Comparison

™ Easy Gomoku vs Gomoku

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

™ Easy Gomoku

Engage in a classic strategy board game where the goal is to achieve an unbroken row of five stones. This version is designed for newcomers, offering adjustable difficulty levels for a fun and challenging experience.

Highlights
  • Undo moves
  • Save and load games
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Timer-based gameplay
  • Free-style Gomoku rules
Features
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Gomoku (Five in a Row) is a strategy board game played on a Go board. The first player to get an unbroken row of five stones wins the game. Also known as Caro, Omok or Gobang, it is traditionally played with Go pieces (black and white stones) on a go board with 15x15 intersections. Easy Gomoku is a fun Gomoku game for beginners! The difficulty has been set so that if you are new to gomoku, you will have great time winning the computers while still have fun and challenging games. Features: * Undo * Save/load unfinished game * 4 levels of difficulties * Timer based game The variation of Gomoku supported in this game is free-style Gomoku. A player just needs to make a row of five or more stones to win.

About

Gomoku

A classic strategy board game where players place pieces on a grid to form a line of five. Simple rules offer deep strategic possibilities for all ages.

Highlights
  • 15x15 grid board
  • Place black and white pieces
  • Win by forming a line of five
  • Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal wins
  • Draw if board fills
Features
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Gomoku, also known as Five in a Row, is a classic strategy board game that is easy to learn and rewarding to master. Take turns placing black and white stones on a 15×15 board, and be the first to connect five in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. Play against the AI or enjoy a 2-player battle on the same device. Choose the difficulty, stone color, and first move, with helpful options such as undo, restart, hints, and quick concede.

Screenshots

™ Easy Gomoku3 screens
Gomoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gomoku at 5.0 against ™ Easy Gomoku's 4.3. Gomoku also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (59% vs 31%). ™ Easy Gomoku's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (27 vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ™ Easy Gomoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gomoku asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gomoku holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ™ Easy Gomoku has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of ™ Easy Gomoku's written reviews are positive against 59% of Gomoku's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, Gomoku every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
™ Easy Gomoku versus Gomoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter™ Easy GomokuGomoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews59.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVM Mobile Team欢 饶

Customer experience

™ Easy Gomoku

All ratings27 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive31.4%
Neutral20.0%
Negative48.6%

Gomoku

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

™ Easy Gomoku

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
None

Gomoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ™ Easy Gomoku free?
™ Easy Gomoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gomoku free?
Gomoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku?
Gomoku is rated higher. ™ Easy Gomoku averages 4.3 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Gomoku averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku have ads?
Gomoku shows ads; ™ Easy Gomoku does not.
Which is updated more often, ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku?
™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, and Gomoku every 3 months. Most recently, ™ Easy Gomoku was updated on November 2, 2026 and Gomoku on November 2, 2026.

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