Backgammon for iPad & iPhone vs Brain Balls!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgammon for iPad & iPhone
Experience a classic two-player board game of skill and luck. This app offers a user-friendly interface, a comprehensive tutorial for beginners, and multiple ways to play, including against AI or friends online. Customize your game board and pieces for a personalized experience.
- Single-player AI mode
- Two-player local mode
- Online multiplayer
- Customizable board and pieces
- Interactive tutorial
- Offline play
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Put your skills and luck to the test with this challenging board game! Backgammon is a 2-player game that puts your skills and your luck to the test in equal measure. It is no wonder that Backgammon is one of the oldest board games in the world and is still thriving. Enjoy the thrill of scrutinizing every move while the gods of luck dictate your fate through the dice. Our Backgammon has a clean and user-friendly design to ensure you can enjoy and focus solely on the game without any fuss or unwanted interruptions. If you are new to the game, follow our clear and thorough tutorial and you will become a master in no time. Challenge a friend or play against yourself with our 2-player mode or try to beat our clever AI as a single player. The board and the pieces are also customizable, allowing you to personalize the game to have a more pleasant visual experience. FEATURES - Single-player mode: play against our clever AI - Two-player mode: challenge a friend - Online mode: play online against a random player or against your friends - 3 Difficulty levels: play on easy, normal, or hard mode against our AI - Customize board and pieces - Interactive tutorial: learn all the rules and tricks of the game easily - Auto commit feature: commit to your every move without an Undo option - Auto-finish feature: sit back and let our AI bear off the pieces for you - Clean and user-friendly design, intuitive gameplay - Realistic moves: tap and drag the pieces across the board - Fair dice roll: the dice are 100% rolled randomly each time - Play offline: no need for an internet connection - Available in three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese Do you think you can become a Backgammon master? Put your skills and luck to the test with this challenging board game. Download now!
Brain Balls!
Navigate through challenging mazes, collecting stars as you go. This game offers a simple yet engaging experience for players looking for a quick puzzle challenge.
- Maze navigation
- Star collection
- Puzzle gameplay
- Simple controls
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Navigate different mazes and collect the star!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Brain Balls! at every 2 days against Backgammon for iPad & iPhone's fortnightly. Brain Balls! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Backgammon for iPad & iPhone's advantage is ratings volume (4.1K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 for iPad & iPhone sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Brain Balls! sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Brain Balls! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backgammon for iPad & iPhone has 4.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Backgammon for iPad & iPhone ships an update fortnightly, Brain Balls! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgammon for iPad & iPhone | Brain Balls! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appgeneration Software | Sean Lynch |
Customer experience
Backgammon for iPad & iPhone
Brain Balls!
Bugs and requests
Backgammon for iPad & iPhone
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes after winning
- Incorrect scoring and betting
- Opponent moves not matching dice rolls
- Inability to exit ads
Requested features
4 requests- Add tutorial for new players
- Improve randomness of dice rolls
- Implement fair matchmaking
- Provide option to disable ads
Brain Balls!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backgammon for iPad & iPhone
- 5000 coins$1.99
- Piggy Bank$2.99
- 10000 Coins$3.99
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- Remove Ads$4.99
Brain Balls!
- coins 1k$0.99
- coins 3k$2.99
- coins 4k$3.99
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- coins 5k$4.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- coins 10k$7.99
- coins 20k$9.99
Questions
Is Backgammon for iPad & iPhone free?
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Do Backgammon for iPad & iPhone or Brain Balls! have ads?
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