Gomoku vs Friends With Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gomoku
This abstract strategy board game challenges players to achieve an unbroken row of five stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. It offers multiple play modes, including playing against AI or a friend.
- Five in a row gameplay
- Play against AI
- Local multiplayer mode
- Computer vs. computer mode
- Multiple play modes
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Gomoku is an abstract strategy board game. Also called Gobang or Five in a Row, it is traditionally played with Go pieces(black and white stones) on a go board. The rule is black plays first if white did not just win, and plays alternate in placing a stone of their color on an empty space. The winner is the first player to get an unbroken row of five stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Gomoku- Professional version has four modes to choose : 1. you play first. 2.computer play first. 3.computer v.s. computer 4.you play with your friend
Friends With Words
Engage in a word game with daily challenges or custom seeded runs. Compete with others on shared boards where skill, not luck, determines high scores. Track your progress with detailed stats and climb the leaderboards.
- Daily and custom seeded word boards
- Shared-seed competition
- Online leaderboards
- Online multiplayer with notifications
- Personal stats and score breakdowns
- Save and resume games
- Dark mode
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Friends With Words is a single-player word game built around shared seeded boards. Play the daily board or daily mini! Every player on the same seed gets the same letter sequence, so high scores come from better play, not better luck. Play the Sprint mode for fewest moves to 200 points, or Rush mode for a timed points grabber. Features: - Daily games and custom seeded boards - Sprint and Rush modes - Shared-seed competition - Online high-score leaderboards - Online multiplayer with push notifications - Full score breakdowns and personal stats - Save and resume your current game - Clean, fast mobile gameplay - Dark and light mode Challenge yourself to find the best possible board and climb the leaderboard in Friends With Words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Friends With Words at none against Gomoku's 1. Friends With Words also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Gomoku's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Gomoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Friends With Words asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gomoku against 5.0 for Friends With Words. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Gomoku ships an update every 11 months, Friends With Words every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gomoku | Friends With Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppLabNexus LLC | Seth Chun |
Customer experience
Gomoku
Friends With Words
In-app purchases
Gomoku
- 30 rewards $1.99$1.99
Friends With Words
No in-app purchases
