Comparison

Backgammon Unlimited vs Backgammon Pearl

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

Head to head
About

Backgammon Unlimited

Experience a classic board game of skill and strategy. Move your pieces according to dice rolls, aiming to get all your checkers home and bear them off before your opponent. Features include adjustable AI difficulty, advanced hints, and unlimited undo.

Highlights
  • Strong AI with 5 difficulty levels
  • Doubling cube and Crawford rule support
  • Advanced colorful hints
  • Unlimited Undo functionality
  • Appealing interface with smooth graphics
  • Automatic game saving
  • Abundant performance statistics
Features
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Backgammon is one of the oldest board games. It is a game of skill and strategy where pieces are moved according to the roll of the dice. To win at backgammon, you have to move all of your checkers into your own home board and then bear them off. FEATURES - Strong AI and 5 difficulty levels - Play more rounds while using a doubling cube and the Crawford rule - Advanced colorful hints - Unlimited Undo - Very appealing interface and smooth colorful graphics - 3 beautiful board designs - Refreshing background music - Designed for both Tablets and Phones - Saves the game automatically! You do not have to worry that you will lose your progress. You can continue from where you left off. - Abundant statistics to help you track your performance round to round and over time == Support and Feedback If you have any technical problems, please email us at support@gsoftteam.com. Please, don’t leave support problems in our comments. We no longer check those and it will take longer to fix any issues that you might encounter. Thank you!

About

Backgammon Pearl

Features
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Backgammon Pearl is online backgammon on your phone, with dice you can check. ONE GAME TAKES ABOUT SIX MINUTES Tap Quick game for a rated game. Roll with a tap, move by tapping a checker and then a point, undo until you press Done. Forced moves play themselves. TWO ROOMS, INTERNATIONAL RULES • Quick game: one game, about 6 minutes. 1 point for a win, 2 for a gammon, 3 for a backgammon. • Classic match: first to 3 points, about 20 minutes. Every game starts with a fresh roll-off. Both are rated and play international rules. Classic match uses the doubling cube, with the Crawford rule; Quick has no cube. PLAY A FRIEND BY CODE Open a table, send the code, and your friend sits down across from you. Choose 1, 3 or 5 points, and switch on any of three house rules if you play that way: the opening winner rolls again, each game's winner starts the next, a backgammon counts 2. DICE YOU CAN CHECK Before the first roll, the server seals the dice and shows you the seal. Only then does your phone add a random seed of its own. Every roll is computed from both, so neither side can pick a roll alone. When the game or match ends, the seal opens and the app recomputes every roll: "all 52 rolls match". Tap Check these dice and backgammonpearl.com/check opens with the seeds and every roll filled in, so your own browser recomputes them too. ADS NEVER INTERRUPT YOUR GAME An ad can appear only after a game or a match ends and you have picked what to do next, and only after at least ten minutes of play since the last one. Never during a game, never between the games of a match. FREE No chips, no coins, no energy, no purchases. Your rating is the only score. ALSO • Play the computer offline at eight levels, from Beginner to Strongest, with every game's dice listed so you can recompute them. • A board drawn straight from above, with big checkers and clear points. • Two looks: light travertine stone by day, walnut and lamplight for the evening. Pick one, or let your phone's dark mode decide. • Made for a phone held sideways. • Ten languages: English, Turkish, Greek, Russian, German, Bulgarian, Romanian, Arabic, Hebrew and Persian. Turkish names every roll, like düşeş and şeş beş. Backgammon is the hitting game played as tavla in Turkey, tavli in Greece, shesh besh in Israel and nard in Iran. The rules here are the ones the whole world shares. A roll that does not add up, or anything else: support@backgammonpearl.com

Screenshots

Backgammon Unlimited4 screens
Backgammon Pearl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backgammon Pearl at none against Backgammon Unlimited's 1. Backgammon Pearl also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Backgammon Unlimited sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Backgammon Pearl asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backgammon Unlimited ships an update every 6 months, Backgammon Pearl every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Backgammon Unlimited versus Backgammon Pearl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackgammon UnlimitedBackgammon Pearl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (121 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings121 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperG Soft TeamAtaberk TUMAY

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Backgammon Unlimited

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Backgammon Pearl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backgammon Unlimited free?
Backgammon Unlimited is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backgammon Pearl free?
Backgammon Pearl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backgammon Unlimited or Backgammon Pearl have ads?
Both Backgammon Unlimited and Backgammon Pearl show ads.
Which is updated more often, Backgammon Unlimited or Backgammon Pearl?
Backgammon Unlimited ships an update every 6 months, and Backgammon Pearl every 8 days. Most recently, Backgammon Unlimited was updated on November 3, 2026 and Backgammon Pearl on October 31, 2026.

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