Five In a Row vs Hexagone+
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
Hexagone+
This game offers a mental challenge to enhance your memory capabilities. It is completely free to play and contains no advertisements, focusing solely on cognitive exercise.
- Memory skill enhancement
- Challenging gameplay
- Free to play
- No advertisements
- Mental exercise focused
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Hexagone+ is a challenging game designed to boost your memory skills. FREE / NO ADS. Just for mental exercise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hexagone+ at none against Five In a Row's 1. Hexagone+ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Five In a Row's advantage is ratings volume (735 vs 3). On price 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. Hexagone+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hexagone+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Five In a Row has 735 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Hexagone+'s.
| Parameter | Five In a Row | Hexagone+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (735 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 735 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OutOfTheBit Ltd | Jon Duke |
Customer experience
Five In a Row
Hexagone+
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
Hexagone+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Five In a Row
- Gomoku Premium$1.99
Hexagone+
No in-app purchases









