Gomoku Pro+ vs Gomoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gomoku Pro+
Experience tournament-grade Renju rules with this mobile game. Play against AI with five difficulty levels or challenge players worldwide with a 20-second turn timer and ELO ranking. Supports 10 languages and offers intuitive controls like pinch-to-zoom.
- Official Renju rules
- Five AI difficulty levels
- Online 1v1 matchmaking
- ELO ranking system
- 10 language support
- Pinch-to-zoom controls
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Gomoku Pro brings tournament-grade Renju rules to your phone and tablet. • Official Renju rules — overline, 3-3 and 4-4 forbidden moves enforced for Black • Single player — local PvP plus five AI levels (Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced / Expert / Master) • Online 1v1 — 20-second turn timer, rematch, global matchmaking • ELO ranking — 9 kyu to 9 dan, streaks, last 10 record, Black/White record • 10 languages — Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Vietnamese, Russian, Estonian, Swedish, Czech • Pinch to zoom, double-tap to commit, haptic countdown in the final seconds No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases.
Gomoku
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Gomoku — Five in a Row, refined. A meditative, fully offline take on the timeless five-in-a-row board game. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Just you, the board, and a thinking AI. CORE FEATURES • Classic 15×15 board with crisp wood-grain visuals and warm dark theme. • Six AI difficulty levels — Novice, Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert, Master — built on heuristic scoring and minimax search up to depth-3. • Renju Forbidden Rule (optional, applied to black): double-three, double-four and overline are restricted, faithfully reproducing professional rule sets. • One-tap Undo to revert your last full round, perfect for learning. • Beautiful animated stones, last-move highlight, hint toggle. • Local statistics: total games, wins, losses, draws, real-time win rate, instant reset. • Haptic feedback and subtle sound effects (both can be disabled). WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • 100% offline. No network requests, ever. • No accounts, no sign-ups, no ads, no in-app purchases. • All data stays on your device. • iPhone-optimized portrait layout, dark mode by design. WHO IT'S FOR • Casual players who want a quick, calming match. • Strategy lovers seeking a sharp opponent. • Anyone who wants to learn Gomoku from scratch — start at Novice and climb to Master. Place your stone. Plan five in a row. Outwit the silicon.
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Verdict
Gomoku Pro+ and Gomoku are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Gomoku Pro+ | Gomoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lim Sangjin | 晓 郭 |
In-app purchases
Gomoku Pro+
No in-app purchases
Gomoku
No in-app purchases








