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BG Buddy

BG Buddy

Backgammon Score/Clock/Dice

⭐️5 / 5
Rating
🙌5
Ratings
📼1 vid & 10 scs
Content
📦w/o updates
Updates frequency
🗣❌ unsupported
Your locale
🧾$4.99
In-App Purchase

All Versions of BG Buddy

1.3.5

January 7, 2020

Bug Fixed: If you swapped your name to the right hand side of BG Buddy and then pressed the home button, when BG Buddy returned to the foreground the scores were sometimes reversed.
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1.3.4

December 18, 2019

Bug fixed: since iOS 13 if you swapped players to place BG Buddy on your right and then tapped the home button to access another app, when you returned some of the views were displaced.
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1.3.3

October 27, 2019

Saved Matches window - Player 1, Opponent, Event and Tournament can all now be edited. If you played any matches with wrong data fix them easily here. Multiple matches can be fixed in 1 tap. New Baffle Box Feature with optional speaking dice. An End Turn option allows a player to tap the screen again to pick up the dice confirming that their turn is complete. Shake device to swap Player sides. Bug Fixes: Remove Problem Auto Complete Text Names - Sometimes an accidental entry makes other entries difficult. Now you can easily remove the problem name in the settings page. Other minor bug fixes.
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1.3.2

October 23, 2019

New Baffle Box Feature with optional speaking dice.  An End Turn option allows a player to tap the screen again to pick up the dice confirming that their turn is complete. Shake device to swap Player sides. Bug Fixes: Remove Problem Auto Complete Text Names - Sometimes an accidental entry makes other entries difficult. Now you can easily remove the problem name in the settings page. Other minor bug fixes.
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1.2.8

February 16, 2019

The need to Restore Purchases each time there's an update ends after this version. Please run BG Buddy and Restore Purchases for the last time before your next match.
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1.2.5

February 11, 2019

Ability to add @ tags to Score tweets. Gentle reminders added to check the Event Name and Checker Colors when taking a photo or tweeting scores.
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1.2.3

February 9, 2019

Ability to add @ tags to Score tweets. Gentle reminders added to check the Event Name and Checker Colors when taking a photo or tweeting scores.
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1.2.2

October 31, 2018

Export All Dice feature removed as a matches dice can be exported and checked individually. The first roll of each game is now NOT added to the dice stats page. As the first roll can never be a double, it has a maximum value of 11 (65) instead of 24 (66) and therefore was skewing the average dice roll and percentage of doubles downwards slightly.
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1.2.1

October 20, 2018

Updated for new iPhone X devices Bug fixes

1.1.9

June 4, 2018

Dice/clock audible beep now back in sync. Delete Match now has a confirm popup.
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BG Buddy In-App Purchases History

$4.99

BG Buddy Full Upgrade

BG Buddy upgrade allows you to play matches to higher than three points and also to play unlimited/money games.
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Price History of BG Buddy

Description of BG Buddy

BG Buddy is a backgammon scoreboard and much more! Features include a tournament clock, dice, cube, scorecard, position photos and stats. Talking dice allow visually impaired players to play unaided. Everything you need to score and keep track of your live match data. •Tournament style match clock: Adjustable clock times and grace times for each player allowing for time handicaps. Clock presets include: -Standard (2 minutes/point + 12 seconds grace time per move) -Speedgammon 0.4 (26 seconds/point + 10) -Speedgammon 0.5 (30 seconds/point + 10) -Consultation Doubles (3 minutes/point + 15) •Match Play or Unlimited/Money games with Jacoby, Beaver and settlement options. •Win percentages. See how your win percentage has changed over time by selecting the previous: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, 2 years, or all matches periods. Group your matches by event/tournament or opponent name and see your win percentages for each. •Take position photos to improve your game and keep them organised for each match. Match scores, cube value and cube decision appear under each photo. Mark photos to show the correct cube decision and whether you made the correct decision over the board. •Share you position photos via social media either immediately or after the match. Choose “Cube Action?” to test your friends without showing your actual play. •Baffle Box: Simple dice rolling screen. Talking dice + Tap to end Turn options. •Random dice with cube: Speed up your matches significantly - no shaking, no cocked dice, no floored dice. •Choice of dice generator including the Mersenne Twister Generator which uses a secret code input by each player before the match. This offers proof that the dice are fair. •Talking Dice feature for visually impaired players - audible dice, cube, clock times and score information at all times allowing unaided play. •Automatically tweet your game and match results.
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BG Buddy: FAQ

Can BG Buddy be used on iPad devices?

Yes, the BG Buddy software is iPad-compatible.
James Knipe released the BG Buddy app.
The app needs iOS 9.1 or later to function properly.
BG Buddy has a user rating of 5.0.
Games Is The Primary Genre Of The Bg Buddy App.
The latest version of BG Buddy is 1.3.5.
The date of the last BG Buddy update is July 4, 2024.
The BG Buddy app was initially released on February 5, 2023.
The BG Buddy app is rated James Knipe: Contains no objectionable material.
BG Buddy currently features the following languages: Croatian, English, French and 4 more.
No, BG Buddy is not available on Apple Arcade.
Yes, BG Buddy offers in-app purchases to enhance your experience.
Unfortunately, BG Buddy is not tailored for compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of BG Buddy

  • Great app!

    All of the features in this app are awesome. Having a scoreboard and timer in one place is really handy.

    Would love to see some UI refinement, but other than that, it’s great.
  • BG Buddy

    I just purchased the app and love the feature of taking pictures of positions for later analysis and not taking up storage on my phone as regular pics would. Thank you
  • Superb for BG

    I use BG Buddy for all my club matches, and in larger tournaments as well. It's superb. The game is much faster, less noisy, and your wrist and elbow aren't tired at the end of the day.

    I've loved using scoreboards instead of wasting paper every match, but this app does far more for considerably less.

    No need to buy a clock, and a scoreboard, and precision dice - just get BG Buddy.