Kifu Cam
Board
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Board
Languages
English
Tue Jul 29 2025
Stability and accuracy improvements.
Kifu Cam is an essential utility for players of the board game Go. Using advanced computer vision, the app identifies stones on a physical board and converts the position into a digital format. It features KataGo integration to provide real-time score estimation and 'next move' suggestions, allowing players to analyze their live games with professional-level AI insights.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Kifu Cam is a specialized utility that feels like magic when it works. For Go (Weiqi/Baduk) players, the chore of manually recording a physical game into a digital SGF file is a major hurdle to improvement. Kifu Cam solves this by using AI to 'see' the board and stones through your camera. The integration of KataGo for win-probability and move suggestions transforms your physical board into a smart-board instantly.
However, it isn't without its quirks. Lighting is the app's biggest enemy; glare on the stones can lead to misreads, and it occasionally struggles with boards that aren't the standard 19x19 size. Despite these technical hurdles, for serious students of the game who want to analyze their club matches using modern AI tools, this is an indispensable, time-saving resource.
Features
Real-time stone recognition
KataGo AI integration
SGF file export
Score estimation
Support for 19x19 boards
Tips & Walkthrough
Steady your phone over the board. The app will highlight the grid corners; once locked, it will automatically identify black and white stones.
Gameplays
After capturing the board, toggle the AI overlay to see win percentages and heatmaps of the best possible moves according to KataGo.
Screenshot
Q&A
The app is optimized primarily for 19x19 boards; smaller sizes may have reduced accuracy.
Ratings & Reviews
Decent, but unreliable on less filled board
Sun Mar 02 2025 hammelcamelScored our longer game on a 19x19 pretty dang well, saves so much time! Has trouble on less full boards though, like when practicing openings and wanting to get %chance wins to track my improvement. I think it picks up glare on the board or sees the 3x3 dots on the board as stones often.
Crashes frequently.
Sat Nov 16 2024 eotwdaveDoesn’t work. Crashes frequently. Cannot handle boards other than 19x19 at all.
Helpful during club meetings
Sun May 10 2020 Spif2If the light is reflecting poorly on some stones or too much on others it can get confused. Sometimes takes many photos to get a good read. Moving back and forth in the app is janky. App interface does not fit nicely in my phone screen, so some of the buttons are inaccessible. Will be wonderful when updated.