Comparison

Lichess vs Allgammon

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

Head to head
About

Lichess

Play chess online with millions of users, participate in tournaments, solve puzzles, and analyze games. This free and open-source application offers a comprehensive chess experience for players of all levels, with features for learning and casual play.

Highlights
  • Real-time and correspondence chess
  • Arena tournaments
  • Chess puzzles
  • Game analysis with Stockfish
  • Interactive study feature
  • Chess clock
Features
Currently charting
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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. The following features are available right now: - play real time or correspondence chess - play arena tournaments - play against online bots - solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline - race against the clock in Puzzle Storm - analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server - board editor - study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature - learn board coordinates - play over the board with a friend - watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments - watch Lichess TV and online streamers - use a chess clock for your over the board games - many different board themes and piece sets - custom background themes - translated into 55 languages

About

Allgammon

Experience classic backgammon with a modern interface. Play against AI, friends, or players worldwide with real-time multiplayer, smart AI, and learning tools. Analyze your games and solve daily puzzles to improve your strategy.

Highlights
  • Real-time multiplayer
  • Single-player AI opponents
  • Tutor Mode for learning
  • Match analysis
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • ELO-based ranking system
  • Customizable matches
Features
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Allgammon brings all that you need to play, learn, and master backgammon into one beautifully crafted app. PLAY YOUR WAY Compete in live online matches through instant matchmaking, browse standing offers, or challenge friends directly. Customize the match length, clock, doubling cube, and pip-count display. Prefer to play solo? Play offline against the ai opponent across five difficulty levels, from Beginner to Master. Choose Regular mode for an unaided game, Training mode for feedback on your mistakes, or Tutor mode for the opportunity to reconsider a move before it becomes final. LEARN AND IMPROVE Build your game with interactive, board-based lessons covering everything from the rules and opening theory to core strategy, the doubling cube, racing, bear-offs, game plans, and match play. Keep improving with: - A new checker-play puzzle each day - Timed pip-counting exercises using real positions - Personalized blunder drills built from mistakes in your own matches UNDERSTAND EVERY DECISION Review completed matches move by move with powerful analysis tools. Compare your play with the best alternatives, study checker and cube decisions, explore equity graphs, identify errors and blunders, and see how luck influenced the result. Track your Elo rating, rank, performance rating, win rate, streaks, and long-term statistics. You can also build any position on the board and evaluate its moves, cube decisions, and possible rolls. PLAY WITH FRIENDS Find players by username or through your contacts, send custom match invitations, chat inside and outside matches, react and reply to messages, watch friends play live, and explore detailed head-to-head records. Granular notifications keep you updated when it’s your turn, a friend sends an invitation, a double is offered, or a new message arrives. MAKE IT YOURS Personalize your experience with light and dark modes, board themes, checker designs, rims, trails, gameplay controls, animation settings, sounds, and haptics. Whether you’re learning your first opening roll or studying advanced match strategy, Allgammon helps you play more, learn faster, and understand every move.

Screenshots

Lichess4 screens
Allgammon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Allgammon at 92% against Lichess's 53%. Allgammon also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). Lichess's advantage is ratings volume (662 vs 19) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Allgammon holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lichess has 662 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Lichess's written reviews are positive against 92% of Allgammon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lichess ships an update fortnightly, Allgammon every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Lichess versus Allgammon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLichessAllgammon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (662 ratings)4.5 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.1% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings662 — better19
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#37 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLICHESS.ORGYARDEN DVIR

Customer experience

Lichess

All ratings662 ratings
Positive74.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative20.7%
Written reviews582 reviews
Positive53.1%
Neutral10.1%
Negative36.8%

Allgammon

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

Bugs and requests

Lichess

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Swipe-to-go-back gesture interferes with piece placement

Requested features

3 requests
  • Name of opening in opening explorer
  • Ability to add and subtract additional things on the homepage
  • Reset/replay button on puzzles

Allgammon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lichess

No in-app purchases

None

Allgammon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lichess free?
Lichess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Allgammon free?
Allgammon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lichess or Allgammon?
Allgammon is rated higher. Lichess averages 4.1 out of 5 from 662 ratings, while Allgammon averages 4.5 from 19 ratings.
Do Lichess or Allgammon have ads?
Neither Lichess nor Allgammon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lichess or Allgammon?
Lichess ships an update fortnightly, and Allgammon every 2 days. Most recently, Lichess was updated on October 21, 2026 and Allgammon on October 21, 2026.

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