Comparison

™ Easy Gomoku vs Retro Arcade

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

Retro Arcade

Features
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Insert coin. Press start. Retro Arcade is a love letter to the golden age of gaming -- ten mini games that capture the pick-up-and-play magic of the classics, rebuilt from scratch with a modern game engine for silky-smooth performance on today's devices. No tutorials needed. No loot boxes. Just you, a high score, and the urge to beat it. THE LINEUP Snake The one that started it all. Guide your ever-growing snake across the board, gobbling pixels and dodging your own tail. Simple controls, escalating tension, and that unmistakable "just one more round" pull. Breakout Smash through colorful brick formations with a bouncing ball and paddle. Power-ups drop from destroyed bricks -- multi-ball, wide paddle, fireball -- adding layers of strategy to every stage. Bubble Shooter Aim, fire, and match three or more same-colored bubbles to clear the board. Chain reactions and combo multipliers reward precision and planning. Endless Runner Sprint through procedurally generated terrain, leaping over obstacles and sliding under barriers. How far can you go before the speed overwhelms you? Reaction Speed Test A light turns green. You tap. Your reaction time is measured in milliseconds. Addictively simple. Share your best time and challenge friends to beat it. Typing Speed Drill Korean and English typing challenges that measure words-per-minute and accuracy. A practical skill-builder disguised as a game. Color Match (Stroop Test) The word says "blue" but the color is red. Tap the correct answer before time runs out. A fast-paced cognitive exercise based on the famous Stroop effect. Tap Speed Test Ten seconds on the clock. Tap as fast as humanly possible. Global-caliber finger athletes welcome. Memory Grid and Target Shooting round out the collection, bringing the total to 10 distinct games. SEASON PASS REWARDS Retro Arcade tracks your daily visits. Come back every day to build your streak and unlock milestone bonuses at 7, 14, 30, and 100 consecutive days. Each season refreshes with new achievement targets. UNDER THE HOOD Built on the Flame game engine for native-quality rendering at 60fps. Every game runs offline -- no loading screens, no connection required. High scores are saved locally per game. Achievement badges recognize mastery milestones like "Clear 50 Breakout stages" or "React under 200ms." Available in Korean and English. Retro Arcade does not try to be everything. It tries to be fun -- and it delivers.

Screenshots

™ Easy Gomoku3 screens
Retro Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ™ Easy Gomoku at none against Retro Arcade's shown. ™ Easy Gomoku also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Retro Arcade's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months). On price, 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 Retro Arcade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, Retro Arcade every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
™ Easy Gomoku versus Retro Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter™ Easy GomokuRetro Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVM Mobile TeamALWAYS

In-app purchases

1 purchases

™ Easy Gomoku

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Retro Arcade

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is ™ Easy Gomoku free?
™ Easy Gomoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retro Arcade free?
Retro Arcade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ™ Easy Gomoku or Retro Arcade have ads?
Retro Arcade shows ads; ™ Easy Gomoku does not.
Which is updated more often, ™ Easy Gomoku or Retro Arcade?
™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, and Retro Arcade every 3 days. Most recently, ™ Easy Gomoku was updated on November 2, 2026 and Retro Arcade on October 31, 2026.

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