Board Game Collection vs Board Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Board Game Collection
Explore a diverse collection of classic board games from around the world. Enjoy single-player challenges against the computer or engage in local multiplayer battles on the same device. Unlock additional game packs to expand your strategic options.
- Variety of international board games
- Play against computer AI
- Local multiplayer on one device
- Free starter game pack
- Unlockable game packs
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Game Highlights: - Variety of different board games from all over the world - Play against computer - Play against others on same device availible games: (1) Free Package - Nine Men Morris - YingYang - Tic Tac Toe - Four in a row - American Checkers (2) Game Pak 1 (Morris Pak): - Achi - Three Men Morris - Five Men Morris - Six Men Morris - Nine Men Morris (3) Game Pak 2: - YingYang Challange - YingYang Master - Pool Checkers - Tic Tac Toe 5 - Five in a Row
Board Games
Enjoy a collection of 11 classic board and arcade games, playable offline against AI or with friends. Experience timeless fun with Ludo, Chess, Checkers, and more, all completely free.
- 11 classic games in one app
- Play against AI or friends
- Offline play supported
- No login or registration required
- Completely free to play
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Play against the built-in AI bots or with friends: LUDO Play Ludo one player against the built-in Ludo AI bots, or regular Ludo for 2-4 human players. OTHELLO (Reversi) Play Othello against the computer, or invite a friend to a game on your device. BACKGAMMON Play Backgammon with "Albert", the built-in AI backgammon player, or challenge a friend. CHECKERS (Draughts) Play Checkers against "Albert", the AI, or against a friend. CHESS (Hobby Rating) Play Chess against "Albert", the AI. His rating never exceeds 1000. Or you can play with a friend, taking turns on your device. DOMINOES Play the classic Domino tile game against 1-3 computer players. NINE MEN'S MORRIS Ancient board game, also known as "The Mill Game" or "Cowboy Checkers". Play against the computer or a friend. CUBES Get your block patterns stacked in this fast-paced falling cube game. BRICK BREAKOUT Bounce the ball and break the blocks! Collect power-ups to make your game even more awesome. CAVEBALL (The Wizard) Shoot the balls and get three in a row to burst them. Make sure to get rid of them all before it's too late! PLAY OFFLINE These games work fine without an internet connection. 100% FREE TO PLAY No login, no registration, no in-app purchases. Based on the popular browser games from Playpager.com. Have a great day!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Board Games at 4.4 against Board Game Collection's 3.3. Board Games also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (33% vs 16%). Board Game Collection's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, 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. Board Game Collection sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Board Games asks for nothing beyond the download.
Board Games holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Board Game Collection's written reviews are positive against 33% of Board Games's.
Board Game Collection ships an update every 4 months, Board Games every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Board Game Collection | Board Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (17 ratings) | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.1% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uwe Meier | John Henriksen |
Customer experience
Board Game Collection
Board Games
Bugs and requests
Board Game Collection
Reported bugs
36 issues- Crashes frequently, especially when close to winning
- Extra downloads/add-ons do not work
- AI makes unfair or illogical moves
- AI doesn't make moves in some games
- Game crashes when taking a piece
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- Game crashes when opponent has mill and player tries to take last piece
- Score/leaderboard not updating correctly
- Network connection issues
- Game fails to acknowledge 3 in a row
- AI forces specific moves
- AI is too fast to understand
- AI is too easy or too hard
- Game board remains blank after purchasing packs
- Game crashes on first move
- Game crashes in the middle of games
- Game crashes after a few moves
- Game crashes after the first move on hardest level
- Game crashes when about to win
- Game closes out when about to take an opponent's piece
- Game crashes during multiplayer
- Game crashes constantly
- Game crashes no matter which game is played
- Game crashes after every half dozen moves
- Game crashes too often, cannot play a full game
- Game crashes too often, free version is worthless
- Game crashes on first move of nine man Morris
- Game crashing constantly is frustrating
- Game crashes after the first move
- Game crashes consistently
- Game crashes all the time
- Game crashes every 30 to 90 seconds
- AI makes you jump the computer no matter what
- Cannot find option to select another game
- Stuck on tic-tac-toe in free pack
- Checkers is too hard even on easy
- Other games are hard on medium difficulty
Requested features
10 requests- Add more classic games (chess, fanorona, Chinese checkers, Yahtzee, backgammon, etc.)
- Improve AI difficulty and fairness
- Speed up animations
- Remove 'you are playing x' screen
- Add full screen mode with large board
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- Use more color in graphics
- Use a classic serif font for text
- Update the app icon
- Fix issues with extra game packs
- Allow different moves when player overlooks one
Board Games
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Board Game Collection
- Game Pak 1 (Morris Pak)$0.99
- Game Pak 2$0.99
Board Games
No in-app purchases
Questions
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