Comparison

Zen Lines vs Gomoku

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

Head to head
About

Zen Lines

Embark on a meditative journey where your doodling transforms into a cool color mist, accompanied by soothing sounds. Express your inner peace through ink strokes that sing, finding tranquility and shaping your sound.

Highlights
  • Meditative doodling experience
  • Sound and color mist effects
  • Express inner peace through art
  • Shape your sound with doodles
  • Relaxing and tranquil gameplay
Features
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Take a meditative journey through sound and time. See your doodling drift away into a cool color mist while expressing your inner peace as your ink stokes sing. Find zen, draw doodles, shape your sound with Zen Lines.

About

Gomoku

Engage in a strategic board game where the goal is to place five stones in a row. Enjoy challenging AI opponents offline, compete with cloud-based players, or play against friends on a single device. Save and replay matches to refine your strategy.

Highlights
  • 15x15 freestyle Gomoku
  • Strong offline AI opponent
  • Cloud-based AI matches
  • Pass-and-play local multiplayer
  • Saved match replay
  • Optional cloud rankings
Features
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Enter a quiet, modern game room built around one focused challenge: place five stones in a row before your opponent does. Play the strong on-device opponent anywhere, face a DeepSeek-powered cloud player when connected, or share one device for a two-player match. Open the app for a quick round on a commute, practise a difficult position offline, or return to a saved match to study where the game changed. Features: • 15×15 freestyle Gomoku with black moving first • One strong, varied offline opponent powered by local-v6 • Optional DeepSeek cloud matches with engine-guided move selection • Pass-and-play for two people on one device • Saved match records with step-by-step replay • Undo up to 3 times per AI game; each undo rewinds your and the AI’s latest round. Without an active AI Pass, one rewarded ad unlocks all 3 undos; an active pass grants them directly. After an undo, eligible ranked games use the final valid game record; finished games cannot be undone. • Local records and opt-in seasonal leaderboards for challenge score, wins, win rate, fastest wins, and streaks; choose a season and view past history • Move preview, haptics, sound, reduced motion, and 12 interface languages No social account is required. Match records remain on your device by default. Cloud play sends the board state and the anonymous session data needed to run the match. Joining public seasonal rankings is optional and is explained before any nickname or verified result is uploaded. DeepSeek is used as a third-party AI service and is not affiliated with this app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Zen Lines1 screens
Gomoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Gomoku at free against Zen Lines's paid. Gomoku also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Zen Lines ships an update every 2 months, Gomoku every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Zen Lines versus Gomoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZen LinesGomoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHASE PLACE LLC恒盛 程

Customer experience

Zen Lines

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gomoku

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Zen Lines

No in-app purchases

None

Gomoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zen Lines free?
Zen Lines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gomoku free?
Gomoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zen Lines or Gomoku have ads?
Neither Zen Lines nor Gomoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zen Lines or Gomoku?
Zen Lines ships an update every 2 months, and Gomoku every 2 days. Most recently, Zen Lines was updated on November 5, 2026 and Gomoku on November 6, 2026.

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