# FriendGammon — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of FriendGammon by Kiss My Art LLC, rated 3.87/5 from 67 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/friendgammon/id1470399365/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/friendgammon/id1470399365.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 43 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 14 ## Newest reviews (10 of 38) ### 3/5 — So much potential! *2026-04-12* I love the idea of the app but there’s a few things I wish would change. 1. I need to be able to see what my opponents rolled—if I can’t see what they rolled, then I can’t know their strategy. You’re only able to see their roll if they happen to be actively playing at the same time you are. If you take your turn, leave the app, then return later and your opponent has take their turn, all you can see is that it’s now your turn but no indication of what my opponents move was. 2. Please allow people to delete games with unwanted players. If I forfeit a game, then it should disappear—not restart the game. 3. The notifications have never worked for me. I have deleted and reinstalled the app and attempted to troubleshoot various times but I still have never been able to get push notifications for when it’s my turn to play or a player has made a move. ### 4/5 — Good times *2025-12-22* Love this app but would love an update so that we can see our opponent’s last move. Thank you to the volunteer developers of this app! Really appreciate that there are no ads or selling my data. ### 2/5 — Several major flaws *2025-07-07* The app is designed for leisurely play, with large gaps between moves. That’s fine. The problem is that, unless you’re looking at the board when your opponent moves, or you memorized the positions before the move, it’s not clear what their roll was or where they moved. This makes for a strange game in which you have little knowledge of your opponent’s moves or style of play. Second, the graphics, white checkers on white points and black checkers on a black bar, make it easy to miss checkers. Third, the doubling cube stays in the middle, so it’s hard to see who owns it after a double. Lastly, the app burns through battery for no obvious reason. The phone gets hot while using it. ### 2/5 — A major flaw *2025-07-03* The app is designed for leisurely play, with large gaps between moves. That’s fine. The problem is that, unless you’re looking at the board when your opponent moves, or you memorized the positions before the move, it’s not clear what their roll was or where they moved. This makes for a strange game in which you have little knowledge of your opponent’s moves or style of play. Also the graphics, white checkers on white points and black checkers on a black bar, make it easy to miss checkers. Lastly, the doubling cube stays in the middle, so it’s hard to see who owns it after a double. ### 2/5 — Dobles *2025-06-16* When you double someone then either party will starts to get doubles non stop and it’s a usual pattern that repeats over and over. The machine has learn’t or was trained that way so not so random. ### 4/5 — Best backgammon to play with friends but *2023-11-11* Best backgammon to play with friends but since the last update neither i nor my friend can log in to play. Good size board - easy connection - good layout - but please fix the app! **Developer response:** Thanks for your review! Please shoot us an email and we'll be happy to help with login issues: hello@friendgammon.com ### 2/5 — New update not good *2023-08-23* While the update is shaper and a bit less glitchy the feature that shows you where a selected piece can move, after the roll, to is no longer. It made the digital version of the game much more pleasurable. If any developer reads this, please bring this back! (Or allow for players to toggle it on and off) **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear you're not enjoying the update! We removed the "helper" feature but did a feature that shows you which pieces are available to move. Please shoot us an email and we'll be happy to help: hello@friendgammon.com ### 3/5 — App is okay when it works *2023-08-10* This app is full of bugs. The latest one being it forces you to move the higher number on the dice first. There’s to many bugs in the app **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear you're experiencing bugs! To decide which dice moves first, please click on the dice. If you have additional questions, please shoot us an email and we'll be happy to help: hello@friendgammon.com ### 3/5 — Good design but weighted diced *2022-11-30* The dice seem weighted, after playing 50+ game. I don’t trust the dice. Also it would be awesome to implement the one dice opener to figure out who goes first **Developer response:** Thank you for your review! We use an open source RNG (random number generator) to generate our rolls. It's available for review here: https://www.erlang.org/docs/18/man/random The one dice roll to determine who goes first occurs in the background, and is not shown to users to save time. We appreciate your feedback! ### 5/5 — So much fun perfect for all skills *2022-06-09* I never played before until a friend invited me. Now I can’t get enough. The game is easy to Pick up but hard to master which is the perfect game for