BB Checkers vs 五子棋
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BB Checkers
This app brings the classic board game to your mobile device, offering a fun and engaging experience for all ages. Enjoy strategic gameplay with intuitive controls, challenging AI, and global competition.
- Classic board game gameplay
- Intuitive controls
- Single player modes
- Beginner tutorial
- Smart AI opponent
- Global leaderboards
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家傳戶曉的傳統波子棋同時登陸iPhone, iPad! 適合小朋友玩樂,成人回憶,老友記消遣,一家大細分享。 作者誠意設計簡易操作,仿如真實在棋盤上玩樂。 易學易用,益智好玩,一再回味。 港台式玩法,可隔空跳,電腦對手不會停在你的棋子區域。 A super board game that can be played individually or with partners. The game is a modern and simplified variation of Halma. The aim of the game is simply to enter all one's pieces into the star corner on the opposite side of the board, before opponents do the same. Fast-paced moving allows pieces to catapult over multiple empty positions when hopping. It is so much fun to control a piece to hop over a non-adjacent piece. Features: ★ Fluid and fast pieces navigation ★ Three addictive single player mode ★ Beginner tutorial mode ★ Smart AI ★ Compete your ranks with million of players worldwide in game center
五子棋
Engage in classic two-player Gomoku battles with this clean and ad-free game. Its small size ensures a smooth experience on your device.
- Two-player mode
- Ad-free gameplay
- Small app size
- Classic Gomoku rules
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五子棋，可供双人对战。清爽无广告，体积小。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BB Checkers at 4.5 against 五子棋's 1.0. BB Checkers also leads on ratings volume (405 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BB Checkers holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BB Checkers has 405 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BB Checkers ships an update every 10 days, 五子棋 every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BB Checkers | 五子棋 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (405 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 405 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 4.2 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shun Wan Tang | 伟健 谢 |
Customer experience
BB Checkers
五子棋
Bugs and requests
BB Checkers
Reported bugs
9 issues- When will this app be updated for iOS 11?
- The game is cheating
- Illegal moves spotted!
- Computer CHEATS
- This game cheats itself and let's you cheat. Seems to use different rules
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- The computer cheats
- Non standard rule
- Other players cheat!
- It freezes and sends you home
Requested features
6 requests- When will this app be updated for iOS 11?
- Rules please
- It'd be better if it has a free play mode
- need an option to turn off the stars that give you all the possible positions you can move
- settings so sound could be switched off
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- helpfile outlining rules for moving
五子棋
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BB Checkers
No in-app purchases
五子棋
No in-app purchases
