Comparison

™ Easy Gomoku vs Gomoku Quest

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 Quest

Engage in online matches of Gomoku, also known as Renju or five-in-a-row. This game offers a beginner-friendly experience with options to play against players worldwide, friends, or even weak bots. It includes a rating system and VCF problem-solving challenges.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer matches
  • Play with friends
  • Weak AI bots for practice
  • Accurate rating system
  • VCF problem-solving challenges
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Gomoku Quest is a beginner friendly online gomoku(renju/gobang,five-in-a-row) game. Some features of Gomoku Quest - You can play with people around the world. - Easy to play with your friends. - Anyone can win! There are very weak bots. - Accurate rating system. - Lots of VCF problems and rated VCF solving mode (VCF challenge). - Privacy Policy https://d26termck8rp2x.cloudfront.net/static/questterms/privacy.html - Terms of Use https://d26termck8rp2x.cloudfront.net/static/questterms/term.html - Contact mindwalkapps@gmail.com

Screenshots

™ Easy Gomoku3 screens
Gomoku Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gomoku Quest at 4.9 against ™ Easy Gomoku's 4.3. Gomoku Quest also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 31%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). ™ Easy Gomoku's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Quest sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gomoku Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of ™ Easy Gomoku's written reviews are positive against 62% of Gomoku Quest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, Gomoku Quest every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
™ Easy Gomoku versus Gomoku Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter™ Easy GomokuGomoku Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings)4.9 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews62.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2730 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVM Mobile TeamMindwalk Corp.

Customer experience

™ Easy Gomoku

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

Gomoku Quest

All ratings29 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative31.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

™ Easy Gomoku

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Gomoku Quest

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Plan$1.991 Month

Questions

Is ™ Easy Gomoku free?
™ Easy Gomoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gomoku Quest free?
Gomoku Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku Quest?
Gomoku Quest is rated higher. ™ Easy Gomoku averages 4.3 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Gomoku Quest averages 4.9 from 30 ratings.
Do ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku Quest have ads?
Gomoku Quest shows ads; ™ Easy Gomoku does not.
Which is updated more often, ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku Quest?
™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, and Gomoku Quest every 3 weeks. Most recently, ™ Easy Gomoku was updated on October 29, 2026 and Gomoku Quest on October 26, 2026.

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