me. No 2 games are alike and this app keeps it simple and fun. A must download ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Update logged me out - can’t get back to account *2026-04-24* I have been playing FriendGammon for several years. With the latest update I suddenly got logged out and I can’t get back to my old account with ongoing games and old score. Very sad. ### 1/5 — Great idea poorly implemented *2026-02-17, version 21.1.0* App regularly hangs and freezes, loses internet connection. Bandwidth hog, fails to work. ### 1/5 — Glitch and Dice flow *2025-08-16* The game algorithm is very weak and made to keep everyone with certain score, very very glitchy and sometimes double dice just double on its own, not fair play to benefit the best player but to keep players equal. I get the idea but doest work for actual players. ### 1/5 — Not easy to use *2024-05-10, version 20.1.14* This app is not easy to use. ### 1/5 — Rigged *2023-11-28* Opponent gets exactly what he needs 90% of the time over 10 games? If you’re lucky enough to put them on the rail they ALWAYS get out on the first roll no matter how many columns you have locked up. Along the same note if you leave one unprotected it WILL get railed. Happens too often to be luck or coincidence. My guess is the people who pay the $4.99 a month always win and the free folks lose. **Developer response:** Hello, and thank you for your review! We use an open source RNG (random number generator) to generate truly random rolls. It's available for review here: https://www.erlang.org/docs/18/man/random. Additionally, we've made all features free for all users. We hope you'll try the app again! ### 1/5 — Dice Rolls are Suspect and not random *2023-10-29, version 20.1.4* Dice Rolls are Suspect and not random ### 1/5 — Unplayable after update *2023-10-02, version 20.1.4* Game unplayable after update ### 1/5 — Fatal crash *2023-09-27* Was playing happily along with a friend and there were a few freezes that required us to force close and reopen, then it glitched fatally and not even deleting and reinstalling is helping. Also, costs to use the chat feature or to get a different color board are astronomically high. **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear you're experiencing issues! Please shoot us an email and we'll be happy to help: hello@friendgammon.com. Additionally, the chat feature is now free for all users :) ### 1/5 — Update killed it *2023-08-17, version 20.1.2* So you’ve taken away the only board you could see properly that didn’t look like neon hell and made useful boards available behind a pay wall?!?! You’ve made chat available only through a paywall (not that I needed it but still). It was a bit shimmy anyway but I’m out. There are plenty of free, full access backgammon games on the market. Stupidity and greed wins the day again. Sigh. ### 2/5 — Many glitches *2026-05-16, version 22.1.2* When the app is working it is a great app to play with others, but there any many times the app crashes and you can’t play or connect with friends you are playing with. There are to many bugs within this app that prevents it from functioning correctly all of the time. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — What a fun a game *2026-04-23, version 21.3.8* I love it, helps me relax! ### 5/5 — Fun app *2024-05-13* My only complaint is the founder beat me like a red headed step child ;-) **Developer response:** Thank you for your review :) ### 5/5 — my most used app *2023-11-10* i’m seriously addicted to this app. it’s so much more fun playing against real people, and the new update made it SUPER fast & smooth!! **Developer response:** Thank you for your review :) ### 5/5 — Can finally play online with friends! *2023-08-10* This is a great way to keep your backgammon skills sharp and is much more fun than playing against a computer. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review :) ### 5/5 — Love the app *2023-04-29* I love this app, it's backgammon with friends without ads. ### 5/5 — New favorite backgammon app. A quarantine must have. *2022-11-30* Love this app. Amazing for COVID quarantine for all backgammon lovers. Intuitive interface and easy two player setup. ### 5/5 — A must have for any backgammon lover - New or experienced *2022-11-30, version 15.3* I was pleasantly surprised with the ease of use of the FriendGammon compared to the other apps in the App Store . This apps ease of use , intuitive touch features and aesthetically pleasing board colors make it a daily game for my friends and I . The nudge feature is the key as I can use multiple screens while waiting for my opponent to make a move . So double down and download it now. SB ### 5/5 — My favorite backgammon app *2022-11-30, version 15.3* Great way to keep busy and stay off IG, also a great way to improve your backgammon game and stay in touch with people you don’t talk to as much. ### 5/5 — I Use Daily! 🤍🎲 *2022-11-30* I love this app, and I use it to stay in touch with my friends near and far. It’s a great way to play at your own pace. It is also the app that the Venice Backgammon Club uses outside of meetups! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2022-10-05, version 15.3* Finally an app to play backgammon online with friends🔥 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-10.*