i Pad

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There are already several Go apps available for the iPad in the Apple App Store. Also make sure to look at the iPhone page because iPhone apps can be installed and played on the iPad.

Do you have tested any of them? Please share your experience!

Name Price iTunes Website    U 9 13 19 AI 2PL 2PR 2PE IGS KGS Tut Exp Imp Notes
SmartGo Kifu $19.99 [ext] link [ext] website N Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Y Y Y
Igowin HD $9.99 [ext] link [ext] website N Y Y Y Y N N N N N Y Y N Auto or manual adjusting AI for 18k, 15k, 12k, 9k, 6k, 3k. Uses The Many Faces of Go AI.
Tengen Go $3.99 [ext] link [ext] website N Y N Y N Y N ? Y N N ? ?
Tetsuki * [ext] link [ext] website Y Y Y Y N Y N N Y N N ? ? iPad version is in beta as of august 2010
SmartGo * * [ext] website Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N ? ? [ext] iPad version announced for 2010, but later than thought. ?? (is this not SmartGo Kifu mentioned above) ??
iBlackWhite $2.99 [ext] link [ext] website Y ? ? Y N N N N N N N ? ? This app is for replaying famous games rather than playing. Mostly in Chinese.
CleverGo Pro $1.99 [ext] link [ext] website Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N ? ?
Ancient Game of GO $2.99 [ext] link [ext] website Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N ? ?
Boardz $0.99 [ext] link [ext] website N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N ? ?
weiGo for iPad $0.99 [ext] link [ext] website N N N Y Y Y N N N N N ? ?
IT囲碁HD $2.99 [ext] link [ext] website N Y Y Y Y ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? In Japanese only
DigiHug Stones $0.99 [ext] link [ext] website N N N Y N Y N N N N N ? ?
Game Table $0.99 [ext] link [ext] website N N N Y N N N N N N N ? ? Basic table. No rule enforcement.
BoardBox™ $3.99 [ext] link [ext] website N N Y ? N N N N N N N ? ? Basic table. No rule enforcement.
Ancient Go $0.99 [ext] link [ext] website N Y Y Y N N N N N N N ? ? Unclear if this is still supported
Touch Boards for iPad $0.99 [ext] link [ext] website N N N Y N Y N N N N N ? ? The app is free, but the go module is 99¢
U: A "Universal Binary" that can be run on the iPad and iPhone
9: Can play a 9x9 board
13: Can play a 13x13 board
19: Can play a 19x19 board
AI: Has an Artificial Intelligence, computer player
2PL: Can play 2 player locally
2PR: Can play 2 player remotely
2PE: Can Play 2 player via email
IGS: Can play via the IGS server
KGS: Can play via the KGS server
Tut: Includes a tutorial
Exp: Can export SGF
Imp: Can import SGF

ViktorSovietov?: SmartGo Kifu is my favourite on iPad. But for this price it would be great to have joseki tutor and IGS client included, I really miss these features. I also have bought TengenGo, but even free Tetsuki (such a pity that Tetsuki has no support of iPad) looks better. My first impression was that developers didn't know how to manage with the advantages of iPad's large screen.


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