SmartGo Player Reviews – Page 3
3/5 rating based on 69 reviews. Read all reviews for SmartGo Player for iPhone.
SmartGo Player is paid iOS app published by Smart Go, Inc.
Terrible for a beginner
Caveman8655
Forcing the player to start on a 9x9 board is a terrible way for a beginner to experience go. Professionals lose to computers on small boards, so artificially restricting the game is an excellent way to frustrate beginners and casual players hoping to learn the amazing game on their iPads
Best for beginners!
Happy Jerry
If you are a beginner, do not hesitate to invest $3. It is really worthwhile.
Just getting into Go? THIS is the app.
the_prox
This is the app that will get you into Go. It is recommended that to get at Go a beginner must “lose her first 50 games as quickly as possible.” With SmartGo Player, you can reach that milestone easily in an afternoon. The AI is surprisingly fast (<2 sec moves), but will challenge a beginner (although the generous handicaps will prevent you from throwing your iPad at the wall in frustration). The territory estimation maps are a neat touch and the automatic resignation feature (which can be switched off) is equally as nice an addition. It is an incredibly smart, adapting program— the not-so-kindly grandfather you need to jumpstart your Go career. Absolutely worth the money.
A mis-feature
yokkun1234
A mis-feature in the latest version is that launching SmartGo stops podcast or other background music. But otherwise, I play with this often and enjoy it very much.
Wonderful done! Makes Go accessible even for beginners
So good it’s great
If you are looking for an aide to learn Go, or an intelligent Go game board look no further. SmartGo is an extremely high quality application both in terms of how it is written (polished and intuitive) and the features it provides (great tutorial, helpful features). It is easy to use and helpful for either human vs. human play or computer vs. human play. After a many year hiatus it has helped me get back into the game. The tutorial is particularly helpful if you are just starting out or need a refresher. My 13 year old did it and learned the game well enough with it to play other beginners. The scoring and play analysis features are also really helpful. I also exchanged emails with the author (who replied almost immediately on a Sunday night) and he offered me some great advice on how to get better even steering me away from the more expensive kifu version until I got better. (Checkout the Go Book app). Suffice to say, you can’t go wrong with this app if you are interested in playing Go on either an iPhone or IPad (I’ve used the app in both and it works great on either).
Best available go app
kram
It's the best app available for playing go. It provides all the options I would need. Puzzles would be a nice.
HB214 - Great Customer Support!!
HB214
Recently i had an issue with the game and thought it might be technical in nature. As it turns out the game was functioning perfectly and the individual in customer support was very helpful. This game is outstanding and the customer support is even more so. Keep it updated, this is one of favorite apps!
Learning the basics
Slythfox
I find that the lengthy interactive tutorial is a great way to start understanding the fundamentals.
Learning go
Katdug28
Too hard. Needs difficulty option. AI is too smart. I want to learn but I also would like to win. Great app. Great teacher. Just gives rage. Been playing three weeks.