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

This abstract strategy board game challenges players to achieve an unbroken row of five stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. It offers multiple play modes, including playing against AI or a friend.

Highlights
  • Five in a row gameplay
  • Play against AI
  • Local multiplayer mode
  • Computer vs. computer mode
  • Multiple play modes
Features
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Gomoku is an abstract strategy board game. Also called Gobang or Five in a Row, it is traditionally played with Go pieces(black and white stones) on a go board. The rule is black plays first if white did not just win, and plays alternate in placing a stone of their color on an empty space. The winner is the first player to get an unbroken row of five stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Gomoku- Professional version has four modes to choose : 1. you play first. 2.computer play first. 3.computer v.s. computer 4.you play with your friend

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 monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). ™ Easy Gomoku's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Gomoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, Gomoku every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
™ Easy Gomoku versus Gomoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter™ Easy GomokuGomoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVM Mobile TeamAppLabNexus LLC

Customer experience

™ Easy Gomoku

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

Gomoku

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

™ Easy Gomoku

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Gomoku

One-time1
  • 30 rewards $1.99$1.99

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 in-app purchases available.
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 1 ratings.
Do ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku have ads?
Neither ™ Easy Gomoku nor Gomoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku?
™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, and Gomoku every 11 months. Most recently, ™ Easy Gomoku was updated on October 29, 2026 and Gomoku on October 13, 2026.

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