Backgammon Elite HD vs Backgammon Ultimate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgammon Elite HD
Experience a classic two-player board game with a rich history. This app offers realistic graphics and multiple game variations to sharpen your tactical and strategic thinking. Play against a friend on the same device.
- Realistic graphics
- 7 game versions (Nards, Nackgammon, Tavlya)
- Play together on a single board
- Improves tactical and strategic thinking
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Backgammon is one of the oldest board game for two players. Reliably known that people have been playing this game for over 5,000 years. Backgammon perfectly improves your tactical and strategic thinking and equally with chess and dominoes Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the populers games in the world. Features of our version of Backgammon: - Great, realistic graphics. - 7 versions of the game, including Nards, Nackgammon, Tavlya etc.. - The opportunity to play together on a single board.
Backgammon Ultimate
Experience classic backgammon with challenging AI and customizable options. Move pieces based on dice rolls to be the first to clear your board. Enjoy fluid animations, HD graphics, and detailed statistics.
- Challenging AI opponent
- Extensive customization options
- Automatic bear-off feature
- Intuitive piece selection and movement
- Fluid animations and HD graphics
- Detailed game statistics
- Engaging music and sound effects
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Move the pieces around the board according to dice rolls. Get all the pieces in the house to take them out according to your dice. Be the first player to get all the pieces out to win the game. FEATURES - challenging AI - lots of customization options - auto bear off - easy to select and move pieces - fluid animations - HD graphics - detailed statistics - nice music and sound effects If you have any technical problems, please email us directly at support@gsoftteam.com. Please, don’t leave support problems in our comments – we no longer check those and it will take longer to fix any issues that you might encounter. Thank you for your understanding!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backgammon Ultimate at 4.4 against Backgammon Elite HD's 3.3. Backgammon Ultimate also leads on ratings volume (112 vs 17) and review sentiment (50% vs 41%). Backgammon Elite HD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Backgammon Elite HD sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Backgammon Ultimate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Backgammon Ultimate holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backgammon Ultimate has 112 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Backgammon Elite HD's written reviews are positive against 50% of Backgammon Ultimate's.
Backgammon Elite HD ships an update every 2 months, Backgammon Ultimate every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgammon Elite HD | Backgammon Ultimate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (17 ratings) | 4.4 (112 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 112 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appscraft | G Soft Team |
Customer experience
Backgammon Elite HD
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In-app purchases
Backgammon Elite HD
- Buy chips$0.99
- Buy Nackgammon$0.99
- Old English$0.99
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- Tavla$0.99
- Mad Gulbar$0.99
- Gulbar$0.99
- True Nards$0.99
- Buy All$2.99
Backgammon Ultimate
- Remove Ads$2.99
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