Comparison

go!moku vs Pilots

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

Head to head
About

go!moku

Experience the classic Five in a Row strategy game with fast matches and challenging solo play. Compete online in real-time battles or customize your game with various themes and board styles. Perfect for quick breaks or longer strategic sessions.

Highlights
  • Fast matches
  • Challenging solo play
  • Online battles via Game Center
  • Customizable boards and themes
  • Distraction-free experience
  • Quick to start, hard to put down
Features
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Get your next “one more game” strategy fix in minutes. go!moku brings the classic Gomoku (Five in a Row) to iPhone with fast matches, strong solo play, and online battles when you want real competition. KEY BENEFITS • Sharpen your strategy with solo play that stays challenging • Play online with Game Center for competitive, real‑time fun • Enjoy quick matches that are easy to start and hard to put down • Make every game feel fresh with boards, themes, and customization • Stay focused with a clean, distraction‑free game experience HOW IT WORKS Choose solo or online play, place stones, and build five in a row before your opponent does. Switch themes and board styles anytime to match your mood. WHO IT’S FOR Perfect for fans of Gomoku/Five in a Row, and for anyone who loves simple rules with deep strategy—great for quick breaks or longer sessions. Download go!moku and start your five‑in‑a‑row win streak today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pilots

An aviation idle and incremental strategy game where you build an airfield from scratch. Research new technologies, design aircraft, and manage pilots to progress through different flight eras. Enjoy offline progress and dynamic weather without timers or ads.

Highlights
  • Idle and incremental strategy gameplay
  • Fleet and route design
  • Dynamic weather system
  • Pilot experience and ranks
  • Prestige reset for permanent upgrades
  • Offline progress simulation
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Build from a grass airstrip to interstellar flight, one horizon at a time. Pilots: Ascension is an aviation idle and incremental strategy game. It starts with a hand-cranked fuel drum and a wood-and-fabric machine that has no business leaving the ground. Your job is to get it into the sky anyway. You are the quartermaster of a tiny airfield. Crank fuel, recruit crew and coax the first aircraft into the air. Then build an industry: depots, mines, smelters and workshops. Assign aviators to the jobs that suit them and research your way up the altitude spine through seven eras: Dawn of Flight, the Propeller Age, the Jet Age, the Rocket Age, Orbit, the Interplanetary frontier and the Interstellar Age. IT KEEPS THE LOOP YOU KNOW Gather, build, assign, research, trade, prestige. Then it adds mechanics built around flight: • Adventure campaign: five flight programs tie era research to real flying. Aircraft must be capable of their route, so your fleet choices matter. • Grand Expeditions: three voyages and 16 story legs with changing routes, flight modes and supply needs. Earn Bronze, Silver and Gold honors that stay with every future career. No deadlines. • Flight Operations: seven stories and 21 mission stages across all seven eras. Choose relief service or scientific survey. • Flight modes: Standard, Economy, Express and Survey trade speed, fuel, risk and science output for each aircraft. • Route mastery: successful landings earn better payouts and lower risk on familiar routes. • Simulated weather: four in-game seasons plus changing conditions. Tailwinds, fog and thunderstorms can ground flights and shift production. • Pilot ranks: aviators climb from Rookie to Wingman to Veteran to Ace, multiplying their output. • New Horizon: take a Final Flight, bank Legacy, Ace Points and Renown, pick a Founding Charter and, if you want, a challenge for your next run. Your career log remembers your last 50 runs. A CALMER, CLEARER AIRFIELD A compact home screen puts one crank button beside your crew and fuel stats. Tap any resource to see what produces it, what stores it and what consumes it. Fleets group by aircraft, route and mode, with bulk controls for dispatch. CLASSIC AND ADVENTURE New careers begin in Adventure. Existing careers keep the original rules as Classic, and you can choose Adventure at a voluntary New Horizon. Offline progress for up to three days: your fleet keeps flying while you are away. Your save lives on your device. No timers nagging you. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account or login. Start with a windsock and an empty field.

Screenshots

go!moku4 screens
Pilots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: go!moku at Free against Pilots's $0.99. Pilots's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

go!moku is free to download; Pilots costs $0.99 up front. go!moku sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pilots asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for go!moku against 5.0 for Pilots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

go!moku ships an update every 2 months, Pilots monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
go!moku versus Pilots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametergo!mokuPilots
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrevin BlalockDas Creative LLC

Customer experience

go!moku

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pilots

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

go!moku

One-time3
  • 100 Coins$0.99
  • 400 Coins$2.99
  • 1000 Coins$4.99
None

Pilots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is go!moku free?
go!moku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pilots free?
Pilots costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, go!moku or Pilots?
go!moku and Pilots are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do go!moku or Pilots have ads?
Neither go!moku nor Pilots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, go!moku or Pilots?
go!moku ships an update every 2 months, and Pilots monthly. Most recently, go!moku was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pilots on October 31, 2026.

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