Baduk Cap lets you capture positions on your wooden Go board and easily transfer them to the SGF file format (Smart Game Format) using built-in image recognition.
Include game information such as player names, ranks, captured stones, and more. You can copy the SGF file to the clipboard, send it by email, save it to Dropbox, or export it to apps like EasyGo or SmartGo Kifu.
Determine the winner and exact score of your game with the scoring function (available as an in-app purchase). Supported rulesets are: Japanese, Chinese, AGA (Area), AGA (Territory), Ing, New Zealand.
Because Baduk Cap automatically recognizes corners of arbitrary size, you can capture problems from books and export them to apps like EasyGo, which offer the spaced repetition system as a study tool.
Live capture of your game while it is being played is also supported, featuring automatic move recognition and automatic photo capture, or photos triggered via a Bluetooth camera remote. (This feature is available as an in-app purchase.) External cameras and webcams (UVC-compatible) can be used with this feature. Focus fully on the game instead of interrupting your concentration with manual recording. If you wish, you can broadcast your live game to the Mastodon social network.
Baduk Cap supports board sizes of 9 x 9, 13 x 13, and 19 x 19, and is optimized for both iPhone and iPad.
The following one-year subscriptions are available (Baduk Cap Pro):
• Scoring: Determine the winner and exact result of the game (tap the result for an explanation of how it was calculated)
• Game recording: Live capture your game with automatic move recognition, automatic photos, or photos triggered by a Bluetooth camera remote. Broadcast to Mastodon is supported. (Includes all features of the Scoring subscription)
These subscriptions do not renew automatically. After one year, you will need to manually resubscribe if you wish to continue using the unlocked features.
You can also choose the 'Lifetime Pro' subscription, which is paid once and provides access to all app features forever.
Each of the Baduk Cap Pro subscriptions also unlocks the following features:
• Siri shortcuts: Take a picture of your Go board with a voice command of your choice
• Dark mode
• Alternate app icons
It’s great for close games and scoring when learning how to play. The only way it could be better is if the scoring was included in purchase price but to be fair the price is negligible.
Amazing tool
BuzzToronto
This works incredibly well. And it's great for beginning players as it's hard to identify each player's territories consistently at first. This app makes it easy to identify stones that are dead as they stand, and makes scoring a breeze. Everything appears to be well thought out and thoroughly tested. Amazing job!Works well with 9x9 beginner boards too!It does require knowledge of the game to make sense of everything. The authors might create mini tutorial based on the game and the intricacies of scoring. For instance, I didn't fully notice or appreciate at first that each point with an opponent's stone on it that is dead as it stands is worth 2 (one point for the area of territory that is rightfully yours and the other point for the stone itself).
In app purchase required
Letitgo123
Need to pay for territory counting and for live capture. 8$ more...I am a bit disappointed...
Developer Response
Based on your feedback, I have reworked my screenshots. It should now be much more obvious which features are part of an additional in-app purchase.
Improvement of Broadcast to Mastodon
Version 6.2.4
The developer, Thomas Breitling, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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