SmartGo Kifu Reviews – Page 3
5/5 rating based on 52 reviews. Read all reviews for SmartGo Kifu for iPhone.
SmartGo Kifu is paid iOS app published by Smart Go, Inc.
Glitch, maybe?
Smartgo review
This Go app is funny because every time I'm about to win some territory, the application suddenly quits and when I reopen it the computer changed its last move so that I can't do my move anymore, which is why the computer always seems to win. On the other hand, someone else I know who also uses this app says it's too easy for him to win, so it's no fun to play. It was also really expensive in my opinion, but I got it because it had higher ratings than a lot of other Go apps available, but you should know it's not worth it for either beginners or those who already know how to play.
What happened?
Ctettam9
One of the greatest go apps ever...period. Not sure what happened in this update, but the scoring within the playing area has disappeared and has now been replaced with dots. BRING THE OLD OPTION BACK!!!! It was very useful to young players to understand the different ways of scoring. Hopefully it's just a button that I'm forgetting to push, but I looked everywhere. Did I miss something? This app is worthy of 5 stars but with the missing scoring, 4 is all this version gets.
Lost something
Splatter point
I love the program, but this last update brought it down a lot. The scoring was changed to little dots and I lost the ability to number moves despite it being selected. Bring back the old scoring format and please fix this bug!
First look, looks exceptionally good
Idaho Spud
Have only looked at the problem solving piece so far. The problems are excellent and the interface is quite clean and very easy to use. It's definitely earned its price and I haven't even scratched the surface yet.
Excellent go application!
Sukiari
This is a really excellent go program. It includes many thousands of problems, which help you to analyze shapes. Many of the problems are from classic works but there are modern problems as well. Also included is an amazing library of professional games. It is helpful to see what the professionals do, so just stepping through a game can help you to understand why the pros would do these things. There are also a number of annotated games which is nice. I consider this application a must for any student of go who has an iPad. Great job!
Excellent tool
lrhnc
I run version 3.1.2 of SmartGo Kifu on my iPod Touch, the latest version that will run on my old machine. Best investment in learning Go that I've ever made. I can review professional games from its library move by move and decide what I think each player should do before seeing what they did. It also works great for recording my games and reviewing them. SmartGo provides excellent support. Twice when I had a question or suggestion, I got a helpful reply within hours to my email. Highly recommended.
Random orientation and color never work.
Kunlonglinux
The random orientation and color in problem settings seems a little buggy.
Decent opponent on small board
Michryn
I am mainly looking for an AI opponent that is worth my time. The professional games are just a plus. Being a busy professional i cannot possibly commit a couple of hours to a game with a real person on regular basis, but do not want to give up the childhood hobby i was passionate about when i was young. SmartGo is a decent opponent on a 9x9 board, even though it becomes a joke on a full scale 19x19 board. I can beat it even allowing it 4 handicap stones on a 13x13 board, but still struggle with a 9x9 game on equal terms. It might just as well, since i really don't have that much time for a full game any way. It served the purpose. It did not get the full 5 stars because i still wish it could be stronger. To disclose, i am probably at around 1 dan level.
The new 3.0 interface is horrible.
myshlev
Like another reviewer said, "From perfect to not." I dislike the new interface so much that I deleted the new version and re-installed a copy of 2.2.1 that I fortunately had saved. So it only has 60,144 pro games in the database. So what? I can live without the extra 16,000+ games the new version has. For now at least. I suppose that I will upgrade at some point in the future, but for now I'm sticking with 2.2.1. For someone new to the app, I suppose the new interface looks just fine. However, having this new interface foisted upon us being used to the original was just too jarring. The old icons had lots of color in them, giving them a lively, appealing look. The game tree icon looked like a little tree. The book view icon looked like a little book. The old icons and interface had character to them. The new icons are all monochrome stick figures, and they give the app a somewhat antiseptic look. Too clean, too drab. Too much white. For example, the only way I can tell the function of the left arrow key is because it's the left one of the pair, not because of its image. Ditto of course for the right one. I could go on, but I will stop here. As much as I hate the new interface, the new version is still a 5-star app, and any go enthusiast should buy it, along with EasyGo too. The two apps complement each other nicely. Update: I don't appreciate that the app is now for iOS 7.0 and above, because I am still on v6.1.3 and I plan to stay there because I despise the look and feel of iOS 7 (I shudder to think what iOS 8 will look like, if I can even run it on an iPad 2.) I may upgrade to iOS 7 at some point in the future, but I don't like that I would be required to do so in order to update my copy of SmartGo Kifu. When the app went to 3.0, it was still working on iOS 6. What could have changed that made the move to iOS 7 mandatory?