DailyGammon vs Backgammon Mastery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DailyGammon
Play all your matches from the popular online backgammon platform on your mobile device. Access tournament overviews and customize your board appearance with various themes. A free account is necessary to begin playing.
- Play DailyGammon matches
- Optimized TopPage access
- GameLounge tournament overview
- Multiple board color themes
- Requires free DailyGammon 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.
Backgammon Mastery
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Enhance your backgammon skills with quizzes focused on your weak spots. Explore over 75,000 challenging positions from elite tournament players, featuring errors in checker plays and cube decisions. Select quizzes using a variety of position filters to tailor your practice. Test yourself and see if you can make the right moves! Build your personalized database by extracting positions from match files analyzed by eXtreme Gammon. Automatically update your database with positions that were played incorrectly for efficient review and improvement. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscribe now and enjoy a 3-day free trial (first time users only). Cancel anytime before the trial ends to avoid charges.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DailyGammon at none against Backgammon Mastery's 2. Backgammon Mastery's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Backgammon Mastery sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DailyGammon asks for nothing beyond the download.
DailyGammon ships an update every 2 months, Backgammon Mastery every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DailyGammon | Backgammon Mastery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (81 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Schneider | Freddie Noer |
In-app purchases
DailyGammon
No in-app purchases
Backgammon Mastery
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Annual subscription3 Days trial$34.991 Year
Questions
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