Funny Scoreboard vs Backgammon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Funny Scoreboard
This app provides a digital scoreboard for various tabletop games, including table soccer, ice hockey, and billiards. It features an integrated timer and allows for score adjustments and team naming.
- Digital scoreboard for tabletop games
- Integrated timer with customizable durations
- Adjustable scores up to 99
- Team naming for home and visitors
- Three distinct design options (Video, LED, Hand)
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Who didn't want to own a scoreboard for games like Tablesoccer, Tableicehockey, Billard, Kicker or other result based fan games? This app is a fun app on the one hand. On the other hand it shows the results and also has an integrated timer. Features: - three designs (Video-board, LED-board or hand-board) - timer (can be set to 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30, 45 and 90 minutes) - results can be set from one to 99 and can be corrected if wrong - naming of the home team and the visitors
Backgammon
Engage in classic backgammon with AI or live multiplayer opponents. This app offers a comprehensive experience with features like a doubling cube, rule tutorials, and detailed player statistics. Play offline or online to hone your strategic skills and climb the leaderboards.
- Online and offline play
- Challenge AI or real players
- Master the doubling cube
- Learn and improve with hints
- Track detailed player statistics
- Play anywhere, portrait/landscape
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Challenge adaptive AI, share the board with a friend in local pass-and-play, and master the doubling cube — all free, with dice you can actually trust. The most complete backgammon experience for iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision: sharpen your strategy with hints, track deep stats, and climb the leaderboards. * SMART, ADAPTIVE AI Beginner, Intermediate & Expert levels tuned to your playstyle — never a rigged board, just a smarter opponent. * PASS & PLAY Share one device and play a real match against a friend, head-to-head, no connection required. * LEARN & IMPROVE Move hints, legal-move highlights, and a full rules tutorial — go from your first roll to your first double with confidence. * REAL MATCH PLAY 1-point, 3-point & full matches, doubling cube, and the Crawford rule — tournament-standard play, not a simplified clone. * STATS THAT MATTER Elo-style rating, win/loss graphs, pip counts, and complete dice history, so you can see exactly how fair your rolls really are. * PLAY ANYWHERE Portrait or landscape, online or fully offline vs. AI. "The best free backgammon app—AI is tough, local play is smooth." – App Store review Also known as Tavla, Nardi, or Narde — this is backgammon the way it's meant to be played.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Backgammon at Free against Funny Scoreboard's $0.99. Backgammon also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 62 months) and ratings volume (188 vs 4). Funny Scoreboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). On rating, in-app purchases 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
Backgammon is free to download; Funny Scoreboard costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Funny Scoreboard against 4.4 for Backgammon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backgammon has 188 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Funny Scoreboard's written reviews are positive against 70% of Backgammon's.
Funny Scoreboard ships an update every 62 months, Backgammon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Funny Scoreboard | Backgammon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (188 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 69.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 188 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 62 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Sowa-Israel | Linda Mottley |
Customer experience
Funny Scoreboard
Backgammon
Bugs and requests
Funny Scoreboard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Backgammon
Reported bugs
9 issues- App won't open
- App freezes/hangs
- Two taps required for one move
- Incorrect move selection by AI
- AI rolls are not random
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- Display graphics obscure continue button
- In 2-player mode, no menus appear when black starts
- Software doesn't always display who goes first in 2-player hard mode
- UI elements cover board pieces
Requested features
5 requests- Fix rigged AI rolls
- Make AI more challenging/less predictable
- Allow users to choose layout/design
- Reconsider placement of move/undo buttons
- Add option for cube
In-app purchases
Funny Scoreboard
No in-app purchases
Backgammon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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