BI vs Backgammon Online with Friends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BI
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Backgammon Online with Friends
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Backgammon against a real person — and you can hear them. At a table joined by an invite code you see their face too. The dice are fair: the game seed is on the table and every roll can be recomputed. No coins, no banners, no sign-up. VOICE AND FACE AT THE TABLE At an online table you can talk. The microphone is asked for once, when you sit down; say no and nothing else changes — the game simply goes on in silence. Video is switched on with a button and only at a table joined by an invite code, that is, between people who know each other; the camera is off by default. You can mute your opponent, report them, and never be matched with them again. GLASS DICE Every roll is computed from the game seed (HMAC-SHA256). The seed is shown on the table; “Verify” recomputes every die. Face, doubles and luck statistics for you and your opponent. No rigged dice, ever. BACKGAMMON AND THREE MORE RULE SETS • Backgammon: hitting, the bar, the doubling cube, the Crawford rule, gammon and backgammon. • Long nardy: the head, the 6-6/4-4/3-3 first-move exception, the six-block rule, mars and koks. • Tavla and Shesh Besh presets. Matches to 3, 5 and 7 points. A CHAMPION-LEVEL COACH Hints show the best play; the post-game review shows where points were lost. In backgammon the evaluation comes from a neural net stronger than GNU Backgammon, on your phone, offline. HONEST OPPONENTS Six bot characters from novice to master, always labelled. No fake “humans”. Two players on one phone. ONLINE WITH LIVE PLAYERS Find an opponent by rating or play a friend with a table code. Online dice come from the arbiter: the seed hash is shown to both before the first roll, and after the match the seed is revealed so every roll can be recomputed. Elo rating and a top-100 table — only for matches against real people. NO COINS, NO BANNERS Nothing you can buy makes you stronger. The Store screen holds Pro, three boards sold separately, and tips. Pro unlocks board themes, unlimited hints and the full luck history. Tips (“Support the yard”) unlock nothing — they are just a thank-you. The whole game is free. No banners and no ads mid-game — just a short video between games, and Pro or any purchased board turns it off. Any board can be tried on for a day for one video. ONE HAND Portrait board, tap a checker and tap a point, two-dice jumps in one tap, auto-move when there is no choice. Works offline. No sign-up. Interface in 19 languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BI at none against Backgammon Online with Friends's 7. BI also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Backgammon Online with Friends's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Backgammon Online with Friends sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. BI asks for nothing beyond the download.
BI ships an update every 2 months, Backgammon Online with Friends every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BI | Backgammon Online with Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TAKOMAT GmbH | NTSAUTOSIGA LLC |
In-app purchases
BI
No in-app purchases
Backgammon Online with Friends
- Tea for Gocha$0.99
- Night board$1.99
- Tbilisi board$1.99
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- Istanbul board$1.99
- Dinner for the yard$4.99
- Narde Pro$5.99
- A new board for the yard$9.99
Questions
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