Shogi Log

"Shogi Log" is an app for managing shogi game records (kifu).

It provides features for creating, viewing, and organizing your shogi game records.

◆ Main Features of the "Shogi Log" App

- Create new game records (kifu)

- Cloud saving for game records (transfer your data when changing devices and sync across multiple devices)

- Shogi AI game analysis (Premium Plan only)

Supports best-move suggestions, principal variations, evaluation graphs, and automatic detection of bad and questionable moves

- Import KIF format files

- Export KIF format files

- Save and manage your game data

- Folder management for game records (Premium Plan only)

- Search and sort game records (Premium Plan only)

- View and browse game records

- Supports branching moves (view all variations in a tree format)

- Add comments to each position

- Memorization Mode (practice a game record one move at a time)

- Supports recording tsume shogi problems and custom starting positions

- Kifu Training (a quick drill for reading board coordinates)

- Supports handicap games (creating new handicap games is limited to the Premium Plan)

Supports Lance, Bishop, Rook, Rook-Lance, 2-piece, 4-piece, 6-piece, 8-piece, 10-piece, and 19-piece handicaps

- Flip the board (switch Sente and Gote sides)

- iPad support (including multitasking)

◆ Recommended for:

- Those who want to easily record their shogi games

- Those who want to review their games with Shogi AI

- Those who struggle to memorize opening theory

- Those who want to manage their game records across multiple devices

- People who read shogi books

◆ How to Best Use the App

- Review Your Games with Shogi AI!

Analyze your recorded games with Shogi AI to see how the evaluation changes throughout the game in an easy-to-read graph. Bad and questionable moves are automatically detected, helping you quickly identify positions worth reviewing. You can also save the AI's suggested variations as branches in your game record and use them to improve your future games.

- Read Shogi Books Comfortably!

Use the iPad's multitasking feature to open an e-book shogi book on the left side and this app on the right side. You can move pieces while reading, making it easier to study positions and variations as you go.

The moves you make can also be saved as game records and reviewed at any time, making the app ideal for repeated learning.

- Easily Carry Your Game Records from PC!

Import KIF format files to view and edit them within the app. By importing game records stored on your PC, you can easily take your kifu with you wherever you go.

- Study Openings with Branching Move Support!

You can record all variations of openings with multiple branches. Comments can also be added to each position, making it easy to keep notes about the results and ideas behind different variations.

For openings you want to memorize, Memorization Mode lets you practice them one move at a time, making it ideal for repeated study.

- Easy and Worry-Free Device Transfers!

Once you sign in, your game records are automatically saved to the cloud. Even when you change devices, you can transfer your data seamlessly and access the same game records across multiple devices.