Comparison

FiveBubbleCrush vs Skill Gomoku

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FiveBubbleCrush

Match five or more ores of the same color in horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines to eliminate them. This puzzle game challenges you to strategically arrange colorful ores to clear the board.

Highlights
  • Match same-colored ores
  • Form horizontal, vertical, and oblique rows
  • Eliminate five or more ores
  • Stage challenges
  • Strategic ore arrangement
Features
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Try to arrange ores of the same color into a line in the form of horizontal, vertical and oblique rows. When five or more of same color ores arranged,these ores can be eliminated

About

Skill Gomoku

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Five in a row. A whole new set of possibilities. Place stones on intersections. Connect five or more horizontally, vertically or diagonally to win. Then discover powers that move, protect, remove and restore stones. CHANGE THE BOARD. CHANGE THE GAME. Nine powers add a new layer of strategy. Powers mode gives both players five ready-to-play abilities. Custom Powers lets you choose three from a set of nine, with the same set for both players. A power uses your turn, and each has its own cooldown and usage rules. SOLO OR TOGETHER Your next rival is always ready: challenge AI that runs entirely on your device and uses powers too. Or share an iPhone or iPad with a friend for Pass & Play. No matchmaking or internet needed. LEARN BY PLAYING Three short interactive lessons teach you to make a winning line, block a threat and use your first power. Try every power on a separate practice board before bringing it into a game. Practice never changes your saved games or stats. YOUR GAME. YOUR WAY. Choose Classic for familiar five-in-a-row strategy, Powers for a fixed set of abilities, or Custom Powers for your own three-power mix. Pick your opponent and rules on the home screen, then tap Play now. The app remembers your last choices. MADE FOR YOUR NEXT MOVE Powers games start on a 13 × 13 board with larger intersections; Classic starts on 15 × 15. Hold and slide to adjust your aim, undo a move and resume a saved game later. Existing saves keep their original board size. PLAY OFFLINE No internet, accounts or ads. AI analysis, profiles, optional avatars, saved games, history and stats stay on your device. English and Simplified Chinese follow your iOS app-language preferences. Make your first five. Then find your next move.

Screenshots

FiveBubbleCrush3 screens
Skill Gomoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Skill Gomoku at every 4 weeks against FiveBubbleCrush's every 2 months. FiveBubbleCrush's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FiveBubbleCrush ships an update every 2 months, Skill Gomoku every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FiveBubbleCrush versus Skill Gomoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiveBubbleCrushSkill Gomoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer健 王Cheng Yang

In-app purchases

None

FiveBubbleCrush

No in-app purchases

None

Skill Gomoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FiveBubbleCrush free?
FiveBubbleCrush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skill Gomoku free?
Skill Gomoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FiveBubbleCrush or Skill Gomoku have ads?
Neither FiveBubbleCrush nor Skill Gomoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FiveBubbleCrush or Skill Gomoku?
FiveBubbleCrush ships an update every 2 months, and Skill Gomoku every 4 weeks. Most recently, FiveBubbleCrush was updated on November 1, 2026 and Skill Gomoku on November 6, 2026.

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