Five in a Row! vs Element Battle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five in a Row!
A classic strategy game where players aim to create a continuous line of five or more of their symbols. Compete against an opponent to achieve victory by forming horizontal, vertical, or diagonal rows.
- Create rows of five or more
- Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal wins
- Classic tic-tac-toe style gameplay
- Single-player or two-player modes
- Strategy-based challenges
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Classical game tic-tac-toe 5 in a row: the purpose of game consists in creation by one of players of the continuous row of five and more X or O down, horizontals or diagonals.
Element Battle
Engage in an epic strategy game where you play as a Mender, a creator tasked with stopping destructive Wreckers. Heal, revive, and strategically destroy to protect the world across eight challenging levels.
- Eight unique levels
- Strategic combat
- Healing mechanics
- Revival abilities
- Destruction for defense
- Mender vs. Wrecker gameplay
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Fight your way through eight different levels in this epic strategy game. Your mission as a Mender is to stop the Wreckers before they destroy everything! Menders are creators nice and peaceful folk. Wreckers are built on destruction all they want to do is destroy, but there is still hope. As Menders you have a positive purpose. As you battle your way to victory you will have to heal, revive, and yes you will even have to destroy to stop the wreckers and their mischievous schemes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Element Battle at none against Five in a Row!'s 1. Five in a Row!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Five in a Row! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Element Battle asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Five in a Row! against 5.0 for Element Battle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Five in a Row! ships an update every 2 days, Element Battle every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five in a Row! | Element Battle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 408 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | artur tagirov | Zacharias Bryant |
Customer experience
Five in a Row!
Element Battle
In-app purchases
Five in a Row!
- PRO Version$0.99
Element Battle
No in-app purchases
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