SpinPin vs Gomoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpinPin
A minimalist arcade game where players tap to launch pins onto a spinning disc, avoiding existing pins. It offers quick gameplay with increasing difficulty across 30 levels.
- One-tap controls
- 30 hand-tuned levels
- Instant restart
- Minimalist design
- No logins required
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SpinPin is a fast, focused one-tap arcade game. Tap to launch a pin onto a spinning disc — but don't hit the ones already there. Easy to learn, brutally satisfying to master. • One-tap controls — pick up and play in seconds • 30 hand-tuned levels with rising difficulty • Instant restart — no waiting, no friction • Crisp, minimal design built for short sessions • No logins, no accounts, no nonsense Every level is a clean test of timing and nerve. How far can you go before one pin too many sends it all crashing down?
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
SpinPin 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 | SpinPin | Gomoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHRISTOPHER JAMES BARRY | 晓 郭 |
In-app purchases
SpinPin
No in-app purchases
Gomoku
No in-app purchases





