Backgammon (single game) vs Play Elephant
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
Play Elephant
Engage in classic board games like bridge, draughts, and checkers. Participate in tournaments, learn new strategies, and teach others in a welcoming environment.
- Play bridge, draughts, checkers
- Tournament participation
- Learning mind games
- Teaching game strategies
- Friendly atmosphere
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Play bridge, draughts, checkers, and many other mind games. Tournament participation, learning, teaching. Comfortable and friendly atmosphere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backgammon (single game) at 3.8 against Play Elephant's 3.0. Backgammon (single game) also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 2) and review sentiment (24% vs 12%). Play Elephant's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Backgammon (single game) sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Play Elephant sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Backgammon (single game) holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backgammon (single game) has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Backgammon (single game)'s written reviews are positive against 12% of Play Elephant's.
Backgammon (single game) ships an update every 2 months, Play Elephant monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgammon (single game) | Play Elephant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (43 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Appscraft | PLAYING ELEPHANT UAB |
Customer experience
Backgammon (single game)
Play Elephant
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
Play Elephant
- Premium$9.491 Month
- 10 fants$0.99
- 25,000 Fants$2.99
- 100,000 Fants$10.99
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- 600,000 fants$59.99
- 1 Billion$94.99
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