FriendGammon vs LineSpell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FriendGammon
Engage in classic backgammon matches with friends. This app offers a beautifully designed interface for enjoyable gameplay. Connect and compete with your social circle in strategic board game fun.
- Play backgammon
- Compete with friends
- Beautifully designed interface
- Online multiplayer
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FriendGammon is a beautifully designed app made for playing backgammon with your friends. PLAY YOUR FRIENDS • Start a game with anyone in your contacts, or find them by username • Play at your own pace: games are turn-based, so you move whenever suits you • Keep a running score with every friend, and see who's ahead at a glance • Chat during games, with your conversation carried over from game to game • Full rules, with the doubling cube, gammons and backgammons PLAY THE COMPUTER • Practise any time against the computer, which always plays at expert level, doubling cube included • After every game, see your PR: a score of how well you played • Games against the computer never affect your Elo CLIMB THE RANKS • Every game against a friend counts toward your Elo rating • Compete in the Beginner, Intermediate and Pro leagues and on the leaderboard MAKE IT YOURS • Choose from hand-designed boards • Undo a move before you end your turn, and replay your opponent's last turn Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ [:mav: 22.4.42]
LineSpell
A word puzzle game where players slide letter tiles to form words in straight lines. Compete with friends locally or online, with no ads or tracking. It's easy to learn but offers deep strategic challenges.
- Straight line tile sliding
- Local Pass-and-Play multiplayer
- Online asynchronous multiplayer
- Extensive word dictionary
- Word of the Week challenges
- No ads or tracking
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Here's the catch: every tile you move has to end up in one straight line — and it all has to spell a word. Slide three or more letters into place, and try to outscore the table. Easy to pick up in a turn or two. But the highest-scoring play is always hiding somewhere, and finding it takes real skill. Up, down, across, diagonal — what will you spell? ► TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Pass-and-Play (Free): Pass one iPhone or iPad around the table. 1 to 4 players, no internet needed. Game night, sorted. • Online Multiplayer (one-time unlock): Keep the game going with friends who aren't in the room. Start a match, share your join code, and take turns on your own time — minutes or days apart. Run up to five games at once — Your Games keeps every match one tap away, and we'll nudge you when it's your move in any of them. Finished? Tap Rematch and run it back with the same crew. ► MADE BY AND FOR PLAYERS WHO LOVE WORD GAMES • Every word checked against a 173,000+ word dictionary • Score by letter value and word length — plan ahead for the big plays • Word of the Week crowns the highest-scoring word around • Fireworks for 50+ point words — big plays deserve a show ► NO CATCH, NO KIDDING • No ads • No tracking • No accounts, no sign-ups, no email • Just the game you'll keep coming back to — on iPhone or iPad Gather the family, challenge a friend across the country, or chase your own best score. Line them up and spell!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LineSpell at 100% against FriendGammon's 53%. LineSpell also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). FriendGammon's advantage is ratings volume (70 vs 12). On price, update cadence, 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. FriendGammon sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and LineSpell sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LineSpell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FriendGammon has 70 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of FriendGammon's written reviews are positive against 100% of LineSpell's.
FriendGammon ships an update every 6 days, LineSpell every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FriendGammon | LineSpell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (70 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kiss My Art LLC | Ludi Eximii LLC |
Customer experience
FriendGammon
LineSpell
In-app purchases
FriendGammon
- Premium subscription (monthly)$4.991 Month
- $5 Donation Subscription$4.991 Month
- $10 Donation Subscription$9.991 Month
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- $20 Donation Subscription$19.991 Month
- Premium subscription (yearly)$50.001 Year
- Costa-Rica$4.99
- Amalfi$4.99
- NYC$4.99
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- Los Angeles$4.99
- $5 One Time Donation$4.99
- $10 One Time Donation$9.99
- $20 One Time Donation$19.99
- $30 One Time Donation$29.99
- $50 One Time Donation$49.99
- $100 One Time Donation$99.99
LineSpell
- Online Multiplayer Unlock$2.99









