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Discover the joy of shogi with our high-performance, free shogi app, designed for players from beginners to advanced levels. Engage with 40 levels of full-scale AI, where the highest level challenges you at the amateur 6-dan rank. Dive into game record analysis and management post-game, and tackle four daily Tsume Shogi puzzles.

Free App

Experience shogi in a fun and engaging way with our app, featuring adorable "chick" characters. Whether you're just starting out or already a skilled player, enjoy 40 levels of gameplay, with the top tier reaching the Amaroku stage.

Why Start Playing Shogi?

Beginners can feel confident with our app's introductory courses, piece dropping games, weaker AI settings, hints, wait features, and piece movement guides, making it easy to dive into the world of shogi.

For Intermediate to Advanced Users

Our app caters to intermediate and advanced players with 40 levels, the highest being Ama 6-dan. Test your skills with rating games to gauge your current strength.

Improve Your Shogi Skills

Post-game, analyze your moves to identify where you went wrong. The app will also assess and display your adherence to jouseki and your battle type.

In a Nutshell

More than just cute visuals, our app is a powerful tool for shogi players at any skill level, from beginners to experts.

Main Features

• Compete against 40 levels of full-scale AI.
• Enjoy two-player mode with a traditional knee-to-knee setup.
• Use the examination function to compare your moves with AI suggestions.
• Benefit from the game record analysis function that automatically identifies poor or questionable moves.
• Challenge daily Tsume Shogi puzzles at beginner, intermediate, advanced, and graded levels.
• Save and manage your game records, including those from other apps.

Detailed Function Explanation

Engage in matches against our authentic AI. Beginners will find it easy to understand with displayed moveable piece locations. Use the "Hint" button to see AI's recommended moves and understand why they're effective. You can also watch AI vs. AI games, or play against another human player in a traditional setup. Change AI opponents mid-game by resuming from the examination mode. Keep track of your match results, enjoy piece dropping, set your time limits, and participate in rating games.

Improve your skills with our review function. Examine AI's reading line alongside your moves and get situation evaluations. The game record analysis function automatically checks all moves for mistakes, which you can visualize on a graph for easy understanding. Save the analysis results in your game record file and consult our official website for detailed reading instructions.

Save your game records, including those from other shogi apps. Our app supports KIF, KI2, and CSA formats, allowing you to copy, paste, and manage records. Access game record files from various clouds like Google Drive and Dropbox, and create start phases and Tsume Shogi scenarios.

Official Homepage

For more detailed information, function explanations, and support, visit our official website at https://www.studiok-i.net/android/piyo_shogi.html.

Support

Get support and share your feedback through our official website or by selecting "Send Request" from the app's main menu.

Free App Provision

Our app is free thanks to advertisements. Your understanding and support are appreciated.

Disclaimer

While we strive to ensure the software's reliability, STUDIO-K does not guarantee against any damages caused by using this app. Use at your own risk.

What's New in Version 5.3.8

Last updated on Nov 1, 2024

• 2024/10/29 ver5.3.8: Fixed an issue where pressing the [Menu] button during AI's thinking caused a wait.
• 2024/10/19 ver5.3.7: Adjusted the strength of levels 15-30 to be weaker.
• 2024/07/19 ver5.3.5: Implemented a feature to transfer ratings, match records, real Tsume Shogi, and Piyo story progress during device changes. Note that game records are not included in the transfer; save them to cloud storage as before. Access "Data Transfer (Device Change)" from the top screen menu.
• 2024/06/16 ver5.3.4: In dark mode, you can now select pieces other than the chick piece.