Comparison

Five In a Row vs MineSweeper Zero

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer
  • 2 player mode on same device
  • 3 AI difficulty levels
  • Game Center achievements
  • Colorful themes
  • Global high-score ranking
Features
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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

About

MineSweeper Zero

Features
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You will never have to guess. In most minesweeper games there comes a moment near the end where two squares are left and there is no way to know which one is the mine. The game ends on luck instead of skill. Minesweeper Zero does not create those boards. ■ Every board is solvable by logic Each board is solved end to end by a solver before you ever see it. If it needs a guess even once, the board is thrown away and a new one is generated. Only boards that pass make it to your screen. No 50/50s. ■ Difficulty means reasoning required, not mines added Easy, Medium and Hard are not defined by how many mines were added. They are defined by what kind of reasoning it takes to finish. Boards of the same difficulty actually feel about equally hard. ■ Nine combinations Three difficulties × three board sizes. Every board is generated fresh, so you never solve the same one twice. ■ Controls built for thumbs · Tap to reveal, hold to flag — or swap the two · A ring fills while you hold, and nothing commits until you lift. Slide off the board to cancel · Choose how long the hold takes — Fast, Default or Slow — and try it right there in Settings · Tap a revealed number to open its neighbours at once ■ No ads, no tracking, no account No banners. No full-screen interruptions. No "watch a video to continue." No sign-up, no sign-in, no email. ■ No internet required, at all On a plane or underground, it behaves exactly the same. The app makes no network connections, so nothing about you leaves your device. Your records stay on your iPhone. ■ Buy once, done No subscription. No in-app purchases. You will never hit a paywall for hints. Future updates are included. ■ Stuck? A hint plays one move for you It does not just uncover a random safe square. It finds a square that logic already decides right now, and plays it. There is no limit on hints — but a game played with hints does not go on the best-time board. ■ Your records Best times and clear rates per difficulty and size, filterable by the last 7 or 30 days. Best times count only games finished without hints. ■ Also Dark mode · iPhone and iPad · Autosave and resume · Haptics · Auto-pause Zero means nothing but the puzzle. Zero ads, zero tracking, zero accounts, zero network. Sudoku Zero, built on the same principle, is also on the App Store.

Screenshots

Five In a Row4 screens
MineSweeper Zero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Five In a Row at Free against MineSweeper Zero's $4.99. Five In a Row also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). MineSweeper Zero's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Five In a Row is free to download; MineSweeper Zero costs $4.99 up front. Five In a Row sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MineSweeper Zero asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Five In a Row versus MineSweeper Zero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive In a RowMineSweeper Zero
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.5 (734 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings734 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOutOfTheBit LtdByungil Park

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

MineSweeper Zero

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Five In a Row

One-time1
  • Gomoku Premium$1.99
None

MineSweeper Zero

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Five In a Row free?
Five In a Row is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MineSweeper Zero free?
MineSweeper Zero costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Five In a Row or MineSweeper Zero have ads?
Five In a Row shows ads; MineSweeper Zero does not.

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