SmartGo One, Anders Kierulf’s long-running go app for Apple devices, is getting a major visual
overhaul in version 3.0, with a redesign built around Apple’s new “Liquid Glass” interface language.
Kierulf said the redesign was inspired in part by a three-day Liquid Glass workshop at Apple earlier this year, where Apple designers and developers helped shape the project. The update simplifies and streamlines SmartGo’s interface, especially the complex game view, which combines the board, move tree, comments, score, navigation tools and AI features.
Among the biggest changes: the move tree is now hidden by default, toolbars are more fluid and context-sensitive, and the old “Tools” popup has been dramatically simplified, reducing dozens of icons and modes into a cleaner Game Menu. The redesign also extends to problem-solving mode, iPad layouts, Mac support and AI Hint analysis, which now evaluates multiple candidate moves and displays score and win-rate information more clearly.
Version 3.0 also raises the price of SmartGo Pro subscriptions to $30 annually, $5 monthly or $99 lifetime, though existing subscribers will keep their current pricing. The update requires iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26.
Kierulf said he hopes Apple’s next operating-system cycle will bring only minor design refinements, allowing him to focus more on new go-related features instead of “major user interface surgery.”