Comparison

Gomoku Pro+ vs Gomoku Coach

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 players worldwide with a 20-second turn timer and ELO ranking. Supports 10 languages and offers intuitive controls like pinch-to-zoom.

Highlights
  • Official Renju rules
  • Five AI difficulty levels
  • Online 1v1 matchmaking
  • ELO ranking system
  • 10 language support
  • Pinch-to-zoom controls
Features
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Gomoku Pro brings tournament-grade Renju rules to your phone and tablet. â€ĸ Official Renju rules — overline, 3-3 and 4-4 forbidden moves enforced for Black â€ĸ Single player — local PvP plus five AI levels (Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced / Expert / Master) â€ĸ Online 1v1 — 20-second turn timer, rematch, global matchmaking â€ĸ ELO ranking — 9 kyu to 9 dan, streaks, last 10 record, Black/White record â€ĸ 10 languages — Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Vietnamese, Russian, Estonian, Swedish, Czech â€ĸ Pinch to zoom, double-tap to commit, haptic countdown in the final seconds No ads. No tracking. No in-app purchases.

About

Gomoku Coach

Features
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Gomoku that tells you why you lost. Most gomoku apps stop at "you lost." Kukmin Omok goes one step further. When a game ends, tap Review. Every move you played is re-searched at full strength to find the exact move that decided the game — then the engine plays out what happened next, one move at a time, and explains each one. "Move 12, K10 — four-three. It forces you to block the four, then grows the open three into an open four." "Move 13, J9 — forced block. There is nowhere else to play." You stop memorising moves and start understanding reasons. REVIEW MODE - Finds the losing move automatically - Step through the continuation one move at a time (Coach Pass) - Plain-language explanations: four-three, double three, open four, forced defence - Shows what you should have played instead (Coach Pass) AN OPPONENT THAT FITS YOU - Ten difficulty levels - Auto-adjust: wins move it up, losses move it down, until games are close PROPER GOMOKU - Freestyle and Renju (black's forbidden points detected and marked) - Ranked hints, undo, last-move marker - Board and stone styles WATCH ENGINES PLAY - Pit the two engines (Tactician and Classic) and any levels against each other COACH PASS (one-time purchase) - Move-by-move review replay and branch comparison - The better move, and playing on against the AI from there - Blunder quiz: your own mistakes come back as puzzles - Danger marks: the squares that lose if you play them now - Not a subscription. Buy once, use on every device with the same Apple ID PROMISES - Playing is free forever, with no ads - Only the coach features cost anything, and only once — no subscription - No account, works fully offline - Collects nothing

Screenshots

Gomoku Pro+4 screens
Gomoku Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gomoku Pro+ at every 3 days against Gomoku Coach's every 3 months. Gomoku Pro+ also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 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

Gomoku Pro+ ships an update every 3 days, Gomoku Coach every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ¡ 6 level
Gomoku Pro+ versus Gomoku Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGomoku Pro+Gomoku Coach
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLim Sangjinyoungil kim

In-app purchases

None

Gomoku Pro+

No in-app purchases

None

Gomoku Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gomoku Pro+ free?
Gomoku Pro+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gomoku Coach free?
Gomoku Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gomoku Pro+ or Gomoku Coach have ads?
Neither Gomoku Pro+ nor Gomoku Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gomoku Pro+ or Gomoku Coach?
Gomoku Pro+ ships an update every 3 days, and Gomoku Coach every 3 months. Most recently, Gomoku Pro+ was updated on October 25, 2026 and Gomoku Coach on October 25, 2026.

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