:03 am
by pleiade67
For playing:
GoQuest
http://wars.fm/go9(App available for IOS)
OGS (in the browser, good rendering on IPad)
https://online-go.com
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:34 pm
by Bonobo
Fadedsun wrote:[..] I bought another version of Smartgo. I find the AI to act strangely at times; playing totally random moves in the opening. [..]
Could it be that you mean SmartGo Pro, the precursor to SmartGo Kifu?
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:39 pm
by Fadedsun
Bonobo wrote:Fadedsun wrote:[..] I bought another version of Smartgo. I find the AI to act strangely at times; playing totally random moves in the opening. [..]
Could it be that you mean SmartGo Pro, the precursor to SmartGo Kifu?
I think that's the one. I paid maybe $10 for it? It's not bad, but I didn't feel it was worth the purchase in the end.
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 4:47 pm
by Bonobo
I have both but can’t comment on differences in strength since I only use them for Tsumego (SmartGo Pro on an ancient iPhone, SmartGo Kifu on a newer one and the iPad) and occasionally for recording a game.
Maybe you could just ask Anders Kierfulf? He seems to be a responsive developer.
You may also want to check out the
beta version of SmartGo for Mac (free 15-day trial, license includes both OS X and Windows version).
Re: Best software/app to play go across Mac, iPad, IPhone?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:14 am
by lobotommy
Try these go server apps for iPad/iphone:
- PandanetGo for IGS
- WBAduk
- Tygem
- KGS on Mac is available like on Windows.
On iOS is available through AlwaysOnPc app (but probably better wait for new clients as KGS has been opened for 3rd party)
Web based:
- OGS
- playok.com
If you want try some Tsumego apps - look at my signature
Cheers