Ancient Battle vs Backgammon Trainer & Analysis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ancient Battle
Engage in classic wargaming battles with Roman legionaries, elephants, and more. Explore historical campaigns like Caesar's in Gaul and the conflict between Caesar and Pompey. Additional campaigns and units can be purchased.
- High Definition Ancient Era Graphics
- Tutorial and Historical Campaigns
- 32 Unique Ancient Units
- Detailed Combat Analysis
- Flank Attacks
- Purchasable Additional Campaigns
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Designed from the ground up Ancient Battle: Rome gives a unique wargaming experience on iPhone and iPad. Use Roman legionaries, elephants, catapults, heavy and light cavalry, archers, slingers, fanatics and many other unit types to engage in classic battles. Reached No.1 strategy game on the App Store in 8 countries and reviews included: "Hunted Cow’s best wargame yet" - Pocket Tactics "delivers everything one can expect from a strategy title" - Arcade Sushi "smart, challenging, and surprisingly substantial strategy game" - Pocket Gamer Included in this version 'Caesars campaign in Gaul' culminating in the classic siege of Alesia, and the campaign between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, including the battle of Pharsalus. You can also purchase additional campaigns, 'Britannia' with the highlight of Queen Boudicca's demise at the battle of Verulamum, 'Germania' with the Roman massacre at Teutoburger Wald, and the 'Pontic' campaign against Mithridates the Great. The 'Pontic' campaign adds scythed chariots and the Greek Pike Phalanx to the game system. Upcoming expansions include the infamous Parthia campaign where a whole Roman army perished in the desert. This campaigns will also add fully armored cataphracts and hordes of light cavalry archers to the game system. Key Game Features: ● High Definition Ancient Era Graphics. ● 7 Mission Tutorial Campaign. ● 8 Mission Gallia Campaign playable as the Romans and Gaul. ● 8 Mission Italia Campaign playable as Caesar and Pompey. ● 32 Unique Ancient Units. ● Detailed Combat Analysis ● Flank Attacks ● Hours of Gameplay. ● Universal App (Works on iPhone & iPad) ● Additional Purchasable Campaigns. Purchasable Extra Content: ● 8 Mission Britannia Campaign playable as the Romans and Britons. ● 8 Mission Germania Campaign playable as the Romans and Germans. ● 8 Mission Pontic Campaign playable as the Romans and Pontic ● 8 Mission Parthia Campaign playable as the Romans and Parthians ● 8 Mission Terra Incognita Campaign playable as the Romans Thank you for supporting our games! © 2015 HexWar Games Ltd All Rights Reserved.
Backgammon Trainer & Analysis
This app offers a unique approach to backgammon by providing verifiable dice randomness and detailed post-game analysis. It features multiple game variants and an optional Pro upgrade for advanced training tools. Play offline with no account required.
- Verifiable dice randomness
- Detailed post-game analysis
- Multiple backgammon variants
- Optional Pro upgrade
- Offline play
- Multi-language support
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Every backgammon app says its dice are random. This one lets you check. Before the first roll of a match, Backgammon Trainer shows you a hash of the secret that every roll in that match comes from. The whole sequence is generated once, from that secret, and it is never regenerated, so the app physically cannot look at the board and choose a die. When the match ends you get the secret. Re-hash it and it must match what you were shown. Replay it and it must produce exactly the rolls you got. You can do both inside the app in one tap, or export the proof and check it with your own tools. Then it tells you what you actually did wrong. THE COACH Finish a match and every decision is reviewed. You get your performance rating, the number serious players use, plus your error rate split between checker play and cube handling. The report leads with your three worst decisions: the roll, the move you made, the move that was better, and exactly how much equity the difference cost you, with a plain sentence explaining why. Cube decisions get their own section, because that is where most rating quietly disappears. Take points and cash points are computed from the Kazaross-XG2 match equity table at your actual score, not from a rule of thumb, so the advice at 2-away 4-away is the advice for 2-away 4-away. ONE PRICE Playing is free and unlimited. Free also includes the fairness proof, the dice ledger and two full coach reports a day. Pro is a single purchase that opens the expert opponent, the live tutor, unlimited reports, the cube explainer, full history, blunder drills and every variant. One payment. It does not renew, and there is no second unlock to buy later. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY Backgammon with the doubling cube, Crawford and Jacoby. Nackgammon, where every game is a priming battle. Hypergammon, three checkers a side. Tavla, played as it is in Turkey, without the cube and with mars counting double. Plakoto from the Greek tavli set, where you pin checkers instead of hitting them. All five are complete rules implementations, not relabelled boards. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PLAY Legal moves only, with the maximum dice rule, the forced higher die and oversized bear-off dice all handled correctly. Undo before you commit. Home board on either side. Point numbers and pip counts on or off. Larger checkers when you want them. Match play to any length up to 15 points. Everything works offline, with no account and no sign-up. Match export in the plain text format desktop analysis tools already read, so nothing you play here is trapped in here. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Turkish, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and English. Tavla, tavli, nardi and shesh besh are the same game, and this app speaks all of them. PRIVACY Nothing leaves your device. No account, no analytics, no tracking, no network calls. Your matches, your ratings and your dice history are stored on your phone and nowhere else. PRO UNLOCK Pro is a one time in-app purchase for your Apple Account. It is not a subscription, it does not auto renew, and there is nothing to cancel. Restore Purchases is in Settings. Privacy policy: https://app.innovaapps.ai/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ancient Battle at 79% against Backgammon Trainer & Analysis's 0%. Backgammon Trainer & Analysis's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On update cadence, 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
Backgammon Trainer & Analysis is free to download; Ancient Battle costs $2.99 up front. Ancient Battle sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Backgammon Trainer & Analysis sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ancient Battle ships an update every 3 months, Backgammon Trainer & Analysis every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ancient Battle | Backgammon Trainer & Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 684 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hunted Cow Studios Ltd. | Alex Gameli Heyman |
Customer experience
Ancient Battle
Backgammon Trainer & Analysis
Bugs and requests
Ancient Battle
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and performance issues after updates
- Inability to select units or engage in combat
- Graphical issues and hard-to-read unit info
Requested features
5 requests- Custom battle mode to create scenarios
- Ability to change unit facing
- Pass and play multiplayer
- More campaigns and historical scenarios
- Ability to continue after reaching end conditions
Backgammon Trainer & Analysis
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ancient Battle
- Britannia Campaign$1.99
- Germania Campaign$1.99
- Pontic Campaign$1.99
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- Parthia Campaign$1.99
- Terra Incognita Campaign$1.99
Backgammon Trainer & Analysis
- Pro Unlock$7.99
Questions
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