Inexpensive Go apps for iPhone
Go Player
I must say that I really enjoy using GoPlayer on my iPhone. That probably doesn’t come as too much of a surprise though considering I’m its developer. I’m a rather random person, so my app has a collection of over a thousand games and it randomly picks one out to show. This way you can watch professional Go games anywhere on the go. So, for less than the cost of a round-trip subway ride to your local Go club, you can have 1,000 Go games on your iPhone. Also much cheaper and more useful than having the same data in book form. [2,99 €, App Store]
Downloading apps and games on your iPhone is great for those times when you have the urge to play some games. So, whether you are on a long journey and you fancy playing Stones on the Go app, or if you don’t want to wait for your computer to load up and want to read poker.de online right away, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Having apps, pre-downloaded games and Internet bookmarks, makes everything so much faster and more user-friendly. This way, you can start reading and playing games instantly.
Stones
My second favorite Go app is Stones. You don’t carry a Go board around with you, do you? Well, now you can just pull out your iPhone and play with your friend by passing the phone back and forth. It offers 9×9, 13×13, 19×19 and handicap options for each game. At the end, just mark the captured groups, and it scores it for you as well. It has two Go bowls at the bottom which you drag stones from to place on the board, and I must say it feels very intuitive and precise. [Free, 20-Dec-2009, Editor's Note: No longer available]
Tetsuki
Tetsuki is a Go term which means “The way a stone was physically played. Usually paired with an adjective as in: light tetsuki, strong tetsuki, etc. [Definition from Sensei's Library] Play Go over the Internet on your iPhone. I haven’t actually tried playing there with it, but I’ve noticed that I can watch games with ease. I can load it up and watch people playing Go online in real time on the Internet Go Server (IGS). My favorite Go server is Kiseido Go Server (KGS), but I know they require you to use their Java program, so that no one has an advantage just because of the platform they’re using to play. In any case, Tetsuki seems like a really cool way to play or watch live games anywhere. [Free, App Store]
I have Tetsuki, and even playing the game works like a charm. Even though I really just suck at go. When you want to play a stone somewhere, just touch the region, and it will zoom in, so you won’t miss your point of placement.
Have never tried the other two, I might check them out soon.
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