Squares HD vs Five in a Row!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squares HD
A classic strategy board game for iPad, offering a simple yet engaging experience. Challenge yourself or a friend in various modes with numerous board configurations. The goal is to outmaneuver your opponent and claim victory.
- 125 unique boards
- 1 and 2-player modes
- Attaxx-like gameplay variant
- High score tracking
- Random board generation
- Resume previous games
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Squares for the iPhone has been downloaded more than half a million times! Here it is with a bigger screen and updated graphics for your iPad! A simple strategy game in the same vein as Othello, Reversi & Attaxx. Play against your iPad or another player. Choose one of your squares and then either copy or move that square into one of the highlighted squares surrounding it. Take over the other player's squares by jumping next to them, and win by making it impossible for the other player to move. Features: - 125 boards! - 1 and 2-player modes: play against your iPad or another player. - Attaxx-like mode changes the squares you can move/copy to. - Hiscores. - Random boards. - Full boards with no missing places. - Skip boards you don't want to play. - Resume a previous game.
Five in a Row!
A classic strategy game where players aim to create a continuous line of five or more of their symbols. Compete against an opponent to achieve victory by forming horizontal, vertical, or diagonal rows.
- Create rows of five or more
- Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal wins
- Classic tic-tac-toe style gameplay
- Single-player or two-player modes
- Strategy-based challenges
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Classical game tic-tac-toe 5 in a row: the purpose of game consists in creation by one of players of the continuous row of five and more X or O down, horizontals or diagonals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Five in a Row! at 50% against Squares HD's 0%. Five in a Row! also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Squares HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume and ads 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
Five in a Row! is free to download; Squares HD costs $0.99 up front. Five in a Row! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Squares HD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Five in a Row! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Squares HD's written reviews are positive against 50% of Five in a Row!'s.
Squares HD ships an update every 13 months, Five in a Row! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Squares HD | Five in a Row! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 7.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Haynes | artur tagirov |
Customer experience
Squares HD
Five in a Row!
In-app purchases
Squares HD
No in-app purchases
Five in a Row!
- PRO Version$0.99
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