Comparison

Gomoku Pro+ vs Gomoku

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

Head to head
About

Gomoku Pro+

Experience tournament-grade Renju rules with this mobile game. Play against AI with five difficulty levels or challenge others globally with a 20-second turn timer and ELO ranking. Enjoy features like pinch-to-zoom and haptic feedback.

Highlights
  • Official Renju rules
  • Five AI difficulty levels
  • Online 1v1 matchmaking
  • 20-second turn timer
  • ELO ranking system
  • Pinch to zoom
  • Haptic feedback
Features
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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.

About

Gomoku

Features
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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 15Ɨ15 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.

Screenshots

Gomoku Pro+4 screens
Gomoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

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 Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Gomoku Pro+ versus Gomoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGomoku Pro+Gomoku
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLim Sangjinꙓ 郭

In-app purchases

None

Gomoku Pro+

No in-app purchases

None

Gomoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gomoku Pro+ free?
Gomoku Pro+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gomoku free?
Gomoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gomoku Pro+ or Gomoku have ads?
Neither Gomoku Pro+ nor Gomoku shows ads.

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