Port City vs Backgammon 008
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Port City
Build a global shipping empire by collecting and upgrading real-life ships. Complete contracts, manage your port city, and explore new regions in this engaging simulation game.
- Collect hundreds of real-life ships
- Upgrade ships for increased capacity
- Complete challenging contracts
- Develop and customize your port city
- Explore new global regions
- Participate in monthly events
- Compete in leaderboards
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All the ship lovers, ship collectors and ship simulation enthusiasts who love everything ship transport related unite! It’s time to put your ships on waters and build a port city and a global ship empire. Become a ship tycoon and enjoy a beautiful ship simulation journey full of surprises, city customizations, achievements and challenging contracts. Express your ship self! Discover and collect hundreds of famous real life ships. The better the ship, the more cargo it can take, the easier your strategy becomes. It can become quite challenging sometimes, but as a ship tycoon looking to build the biggest ship empire in the world you’ll find a way! Shipping the required cargo and completing various contracts is the key to develop your port city. Upgrading ships comes in handy because an upgraded ship fleet is way more powerful when completing contracts and can save a lot of time on waterways! Did you know that there are ship rarity categories in this tycoon city simulation? Rare ships have higher transport capacity! Bending rules of a port city tycoon simulator has never been easier either. Port City game tycoon features: ▶ Own popular ships from history of maritime transport ▶ Collect famous cargo ships, upgrade them and reach their full transport potential ▶ Meet interesting contractors and complete ship freight transport and logistics jobs ▶ Coordinate and transport your ships according to your own simulation strategy ▶ Enhance your port city and build bigger and better transport facilities and docks to fit more ships ▶ Explore new global regions as your ships travel the seas through bridges and islands ▶ Play new events every month in the Port City Ship Tycoon ▶ Team up with fellow ship tycoon enthusiasts during events & work together ▶ Compete in leaderboards to become the biggest ship tycoon ▶ Dispatch freight ships to collect resources and transport those to your contractors & city to complete jobs Are you up for a transport challenge and ready to collect ships, to build and manage a global city and ship empire and become the biggest global ship tycoon in the Port City world? Have you encountered a ship contract which does not suit your strategy? You can easily swap the ship transport requirements, or cargo requirements to get a better fit for your sea transportation needs. Both kids and adults can do this! PLEASE NOTE! Port City is an online free strategy tycoon simulation game to download and play that requires a network connection to play. Some in-game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Do you have any suggestions or problems in your port city? Our caring community managers would love to hear from you, visit https://care.pxfd.co/portcity! Terms of Use: http://pxfd.co/eula Privacy Policy: http://pxfd.co/privacy Do you enjoy our 3D tycoon simulation game? Follow @portcitygame on social media to get the latest news and updates.
Backgammon 008
Experience a pure backgammon game with provably fair dice and skill-based matchmaking. Practice against bots, play friends, or compete globally with a civil chat system and optional ads.
- Provably fair dice
- Rating-based matchmaking
- Three bot strengths
- Full backgammon rules
- Play with friends
- Civil chat system
- Move clock
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Backgammon, and nothing else. No loot boxes. No coins, gems, or energy timers. No power-ups, no pay-to-win, no ads interrupting a game. Open it, tap Quick match, play. PROVABLY FAIR DICE Most backgammon apps ask you to trust their dice. This one lets you check. Every roll is committed to before it happens and revealed afterwards, signed so it can't be changed retroactively. Any match menu has "Verify dice" — you can confirm for yourself that the dice you got are the dice that were sealed in before you rolled. PLAY SOMEONE YOUR OWN STRENGTH Matchmaking is rating-based, so a first-timer isn't thrown at a veteran. Ratings follow the FIBS system used by serious backgammon players, and they move faster while you're new and settle as you play. Global and regional leaderboards show where you stand. PRACTICE ANY TIME Three bot strengths, unrated, whenever you want them. Pick the match length when you start rather than digging through settings. FULL RULES Doubling cube, gammons and backgammons, Crawford rule, match play or a single game. Drag or tap to move. Undo before you commit. Auto-roll and auto bear-off if you want the game to keep up with you. PLAY A FRIEND Create a match, send the id, they join. Unrated, so ratings can't be traded back and forth. CIVIL BY DESIGN Chat is a short list of set phrases and a few emoji — enough to say "good roll" or "well played", impossible to use for abuse. Mute it entirely if you prefer silence. A 45-second move clock keeps games moving. Sign in with Game Center to carry your profile between devices, or just play — an account is made for you either way. Ads support the app. One purchase removes them permanently. That's the only thing ever sold here.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backgammon 008 at none against Port City's 10. Backgammon 008 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Port City's advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). 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. Port City sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Backgammon 008 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backgammon 008 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Port City has 14K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Port City | Backgammon 008 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 382 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pixel Federation Games | Vahe Shahoian |
Bugs and requests
Port City
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to progress past certain levels due to glitches
- Ads that force the App Store to open
- Ships and buildings clipping through environment
Requested features
4 requests- Add more regions and ship types
- Improve navigation between ports
- Reduce wait times for tasks
- Provide offline gameplay option
Backgammon 008
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Port City
- Micro Gem Pack$1.99
- Special Pack 7$3.49
- Special Pack 1$3.99
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- Mini Gem Pack$5.99
- Special Pack 2$8.99
- Small Gem Pack$11.99
- Special Pack 9$14.99
- Normal Gem Pack$17.99
- Special Pack 3$22.99
- Special Pack 5$114.99
Backgammon 008
No in-app purchases
Questions
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