Backgammon Machine vs DailyGammon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgammon Machine
Engage in a challenging game of backgammon against a sophisticated AI opponent powered by neural network technology. Experience fair dice rolls and test your skills at two distinct difficulty levels.
- Neural network AI opponent
- Two skill levels
- Fair dice rolls
- CoreML technology
- Challenging gameplay
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The only free neural network trained backgammon AI on iOS! Backgammon Machine leverages the power of Apple's brand new CoreML machine learning technology to create a fast and challenging opponent at two different skill levels. My dad complained that his backgammon app cheated at higher difficulties, and he was right! Backgammon Machine's dice are 100% fair (though it will feel like cheating sometimes when you're getting hammered) Can you beat The Machine?
DailyGammon
This app allows you to play all your matches from the popular online backgammon platform. It features an optimized top page, a game lounge for tournament discovery, and customizable board themes. A free account on the website is required to use the app.
- Play all matches
- Optimized top page
- Tournament overview
- Customizable board themes
- Requires free account
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- Play all your DailyGammon matches. - optimized TopPage - GameLounge, an overView of all Tournaments you can play - many board color themes A free DailyGammon account is required. Sign up at dailygammon.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DailyGammon at 4.7 against Backgammon Machine's 4.1. DailyGammon also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 40%). Backgammon Machine's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DailyGammon holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 75 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Backgammon Machine's written reviews are positive against 73% of DailyGammon's.
Backgammon Machine ships an update every 3 weeks, DailyGammon every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgammon Machine | DailyGammon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (87 ratings) | 4.7 (75 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 75 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tyler Walker | Peter Schneider |
Customer experience
Backgammon Machine
DailyGammon
Bugs and requests
Backgammon Machine
Reported bugs
6 issues- 🐛 Game blocks one die wrongly when playing in from bar
- 🐛 Screen randomly gets washed out
- 🐛 App counts wins for the machine when human wins
- 🐛 Glitch where screen grays out
- 🐛 Critical bug in playing from the bar
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- 🐛 Game doesn't work, pieces outside perimeter
Requested features
9 requests- Dark mode option
- More difficulty options
- Different AI play styles (defensive, aggressive)
- Full screen landscape mode
- Doubling cube feature
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- Ability to create matches
- Night mode
- Use entire screen
- Add color options
DailyGammon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backgammon Machine
No in-app purchases
DailyGammon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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