Comparison

Backgammon for iPad & iPhone vs Pong Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Backgammon for iPad & iPhone

Experience a classic two-player board game of strategy and luck. Learn the rules with an interactive tutorial, play against AI or friends offline, and customize your game board. Enjoy fair dice rolls and a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Single-player AI mode
  • Two-player local mode
  • Online multiplayer
  • Customizable board and pieces
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Offline play
Features
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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!

About

Pong Pro

Features
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Pong Pro is a remake of a classic to where you can pick up power ups and negatives to make the game more fun and difficult for the player. It offers different difficulties for the player to enjoy from Easy to Hard.

Screenshots

Backgammon for iPad & iPhone4 screens
Pong Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pong Pro at none against Backgammon for iPad & iPhone's 4. Pong Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown). Backgammon for iPad & iPhone's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Backgammon for iPad & iPhone sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pong Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Backgammon for iPad & iPhone versus Pong Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackgammon for iPad & iPhonePong Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.5K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size285 MB5 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAppgeneration SoftwareConnor Edwards

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

Pong Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Backgammon for iPad & iPhone

One-time4
  • 5000 coins$1.99
  • Piggy Bank$2.99
  • 10000 Coins$3.99
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  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

Pong Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backgammon for iPad & iPhone free?
Backgammon for iPad & iPhone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pong Pro free?
Pong Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backgammon for iPad & iPhone or Pong Pro have ads?
Backgammon for iPad & iPhone shows ads; Pong Pro does not.

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