Five In a Row vs > Tic Tac Toe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five In a Row
Challenge friends or AI in this classic strategy board game. Connect five pieces of your color in a line to win. Perfect for quick challenges, relaxation, or teaching strategy.
- Online multiplayer
- 2 player mode on same device
- 3 AI difficulty levels
- Game Center achievements
- Colorful themes
- Global high-score ranking
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Connect 5 pieces of your colour in a line before your opponent. The popular game is now in your hands every time you can spare a moment for a challenge or a bit of relax. Excellent for testing your skills or teaching strategy to kids. Have hours of fun with the 2 players mode, on the same device, or play online against friends or other players from all over the world. Or try to beat our virtual player! He can play at 3 levels of difficulty and you can see your improvements game by game on the Global High-Score, the Worldwide ranking with all the Gomoku players in the world. A classic! Start playing for free! :) What you get: - Play against real people! Online multiplayer or on the same device (2 players mode) - 3 Virtual opponents, very well trained at 3 difficulty levels (for your single player games) - Easy to get: just tap and play - Game Center achievements - Colourful themes - Superb for all ages - Kids will love it! - An expanded tic-tac-toe, but vastly superior! @outofthebit facebook/outofthebit
> Tic Tac Toe
A strategic board game where players aim to get five pieces in a row on a 15x15 grid. Enjoy single-player against AI opponents of varying difficulty or save games for later.
- Five in a row gameplay
- 15x15 board
- AI opponents with 4 difficulty levels
- Save/load game progress
- Undo moves
- Timer-based games
- Zoom functionality
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Tic Tac Toe ⑤ (Five in a Row) is a strategic board game also known as Caro in Vietnam, Omok (오목) in Korea, gomokunarabe (五目並べ) in Japan and wuziqi (五子棋) in China. It is the extended version of Tic Tac Toe - you win with 5 pieces in a row instead of 3. The board is 15x15. The game is also sometimes called XO. Players alternate turns placing X or O on an empty intersection. X makes the first move. The first player to get an unbroken row of five stones wins the game. Caro X brings this great game to your iPhone. You can enjoy Caro in family game time, or you can also enjoy the game by playing with the AIs of varying difficulties. Beware that it is very challenging to beat the best AI in this game! You will also gain experience points by winning against the AIs (+1 for Easy, +3 for Medium, +5 for Hard, and +7 for Expert). Features: ◆ Undo ◆ Save/load unfinished game ◆ AIs with 4 levels of difficulties ◆ Timer based game ◆ Zoom in and zoom out. The variation of Five in a Row supported in this game is free-style. A player just needs to make a row of five or more stones to win.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: > Tic Tac Toe at none against Five In a Row's shown. > Tic Tac Toe also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Five In a Row's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (735 vs 154). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Five In a Row sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and > Tic Tac Toe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Five In a Row holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 735 and 154 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Five In a Row's written reviews are positive against 100% of > Tic Tac Toe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Five In a Row ships an update every 8 months, > Tic Tac Toe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five In a Row | > Tic Tac Toe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (735 ratings) — better | 4.2 (154 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 735 — better | 154 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OutOfTheBit Ltd | VM Mobile Team |
Customer experience
Five In a Row
> Tic Tac Toe
Bugs and requests
Five In a Row
Reported bugs
3 issues- Multiplayer doesn't work
- Game has too many bugs
- Misplaced markers due to phone not responding or accidental touches
Requested features
4 requests- Option for up to 4 players
- Harder levels
- Undo button or hold to place token option
- Better control of leaderboard scores
> Tic Tac Toe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Five In a Row
- Gomoku Premium$1.99
> Tic Tac Toe
- Premium$3.99
Questions
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