Classic Backgammon Touch vs Backgammon Duel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classic Backgammon Touch
Experience a classic two-player board game where the goal is to move all your pieces to your home board and then remove them. The first player to successfully bear off all their pieces wins the match.
- Two-player gameplay
- Strategic movement of checkers
- Objective-based winning condition
- Classic board game experience
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Backgammon is an ancient game for two players. The object of the game is move all your checkers into your own home board and then bear them off. The first player to bear off all of their checkers wins the game.
Backgammon Duel
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Backgammon Duel a mobile version of the classic backgammon game. One of the oldest, most played and loved games. Enjoy backgammon without the casino style of other backgammon games on the mobile apps stores. Features - Don't pay coins to enter a game - No in game banner ads - No doubling cube - Regular updates - Highlighting the available moves - Undo your last move - Classic graphics and game play - Intuitive design to better focus on the game - Ads are displayed after a game Also known as Tavli (Greece), Tawla (Egypt), Shesh Besh, (Hebrew), and Takteh (Iranian), but whatever you call it you can download it now and challenge yourself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Backgammon Duel at every 2 months against Classic Backgammon Touch's every 19 months. Classic Backgammon Touch's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Classic Backgammon Touch ships an update every 19 months, Backgammon Duel every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classic Backgammon Touch | Backgammon Duel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin White | PHATCAT GAMES LTD |
In-app purchases
Classic Backgammon Touch
No in-app purchases
Backgammon Duel
No in-app purchases
Questions
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