Backgammon by George vs Loopine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgammon by George
Experience the classic board game on your iPhone or iPad. Play against an AI with adjustable difficulty, get hints, undo moves, and customize your game with various settings. Perfect for both casual players and those looking to hone their skills.
- Play against AI
- Four difficulty levels
- Replay opponent's move
- Get AI hints
- Undo moves
- Shake or tap to roll dice
- Auto-complete moves
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Master the ultimate game of strategy with the neural-network-powered Backgammon app. Play against the AI at four levels of difficulty. REPLAY the most recent opponent's move. Get a HINT from AI to help you with your next move, or UNDO your most recent move. ROLL your dice with a shake, or with a single tap. AUTO COMPLETE a move with a single tap on your stone. Use the SETTINGS menu to select board style, enable or disable sounds, control speed of the stone animations, and more. Use the HELP screens to learn about the game. A quote from http://www.65cubes.com/windows-shopping-backgammon.html: "Backgammon, by George is one of those which gambling players consider as an ancient backgammon program... But do not laugh at it. Some of the most successful gambling players confess that they have started humbly by practicing backgammon with Backgammon by George." Art by Miguel. Programming by George!
Loopine
A new puzzle game challenges players to sync moving lines and loops, avoiding collisions. It features 150 levels with elegant patterns and interesting shapes.
- Moving line and loop synchronization
- Collision avoidance gameplay
- 150 challenging levels
- Elegant patterns and shapes
- Intuitive puzzle mechanics
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Loopine is a new puzzle game with moving lines and loops that need to be synced to avoid collisions. Play with elegant patterns and interesting shapes in the 150 levels of Loopine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Loopine at 4.3 against Backgammon by George's 3.1. Loopine also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 41 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Backgammon by George's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Loopine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Backgammon by George asks for nothing beyond the download.
Loopine holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Backgammon by George's written reviews are positive against 50% of Loopine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Backgammon by George ships an update every 41 months, Loopine every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgammon by George | Loopine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (10 ratings) | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 41 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Graphics Software Labs | Pyrosphere, Lda |
Customer experience
Backgammon by George
Loopine
In-app purchases
Backgammon by George
No in-app purchases
Loopine
- Remove Ads$0.99
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