Comparison

Minesweeper vs Gomoku Board Game

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

Head to head
About

Minesweeper

This classic logic puzzle game offers an ad-free Minesweeper experience on modern touch devices. It features original rules, intuitive gameplay, and advanced tools like hints and smart undo to enhance the challenge.

Highlights
  • Ad-free classic gameplay
  • Safe first tap
  • Hints and Smart Undo
  • Luck feature for guesses
  • 3D Touch and customizable controls
  • Custom difficulty levels
Features
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No ads. No distractions. Just classic Minesweeper, rebuilt for iPhone and iPad. Minesweeper brings the classic familiar logic puzzle to modern touch screens with intuitive controls, clean graphics, advanced algorithms, and the classic rules you expect: a safe first tap, flags, question marks, chording, and the original difficulty levels. Stuck? Use Hints that prioritize simple deductions so you can learn the logic instead of blindly guessing. Hit an unavoidable 50/50? Luck helps prevent forced guess losses when you choose one of the safest mathematically available squares. Made a mistake? Smart Undo lets you rewind a loss while shuffling hidden mines so the puzzle stays interesting. Features: • Classic Minesweeper rules and difficulty levels • Custom boards • Safe first tap • Flags, question marks, and chording • Hints that teach logical deductions • Luck for unavoidable guesses • Smart Undo after a loss • Statistics by difficulty • Winning streak, win rate, best time, and median time tracking • iPhone and iPad support • Mouse, trackpad, and Apple Pencil support • No ads or in app purchases. This is my gift to you :) How to play: Reveal every safe square without tapping a mine. Numbers show how many adjacent squares contain mines. Tap to reveal, press and hold to flag, and tap a completed number to open ("chord") nearby squares. Start a new board at any time with the smiley button. Built for classic Minesweeper players, speed solvers, logic puzzle fans, and anyone who wants a clean, fast puzzle game without ads. Having trouble or have a feature request? Contact me directly from the app.

About

Gomoku Board Game

Features
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A classic two player game where the goal is to have 5 of the players pieces in a row; horizontal, vertical or diagonal. Play towards computer or a friend Gomoku is an abstract strategy board game also know as Five in a Row or in Swedish Luffarschack Players alternates and place its game piece on an empty cell or empty intersection depending on layout. The goal is to have 5 of the players pieces in a line, either horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. A played piece can not be moved or removed. You can play either with a friend or towards AI. Current player are highlighted in the menu. Undo is supported as well as highlighting the last played piece. Board can be configured for 15x15, 19x19 squares, alternative to fill the display. Support for both classic layout where stones are placed on an empty intersection and layout where stone or players cross or ring are placed in an empty grid cell For iPad both portrait and landscape is supported Setting menu contains - Selecting between different predefined layout can be selected and fine tuned - AI search level English and Swedish supported

Screenshots

Minesweeper4 screens
Gomoku Board Game3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Minesweeper at Free against Gomoku Board Game's $0.99. Minesweeper also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 18 months). Gomoku Board Game's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On 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

Minesweeper is free to download; Gomoku Board Game costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minesweeper ships an update every 3 months, Gomoku Board Game every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Minesweeper versus Gomoku Board Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinesweeperGomoku Board Game
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperdevelopersBlissJan Fex

Bugs and requests

Minesweeper

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent bomb placement logic
  • Game sometimes doesn't recognize cleared board

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to change background
  • Leaderboard/stats tracking
  • Ability to toggle flag mode

Gomoku Board Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Minesweeper

No in-app purchases

None

Gomoku Board Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minesweeper free?
Minesweeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gomoku Board Game free?
Gomoku Board Game costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minesweeper or Gomoku Board Game have ads?
Neither Minesweeper nor Gomoku Board Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minesweeper or Gomoku Board Game?
Minesweeper ships an update every 3 months, and Gomoku Board Game every 18 months. Most recently, Minesweeper was updated on October 29, 2026 and Gomoku Board Game on October 13, 2026.

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