Frustrating and tedious – Igowin Life Review

This app has a usability problem which is so severe that it becomes a waste of time. Its correct answers are long sequences, sometimes over 8 moves, where you need to play ladders out or capture obviously dead stones. Any error demotes you severely. Think you solved it and click 'Next Problem'? Sorry, lose 3 levels: the correct answer was to actually capture the stones in atari that you just killed. Misclick on the next problem? 2 wrong in a row, demotion at double speed. Then, when you finally do get one wrong for real, it doesn't even tell you the answer! It's like the authors don't want you to learn anything. Instead they challenge you by making it hard to progress with the game levels. That won't help your Go game. In the end you will spend all your time with this app solving problems that are too easy for you and fighting the interface, instead of actually practicing Go.
Review by Lonely squirrel on Igowin Life.