Surround - Online Go client 4+
A modern app to play Go online
Hong Anh Khoa
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Screenshots
Description
Surround is a client to play Go online with other players on the website online-go.com (Online Go Server - OGS). OGS is a very popular Go Server with a friendly community, and this app aims to provide the best OGS experience on iPhones and iPads.
Features:
- Play Go with other Go players on OGS, either live games or turn-based (correspondence) games.
- Observe other live games that are currently being played.
- Chat with other players.
- Get a glimpse of your correspondence games on your home screen with a widget.
- Receive notifications when it is your turn in correspondence games.
- Beautiful dark mode.
There are many more features on OGS website that I plan to implement into the app gradually, so I hope to have your support to make it happen faster. Let me know if there is any feature you specifically want to have first.
This app offers subscriptions for supporting the app's ongoing development. If you decide to participate in the subscriptions:
- Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase.
- The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.
- You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase.
- All purchases are final. I cannot issue refunds for purchases charged to your Apple ID.
The Terms of Use can be found at: https://files.honganhkhoa.com/SurroundTerms.html, and the Privacy Policy can be found at: https://files.honganhkhoa.com/SurroundPrivacyPolicy.html.
What’s New
Version 1.3.13
Fixed a bug that caused the game screen to blank out in iOS 16.3 and earlier.
Ratings and Reviews
Hidden gem of a Go (Igo, weiqi, baduk) app
I found this app completely by accident (never came up in search, which is the curse of all Go related things) and it has turned out to be all but perfect. If you play on OGS (or want to but you’re turned off by the interface) this is all you need. It’s an actual free fully featured OGS client, with the only upsell being a tiny subscription fee if you want push notifications for your games. There is currently a very small bug in the chat feature but after emailing the developer Khoa, they responded promptly to let me know it has been fixed in the next release and shared a TestFlight link to download the improved dev version. They are clearly in it for the love and not for the money, so if this review is corny, it’s only because I feel likes this kind of work deserves some love in return.
Beautiful!
Easiest the cleanest and most beautiful app for the Online Go Server (OGS). It’s very responsive, the chat and analysis board work great, and the option to open to the game in the browser is great! If I had two wishes it would be for a dark mode, and the ability to save the SGF from the app, to save on SmartGo One.
Awesome Go client
I’ve been using this app for a few weeks. I originally found its Testflight link on OFS Forums. It functions perfectly well and I’ve started playing a lot of correspondence games because of it. I love the haptics, push updates, and simplicity of the UI. The dev did really nice work here.
Would be cool to get board style preferences eventually!
App Privacy
The developer, Hong Anh Khoa, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Hong Anh Khoa
- Size
- 18.7 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Hong Anh Khoa
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Surround App Supporter $0.49
- Surround App Supporter $1.99
- Surround App Supporter $4.99
- Surround App Supporter $9.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.