Comparison

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice vs Backgammon Legends

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

Head to head
About

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice

Challenge friends and family to a classic dice game. Test your luck and strategy to achieve high scores and win rewards. Play solo, in teams, or compete in thrilling tournaments with customizable dice and boards.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer challenges
  • Team play with chat
  • In-game rewards and boosters
  • Tournaments with unique modes
  • Customizable dice and boards
  • Solo practice mode
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Are you ready to master your dice rolling skills and challenge your friends and family to some friendly competition? Whether you spell it Yatze, Yatzy, Yatzi or Yatzee, YAHTZEE® With Buddies is the game for you to test your luck, try out those strategy skills and win BIG rewards! As the officially licensed partner of Hasbro, we want to bring you your classic dice game anywhere, anytime when you feel that itch to yell YAHTZEE! HOW TO PLAY Never played Yahtzee before? No problem, it’s easy to learn! JUST ROLL WITH IT 1. Yahtzee is composed of 13 rounds, each round containing 5 dice that can be rolled up to 3 times 2. Achieve the highest score by completing as many of the 13 dice combinations as possible (Psssst: Yahtzee (5 of a kind) gets you 50 points!) 3. You can only score once in each combination, so choose wisely! SPECIAL FEATURES - MODES: Sharpen up those skills in solo mode or play multiplayer and challenge other Yahtzee lovers to show off your dice rolling expertise and climb the leaderboard! - TEAMS: Love to be a part of a team? We have that too! Join a Yahtzee “family” and work with each other to play and win. Chat away with your fellow Yahtzee-ers from around the globe and send stickers for some added fun - REWARDS: Complete Yahtzee games to win in-game scratchers, bonus rolls, boosters and more! - KEEP PLAYING: Activate a bonus dice roll to get an extra dice spin right when you need it. - TOURNAMENTS: Yahtzee tournaments are a new, thrilling challenge! Yahtzee Solitaire, Yahtzee Bingo, and Yahtzee Stars are completely new ways to play these classic games! And just wait till you win the jackpot - Best of all, it’s FREE! MAKE IT YOURS Personalize your dice rolling experience with: - Loads of custom dice to collect! - Lots of special portrait frames! - Tons of themed game boards! Download the app, roll the dice, and prepare to shout “YAHTZEE!” Subscriptions A Yahtzee with Buddies Prize Pass trial will convert to a recurring subscription after 7 days. A payment will be charged to your iTunes account when the subscription begins, and it will auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of a subscription period. Renewal payments will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, with the same price and payment schedule for the subscription you selected. Unused portions of a trial will be forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewals in your device account settings. HASBRO and YAHTZEE names and logos are trademarks of Hasbro. © 2019 Hasbro, Pawtucket, RI 02861-1059 USA. All Rights Reserved. TM & ® denote U.S. Trademarks. Privacy Policy: https://scopely.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: http://scopely.com/tos/ Additional Information, Rights, and Choices Available to California Players: https://scopely.com/privacy/#additionalinfo-california By installing this game you agree to the terms of the license agreements.

About

Backgammon Legends

Engage in strategic board game battles online with friends or new acquaintances. Enjoy beautiful 3D graphics, real-time chat, and competitive tournaments. Master tactics and climb leaderboards to become a backgammon champion.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer with matchmaking
  • Real-time chat and friend list
  • Weekly tournaments and events
  • Global and local leaderboards
  • 3D animated backgammon boards
  • Spectator mode to watch games
  • AI opponent for practice
Features
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Backgammon Legends is the most social backgammon board game you'll ever see. Connect with your friends, meet new people and share strategies in real time as you play. Experience the seamless integration of plentiful social features and smooth gameplay with beautiful 3D artwork. Use your wits to become the #1 Backgammon player in the world for everyone to admire! Roll your lucky dice Backgammon is a time proven 2 player strategy board game played around the world for millennia. Thanks to modern technology, Backgammon Legends allows you to enjoy the game on your mobile device anytime, anywhere! Roll your lucky dice, use tactics to gain an advantage, move your checkers and defeat real opponents for amazing rewards! Become a Legend with Backgammon Legends The experienced development team at Ahoy Games once again is raising the bar for quality board games. Try Backgammon Legends for free and see for yourself! - Online Multiplayer with fair and fast matchmaking for players of every skill level - Real-time chat with emoticons and friend list - Compete in weekly tournaments and events for amazing rings, coin rewards and bragging rights - Progress towards the top of local and global leader boards - A large variety of stunning Backgammon boards with full 3D animations - Smooth and responsive gameplay focused on delivering the best experience and feedback - Fair and truly random dice rolls! - Create your profile using your own picture or our colorful custom avatar - Learn new strategies by watching others play using our Spectator Mode - Practice your Backgammon skills against our entertaining yet advanced Backgammon AI - Play Backgammon together with your friends on a single device using Local Player vs Player mode - Realistic and immersive sound effects. - Login with Facebook, always have access to your Backgammon Legends account, discover your friends. - Collect free bonus coins every few hours - Compare your in-game statistics with other players and see how better you are at Backgammon than others - Many supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, Italian, Turkish and many others. - Free to play New to the game? Get ready with our beginner-friendly interactive in-game tutorial that will explain the rules to you in no time! Offline Play Support The game requires a stable internet connection. However, if you don't have an internet connection. You can still play Backgammon Legends using the Player VS AI and Player vs Player modes. These Backgammon modes become accessible in the login screen after a few seconds of waiting. Coins If you are low on coins, you can keep enjoying Backgammon Legends by purchasing in-game currency or you can wait for the next hourly bonus to be ready. Alternatively, you can choose to watch a promotional video and get just enough coins to get back to the game. Push notifications Push notifications for the hourly bonus, in-game chat messages, and others are configurable via the Notifications panel in the Settings menu. The Settings menu is accessible from the icon on the top-right of the main menu. Coin Logs If you have any doubt about your Backgammon account's coin activity. You can access 'Coin Logs' from the Settings menu and check your account history just like you can do at a bank! Tournament mode and rings Every week the ring and the boards of each rank changes. Complete all 5 rank to collect the weekly ring. Arena mode Once you enter the arena, you must have 3 wins in a row to be able to win the reward. Come and become one of the legends! Backgammon Legends! For free coins, follow and like Backgammon Legends on Facebook: https://fb.me/backgammonlegends Want to get in touch with us? Contact us at contact@ahoygames.com

