Comparison

™ Easy Gomoku vs Color Gate

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

Color Gate

Features
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Slide it to its color. Pop — it's out. Drag wooden blocks across the board and send each one out through the gate of the same color. No lives. No failing when time runs out. Just you, the board, and that satisfying pop. HOW TO PLAY • Drag a block — it glides through empty cells • When it touches a gate of its color that it fits through, it pops out • Clear every block to finish the board • Gray blocks never move, so the order you choose is everything FEATURES • Every board is built to be solvable — each one is designed backwards from an empty board • You can't get stuck: unlimited undo, and restart anytime • A next-move hint when you need a nudge • Earn 3 stars by beating the target moves and time. Running over the time never fails a level • Four levels of challenge: Easy, Normal, Hard and Oni — with endless levels • Today's Board: a fresh board every day, plus your daily streak • Traditional Japanese color palettes: Classic, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Miyabi • Color assist: a shape for every color on blocks and gates • Gentle haptics and sound for every pop • English and Japanese MADE FOR YOU IF YOU • Are tired of waiting for lives to refill or losing a level to a timer • Want a calm, clever break on your commute, lunch or before bed • Love unblock, sliding block and escape puzzles • Prefer a quiet, crafted look over loud, flashy games PRIVACY • No account, no sign-up • Your progress and settings stay on your device and are never uploaded • No personal data collected, no tracking • The puzzles play offline • Only to introduce the developer's other apps in the free version, the app loads public App Store information (app names and icons)

Screenshots

™ Easy Gomoku3 screens
Color Gate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Color Gate at every 3 weeks against ™ Easy Gomoku's every 7 months. ™ Easy Gomoku's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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 Color Gate 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, Color Gate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
™ Easy Gomoku versus Color Gate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter™ Easy GomokuColor Gate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVM Mobile Teamtorankirite

In-app purchases

1 purchases

™ Easy Gomoku

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Color Gate

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is ™ Easy Gomoku free?
™ Easy Gomoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Color Gate free?
Color Gate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ™ Easy Gomoku or Color Gate have ads?
Neither ™ Easy Gomoku nor Color Gate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ™ Easy Gomoku or Color Gate?
™ Easy Gomoku ships an update every 7 months, and Color Gate every 3 weeks. Most recently, ™ Easy Gomoku was updated on November 2, 2026 and Color Gate on October 31, 2026.

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