Igowin Tutor Reviews

Great Training App

Brendan Bailey

Very useful for trying to get the hang if the game, I only wish the upgrade wasn't so expensive.

Before using this app I had learned the rules but had no experience playing. This app is useful since you don't have to find humans to get started, you can just blaze through game after game and get that basic sense you need to feel comfortable before facing a real person. I lost a lot at first, but after 72 games I consistently win at 25 kyu. So much more to learn but a great first step!

Just what I needed

Amiantos

I was using the PandaNet robots to learn on my Mac and was disappointed you can't use the robots on the Panda iPhone app, so I downloaded this. It's perfect! I find the reviews complaining about the AI being too hard a bit silly: if you don't know what you're doing it's too hard. Go looks like games it isn't, so I think that's why it confused me for a bit and probably confuses others. After some outside study and contemplation I was able to beat the AI after 4 losses--my first ever Go victory, including against other robots and other newbies. I feel like this app gave me the chance I needed to quickly and easily work out the mechanics of Go. Assuming I stick with it, I will probably buy a full version of Igowin if it supports full screen on iPhone 5s and adopts the iOS 7 look. Otherwise I'll just use PandaNet.

Perfect for a beginner

Mimercha

Great and simple interface which makes it easy to get started. Very much enjoying the app.

Nice app for trying go

DdR_Dan

If you're looking for a simple way to learn and practice some of the basics of go, I'd recommend trying out this app.

One of The Best Go! Apps Out There

Drawgood

I review this from the perspective of someone who has learned the rules of Go few years ago but haven't always had the opportunity to play. This app is excellent because it gives essential rules and terminology for the game taken from one of the great Go tutoring books. It is very thorough. After you will have learned the rules you have 9x9 board to attempt to win against the CPU. For a beginner 9x9 is more than enough to become comfortable with the game, and will pose a challenge up to a point because the game is not very easy to win for beginners. The CPU plays well too. The core program is taken from very highly reviewed software "The Many Faces of Go" that won acclaim as the best Go software in 2010 and I think afterward as well. It's important because you can know that you will see the CPU make moves that are mostly rational and calculated as opposed to nonsense moves when it has no options. Try this, I am sure later you'll want the pro version of the app once you learn.

Lightning fast, smart gameplay

Victorsburg

This is the best free "go" app I've seen. The ads are unobtrusive and it works even without a wireless or 3G connection. Highly recommended.

Doesn't tutor

michaeldavide

This game does include the rules but doesn't teach how to play. The computer opponent is also very skilled and fast, so unless you already know how to play you are likely to lose several games quite quickly before giving up. I don't mind loosing, but since the computer goes so quickly and is so much better than me as a beginner I'm not given the opportunity to learn and improve my game.

Waste of time for non-beginners

Shoja

Takes only a handful of games for the program to recognize you're stronger than 25k (a very low baseline!), after which point it prompts you to purchase the pay version of the app. So don't even bother installing this app -- either jump straight into the pay version or else don't download anything from this project period. Either way, this free app is a five-minute waste of your time.

Not a "tutor" at all.

ShoobyTaylor

This app has absolutely no features that will help you learn go. The computer beats you quickly, then there is no way to review the game to see where you went wrong. If you want to undo moves to try a different strategy, it only lets you undo one movie per game. It's almost as if it's designed specifically so you can't learn. Totally misnamed, downright frustrating and completely useless for beginners. This app prevents you from learning Go and progressing.

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