Screenshots

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice4 screens
Backgammon Legends4 screens

Verdict

The call

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice and Backgammon Legends both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice's written reviews are positive against 17% of Backgammon Legends's. Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and chart position (#3 vs #122). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Backgammon Legends sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice against 4.6 for Backgammon Legends. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice has 262K ratings behind it against 44K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice's written reviews are positive against 17% of Backgammon Legends's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice ships an update weekly, Backgammon Legends every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice versus Backgammon Legends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYahtzee® with Buddies DiceBackgammon Legends
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (262K ratings)4.6 (44K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews — better17.3% of reviews
Number of ratings262K — better44K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#3 — better#122
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB218 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperScopely, Inc.Ahoy Games

Customer experience

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice

All ratings261,898 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews7,026 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative16.4%

Backgammon Legends

All ratings44,291 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews1,142 reviews
Positive17.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative79.0%

User reviews

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice

From 262K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game that keeps you on your toes
  • 👍 Variety in tournaments and rewards
  • 👍 Cooperative family and treasure hunt games
  • 👍 Customer support is responsive and helpful

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Difficult to recover lost accounts
  • 🔒 Lack of options to recover login information
  • 🔥 Excessive ads that interrupt gameplay
  • 🔥 Ads that are too long and intrusive
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes during gameplay

Backgammon Legends

From 44K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Great graphics
  • 🎮 Engaging backgammon experience

Room to improve

  • 🎲 Rigged dice rolls
  • 🤖 Unfair matchmaking against bots
  • 💰 Aggressive monetization tactics
  • 🔄 Repetitive loss streaks
  • 🕰️ Slow response from developers

Bugs and requests

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Rewards and achievements not properly credited
  • Dice and bonus rolls disappearing from inventory
  • Tournaments and events not functioning as advertised

Requested features

4 requests
  • More generous rewards from scratch cards
  • Allow players to keep earned dice and not lose them
  • Simplify the game layout and reduce unnecessary animations
  • Add an option to turn off chat and notifications from random players

Backgammon Legends

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Disconnection issues during games
  • Incorrect backgammon scoring

Requested features

4 requests
  • Fair and random dice generation
  • Improved matchmaking system
  • Less intrusive monetization
  • Better communication from developers

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice

Subscriptions1
  • Prize Pass7 Days trial$7.991 Month
One-time10
  • Scoop of Bonus Rolls$2.99
  • Handful of Bonus Rolls$4.99
  • Combo Pack$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Gift Grab Gold Token$4.99
  • Piggy Bank Redemption$9.99
  • Pile of Bonus Rolls$9.99
  • Combo Pack$9.99
  • Basket of Bonus Rolls$19.99
  • Combo Pack$19.99
  • Barrel of Bonus Rolls$49.99
11 purchases

Backgammon Legends

One-time11
  • Deluxe: Spin The Wheel$0.99
  • Offer 1$0.99
  • A Small pack of Charges$1.99
Show 8 more
  • 10,000 Coins$1.99
  • Deluxe: Spin The Wheel$1.99
  • Offer 2$1.99
  • Breaks Piggy Bank$2.99
  • Deluxe: Spin The Wheel$4.99
  • Battle Pass ticket$4.99
  • Offer 10$9.99
  • Battle Pass ticket booster$9.99

Questions

Is Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice free?
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backgammon Legends free?
Backgammon Legends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice or Backgammon Legends?
Backgammon Legends is rated higher. Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice averages 4.5 out of 5 from 262K ratings, while Backgammon Legends averages 4.6 from 44K ratings.
Do Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice or Backgammon Legends have ads?
Both Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice and Backgammon Legends show ads.
Which is updated more often, Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice or Backgammon Legends?
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice ships an update weekly, and Backgammon Legends every 2 months. Most recently, Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice was updated on September 25, 2026 and Backgammon Legends on September 25, 2026.
Which is more popular, Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice or Backgammon Legends?
Yahtzee® with Buddies Dice currently peaks at #3 in the App Store charts, and Backgammon Legends at #122. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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