Renju Rules Gomoku vs Shroud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Renju Rules Gomoku
Compete globally in this online strategy board game, adhering to official Renju rules. Challenge AI opponents or friends, review master plays, and climb the ranks. Supports multiple languages and achievements.
- Official Renju rules implementation
- Online ranked matchmaking
- AI opponent with 6 difficulty levels
- Local 2-player mode
- Replay mode with 50 slots
- Achievements and leaderboards
- Supports 16 languages
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Online Gomoku game has applied matching system based on ranking! Compete players from all around the world with official rules and challenge highest rank as much as you can! [What Renju rule is?] According to the official rules, 33, 44, or six moku is forbidden only for first turn player in order to prevent first turn advantage. [ Game Features] - Renju Rule has applied as an official rule in international Gomoku federation. - 1 player mode: Available to compete AI with 6 different difficulties. - 2 player mode: Available to compete with friends in one device. - Replay mode: Available to see master’s skill to improve your skill and provide 50 replay slots. - Available to reset the online records. - Supported 16 languages. - Supported achievements and leaderboard. Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mobirixplayen YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/mobirix1
Shroud
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Shroud is chess with one rule changed, and everything changes with it: the opening is a secret. You place your whole army anywhere on your first three ranks, hidden from your opponent, who is doing the same. Then the shroud lifts, two battle plans collide, and the game begins in a position nobody has ever seen before. There is no checkmate; you win by actually capturing the king. No opening theory. No memorised lines. Just you, reading a board that didn't exist a minute ago. That one twist carries a long way. Stack both rooks on a file you plan to tear open. Wall off your king behind pawns. Spend a 39-point budget on thirteen knights and see what happens. Play the reveal, or play fog of war — where the shroud never lifts and you see only what your pieces see. Fight the campaign's seven rivals, each with their own formation and plenty to say about your defeat. Take on the daily puzzle, the same one the whole world gets. Or host a room and ambush a friend. And when the battle ends, Shroud teaches. The recap grades every move you played, names the moment the game turned, and then walks you back through it — putting the pieces in your hands and challenging you to find the move you missed. Losses stop being losses; they become next game's opening idea. If you invent a formation you're proud of, submit it from the built-in Lab — the best ones become daily puzzles, credited to their inventor. All of it runs on one little machine: a handheld LCD from a parallel 1989, with real button-feel sounds and fourteen shells to dress it in. Dark and Light mode are free; the rest come in a single one-time cosmetic pack — the only purchase in the game, and it never touches gameplay. Free. No ads. No accounts. Fully offline except online play itself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Renju Rules Gomoku at none against Shroud's 1. Shroud's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Shroud sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Renju Rules Gomoku asks for nothing beyond the download.
Renju Rules Gomoku ships an update every 4 months, Shroud every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Renju Rules Gomoku | Shroud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MOBIRIX | Joshua Katz |
In-app purchases
Renju Rules Gomoku
No in-app purchases
Shroud
- Colourways Pack$1.99






