Comparison

™ Easy Gomoku vs Gomoku.io

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.io

Features
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Gomoku is the classical Five in a Row game. This version uses a 12x16 grid best adapted for modern phones, instead of the traditional 15x15 or 19x19 boards. Against a virtual opponent, play by placing alternatively stones on any empty cell. The winner is the first player to form an unbroken chain of five stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The difficulty will automatically adjust the more you play. 12 levels of difficulty are available.

Screenshots

™ Easy Gomoku3 screens
Gomoku.io3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ™ Easy Gomoku at none against Gomoku.io's shown. Gomoku.io's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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 and Gomoku.io sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
™ Easy Gomoku versus Gomoku.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter™ Easy GomokuGomoku.io
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVM Mobile TeamMindtwist

In-app purchases

1 purchases

™ Easy Gomoku

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Gomoku.io

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99

Questions

Is ™ Easy Gomoku free?
™ Easy Gomoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gomoku.io free?
Gomoku.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku.io have ads?
Gomoku.io shows ads; ™ Easy Gomoku does not.
Which is updated more often, ™ Easy Gomoku or Gomoku.io?
™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, and Gomoku.io every 7 months. Most recently, ™ Easy Gomoku was updated on October 26, 2026 and Gomoku.io on October 19, 2026.

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