A Master of Go

I’ve been waiting for this since the Leela zero project emerged (still waiting for the chess version, but that’s ok). Some improvements could be used: 1. The user interface in general can be improved. Take a hint from some of the other popular go apps. 2. If you leave the app (not necessarily closing it even) the game wipes and for some reason is copied to your clipboard so you can paste it back and resume... clearly users shouldn’t have to do that. 3. It’s up to the user to load non-default network weights. It’d be nice to have those already loaded. You could make it such that there’s every difficulty level from random to pro by loading specific weights. Could track users progress as well, as is done in crazy stone app. 4. There’s a dynamic Komi branch of Leela zero. Could be used for maintaining the AI’s strength and still allowing high handicap games. That is all. Thank you.

A simple app that opens SGF files from many Go apps. Fascinating and the only way iOS currently supports alpha go or ELF study. iOS 13 has made importing a problem. I’m sure a fix is coming! I hope so! My favorite study app.

This is a remarkable implementation, essentially Lizzie for iPhone. It would be greatly improved simply by having a toggle for pondering. Playing out just a few moves in study mode with the analysis cranking causes my phone (6s) to get hot, and the battery level drops rapidly even when the phone is plugged in! I look forward to future updates. Congratulations to the developer, and thank you!

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I passed over 30 times while the default AI filed in its own territory. This was territory that already had about six single space eyes and not enough space to create a living group. It also tried to play inside my living territory over and over again until there was literally no legal plays inside my territory. There is no undo so get ready to waste an entire game if you happen to brush the screen at the wrong time. In fact the ONLY controls available during game play are pass and resign. You can’t even change settings during play. So you can’t turn sound or coordinates on or off while you are playing let alone score, analyze, or get hints. You can’t load a saved game for review, you have to find some way of copying an sgf to the clipboard. They want to charge you PER MOVE for some of the analysis features!!!!!!!!!! For the price of this app, this is utterly ridiculous!

This is a contemporary AlphaGo-style go AI, now supporting KataGo, the current open-source phenom. The developer updates the app regularly as AI's get stronger, and swiftly responds to requests and questions. Great support! I love it because I can immediately review games to see where I went wrong. Be warned, it eats batteries. This is not a bug, just a fact of life with NN and hundreds of play throughs.