Comparison

Collapsi vs Five Lines

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

Head to head
About

Collapsi

Features
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Collapsi is an abstract strategy maze game for two (or more?) players. As players move around the grid, the card they move from collapses, causing the grid to slowly close in on itself. Use portals and cave-ins to your advantage. Trap your opponent and be the last player able to make a legal move to win the game. Collapsi was designed and created by Mark Ball. Learn more at https://riffleshuffleandroll.itch.io/collapsi and https://www.youtube.com/@riffleshuffleandroll .

About

Five Lines

Features
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Five Lines is a card-and-chip strategy game for iPhone and iPad. Each card in your hand matches a space on the board. Play a card, place a chip. Make two lines of five chips โ€” across, down or diagonal โ€” before your opponent does. Corners count for everyone. Jacks change everything: two are wild and go anywhere, two remove an opponent's chip. PLAY YOUR WAY โ€ข Offline against the computer, with three levels โ€” Easy, Normal and Hard. Hard thinks a move ahead. None of them peek at your hand. โ€ข With friends through Game Center. Two players head to head, or four as two partnerships. Take turns whenever you like โ€” you don't have to be online at the same time. MADE TO FEEL RIGHT โ€ข Clean, uncluttered board that fits your screen, iPhone or iPad. โ€ข Sound and haptics for every placement, capture and completed line. Turn either off in Settings. โ€ข Win/loss records and streaks for each difficulty and for online play. โ€ข Full support for VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion. TWO LANGUAGES The whole game is in English and Arabic, with a fully mirrored right-to-left layout. NO ADS, NO TRACKING Five Lines collects no data. There are no ads, no accounts and no in-app purchases. Online play uses your Game Center account, handled by Apple. Five Lines uses an original board layout and is not affiliated with any other card game.

Screenshots

Collapsi3 screens
Five Lines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Collapsi at none against Five Lines's shown. Five Lines's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Collapsi ships an update every 7 months, Five Lines every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Collapsi versus Five Lines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollapsiFive Lines
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinite Fractal StudiosAbdullah Alfouzan

In-app purchases

None

Collapsi

No in-app purchases

None

Five Lines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Collapsi free?
Collapsi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Five Lines free?
Five Lines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Collapsi or Five Lines have ads?
Five Lines shows ads; Collapsi does not.
Which is updated more often, Collapsi or Five Lines?
Collapsi ships an update every 7 months, and Five Lines every 3 weeks. Most recently, Collapsi was updated on November 5, 2026 and Five Lines on October 31, 2026.

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