Backgammon Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience17.7% of reviews
Neutral15.7% of reviews
Negative experience66.5% of reviews

~ Based on 1,539 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Backgammon

Is Backgammon Safe?

Backgammon - Board Games appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Backgammon is 91/100.

This assessment is based on 84,990 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

88.0% of ratings point to a safe experience
5.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 84,437 App Store ratings for Backgammon.

Is Backgammon Legit?

Backgammon - Board Games appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Backgammon is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Game Options start at 3 ?

Why have you removed the 1 from the Game Options? Sometimes I dont want to play 3 games to ‘win’. Not only that , in my 3 game game, I won the first and the computer one the second and the scoring showed me with 1 and the computer with 2. Computer only won one game.

Worthless

Manipulates the dice in order to give the computer an edge.

Ads

I get the banner ads and after every game but every couple moves is ridiculous

Not random

9 time out of ten the opponent gets the right number in order to crack me. It’s super obvious it’s not random rolls. Deleted as soon as I found this out. Very poorly made.

Still not random

I have posted a more detailed review before, so this is just a supplement. This is a fun version of backgammon, but after careful analysis, I am not convinced the dice rolls are truly random. Too often, the program produces a succession of “perfect” rolls, usually favouring the computer opponent. That is frustrating when you want a fair game.

Before dismissing this as sour grapes, bear in mind that I have studied game theory, that statistical analysis of dice rolls is relatively straightforward, and that I have played backgammon at an advanced level for more than 60 years. I still usually win. My concern is that the dice-roll mechanism appears to produce nonrandom results, whether intentionally or through a programming flaw.

I would also love the option to play against a human opponent.
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Bad

It’s so bad😡

Fun but Idk… 😂

I love Backgammon so I downloaded this (again) but Idk if I’m rusty and bad or if it’s rigged. Cause everytime I’m about to win, it keeps giving me bad dice. But other than that, it’s really fun and I do recommend!

So Many Ads

Not bad at first but after three games was an Ad almost every other move... not Game... Move..,

Need multi player

Please add mutliplayer or option to play with friends🥲

Cheats

It’s amazing how coincidental the computer’s dice rolls are that it gets exactly what it needs to hit an open piece over and over again. Not well done at all.

App kept crashing!

I deleted the game because my phone kept crashing and getting hot. I haven’t had anymore issues since deleting this app. It’s too bad because I really was enjoying the game. Now I have to find another.

Obvious Dice Riggimg

Not fun or useful for developing skills. The “difficulty” level does not modulate the computer player’s skill (it sinks at strategy), just the frequency and severity of the dice rigging I’m favor of the computer.

Horrible

This game is a waste of time because the computer only lets you win once in while, so don’t even bother!!!

Don’t Download

Dice are programmed to make you lose.

Way too many ads❗️

Good game but ads wreck it. I only do one daily game a day now. Switch to another game that operates on very few ads and is better.

I enjoy it, but…

I refuse to believe that the random number generator actually is, because the entire game I don’t have a “single” marker on a space alone, but the sequence at some point forces me to leave one or two markers unprotected and then the program magically rolls the perfect number to knock out every lone marker I have and, 4-5 rolls later I am still unable to get back on the board. Very frustrating.
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Decent, But…

Hope you like lots of annoying ads.

Ridiculously biased

As soon as you win a couple of games the dice become ridiculously biased. The opponent literally wins every turn with 100% the numbers they need while you very rarely get a roll in your favour.

Way too many ads

Ads ads ads

Unfair

You think the roll of the dice is unlucky a lot til you play enough to realize it's 100% stacked against you. You notice the same roll coming up 5-6 times in a row, and it just happens to be the only numbers you can't use. Then the computer "happens" to get the ONLY numbers it needs. Boooooo!