Comparison

™ Easy Gomoku vs Sudoku ▦

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

Sudoku ▦

Enjoy the classic paper-and-pencil puzzle game on your phone with a clean, elegant design. Challenge your mind with multiple difficulty levels and helpful tools to aid your solving experience.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free puzzles
  • Classic Sudoku design
  • Pencil mode for notes
  • Highlight duplicates
  • Optional mistake limit
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Customizable appearance
Features
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Sudoku ▦ is one of the best loved and most popular puzzle games in the world. Now you can play the classic paper and pencil puzzle game right on your phone! With our simple and elegant design, Tripledot’s Sudoku▦ for mobile is the best way to play this timeless classic. Challenge your problem-solving skills with an expert-level game or take a break with a quick game on easy mode. Whether you’re a hyper competitive puzzle solver or just looking for a way to relax, a beginner or a master puzzler, Tripledot’s Sudoku ▦ will let you play the game your way. Choose from four different difficulty levels, and customise your experience with features to help or challenge you. Key Features: - Thousands of well-formed, totally free puzzles - The classic Sudoku design, beautifully recreated on your phone - Use the pencil to make notes right on the puzzle - Highlight duplicates to help you solve the puzzle - Challenge yourself by limiting yourself to three mistakes - Use hints to help you find your way through difficult puzzles - - Play Sudoku your way with our finely tuned customisation - Four perfectly crafted difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert. - Highlight duplicates to avoid repeating numbers in a row, column, and block - Automatically Check for Mistakes: Enable auto-check to easily spot your mistakes, or disable it to play a more free-form game - Optional Mistake Limit: challenge yourself to play a perfect game, or relax with unlimited mistakes - Pencil mode: Use the pencil mode to make notes on each cell, which automatically update as you play the game - Statistics: See your best times and streaks for every difficulty level - Autosave: Your puzzles save as you go, so you can come back anytime - Hints: Hints can guide you through the puzzle when you are stuck - Eraser: Made a mistake? Get rid of it by using the eraser feature - Unlimited undo's: Eliminate errors using our unlimited undo feature - Customize appearance: Choose from six different beautiful skins for a game that is as easy on the eyes as it is to play By using Sudoku ▦, you agree to our Terms of Use and Community Guidelines available at https://www.tripledotstudios.com/tos Questions? Email Sudoku_support@tripledotstudios.com for help!

Screenshots

™ Easy Gomoku3 screens
Sudoku ▦4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sudoku ▦ at none against ™ Easy Gomoku's 1. Sudoku ▦ also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). ™ Easy Gomoku's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, monetization model and device support 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. Sudoku ▦ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sudoku ▦ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku ▦ has 104K ratings behind it against 27, 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 38% of Sudoku ▦'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, Sudoku ▦ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
™ Easy Gomoku versus Sudoku ▦: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter™ Easy GomokuSudoku ▦
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings)4.7 (104K ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews37.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27104K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB249 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVM Mobile TeamTripledot Studios

Customer experience

™ Easy Gomoku

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

Sudoku ▦

All ratings104,192 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews417 reviews
Positive37.6%
Neutral13.7%
Negative48.7%

Bugs and requests

™ Easy Gomoku

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sudoku ▦

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Incorrect number placement detection
  • Daily challenge progress not saving properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to pay to remove ads
  • More customization options
  • Ability to reset puzzles
  • Improved performance on older devices

In-app purchases

1 purchases

™ Easy Gomoku

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
None

Sudoku ▦

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ™ Easy Gomoku free?
™ Easy Gomoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku ▦ free?
Sudoku ▦ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ™ Easy Gomoku or Sudoku ▦?
Sudoku ▦ is rated higher. ™ Easy Gomoku averages 4.3 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Sudoku ▦ averages 4.7 from 104K ratings.
Do ™ Easy Gomoku or Sudoku ▦ have ads?
Sudoku ▦ shows ads; ™ Easy Gomoku does not.
Which is updated more often, ™ Easy Gomoku or Sudoku ▦?
™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, and Sudoku ▦ every 2 weeks. Most recently, ™ Easy Gomoku was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sudoku ▦ on November 1, 2026.

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