Five In a Row vs ™ Easy Gomoku
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
™ Easy Gomoku
Engage in a classic strategy board game where the goal is to achieve an unbroken row of five stones. This version is designed for newcomers, offering adjustable difficulty levels for a fun and challenging experience.
- Undo moves
- Save and load games
- Four difficulty levels
- Timer-based gameplay
- Free-style Gomoku rules
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Gomoku (Five in a Row) is a strategy board game played on a Go board. The first player to get an unbroken row of five stones wins the game. Also known as Caro, Omok or Gobang, it is traditionally played with Go pieces (black and white stones) on a go board with 15x15 intersections. Easy Gomoku is a fun Gomoku game for beginners! The difficulty has been set so that if you are new to gomoku, you will have great time winning the computers while still have fun and challenging games. Features: * Undo * Save/load unfinished game * 4 levels of difficulties * Timer based game The variation of Gomoku supported in this game is free-style Gomoku. A player just needs to make a row of five or more stones to win.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Five In a Row at 70% against ™ Easy Gomoku's 31%. Five In a Row also leads on ratings volume (735 vs 27) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). ™ Easy Gomoku's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 ™ Easy Gomoku 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Five In a Row has 735 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Five In a Row's written reviews are positive against 31% of ™ Easy Gomoku's.
Five In a Row ships an update every 8 months, ™ Easy Gomoku every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Five In a Row | ™ Easy Gomoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (735 ratings) — better | 4.3 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.1% of reviews — better | 31.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 735 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 7 months — 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 | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OutOfTheBit Ltd | VM Mobile Team |
Customer experience
Five In a Row
™ Easy Gomoku
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
™ Easy Gomoku
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Five In a Row
- Gomoku Premium$1.99
™ Easy Gomoku
- Premium$0.99
Questions
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