Comparison

SpinPin vs Gomoku

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • One-tap controls
  • 30 hand-tuned levels
  • Instant restart
  • Minimalist design
  • No logins required
Features
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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?

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 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.

Screenshots

SpinPin3 screens
Gomoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SpinPin versus Gomoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpinPinGomoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHRISTOPHER JAMES BARRY晓 郭

In-app purchases

None

SpinPin

No in-app purchases

None

Gomoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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