Backgammon (single game) vs Original Backgammon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgammon (single game)
Experience a classic two-player board game with realistic graphics and multiple game variations. Enjoy offline play and hone your tactical and strategic thinking skills with this ancient game.
- Realistic graphics
- 7 game versions (Nards, Nackgammon, Tavlya)
- Single board local multiplayer
- Offline play
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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. If you have any questions, you can ask us by email support@appscraft.am or you can find more information here: https://appscraft.am
Original Backgammon
Experience the classic board game of backgammon. Compete against AI, a local opponent, or players online. Be the first to move all your pieces off the board to win.
- Play against computer AI
- Local multiplayer mode
- Online multiplayer matches
- Traditional backgammon rules
- Checkers movement and removal
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Play the traditional game of backgammon against the computer, a friend on the same device, or someone over the internet. The objective of the game is to move all of your checkers around the board, until they are all in your home. When they are all home, then you can start moving them off the board. The first player to move all their checkers off the board, will be the winner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Original Backgammon at none against Backgammon (single game)'s 9. Original Backgammon also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 23%). Backgammon (single game)'s advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (43 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 (single game) sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Original Backgammon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backgammon (single game) holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backgammon (single game) has 43 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Backgammon (single game)'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Original Backgammon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Backgammon (single game) ships an update every 2 months, Original Backgammon every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgammon (single game) | Original Backgammon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (43 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.3% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appscraft | MOBILEFUSION APPS LTD |
Customer experience
Backgammon (single game)
Original Backgammon
Bugs and requests
Backgammon (single game)
Reported bugs
17 issues- Game freezes/lags
- Dice rolls are not random
- Bot plays unfairly
- Moves not registering
- Online play not working
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- Paid ads not removed
- Game crashes
- Pieces overlap
- Cannot make moves
- Incorrect rules implementation
- UI issues
- Touch controls not working
- Game locks up
- Animation issues
- Turn skipping
- Pieces not visible
- Settings menu locks game
Requested features
10 requests- Adjust game speed
- Fix online play
- Restore previous versions
- Add chat functionality
- Improve AI difficulty levels
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- Add doubling cube
- Allow choosing opponent side
- Improve touch responsiveness
- Add more game variants
- Fix color selection bug
Original Backgammon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backgammon (single game)
- Buy chips$0.99
- Gylbar$0.99
- Nackgammon$0.99
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- Oldenglish$0.99
- Simple Gulbar$0.99
- Tavla$0.99
- True Nards$0.99
- Buy all games$2.99
- Disable ads$4.99
Original Backgammon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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