Mex Train vs Backgammon Pip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mex Train
A digital adaptation of the popular family domino game. Compete against three AI opponents, strategically arranging your dominoes to build the best train. Utilize hints to guide your moves and optimize your gameplay.
- Play against three computer opponents
- Drag and arrange dominoes
- Flip dominoes before play
- Build your perfect train
- Get play hints
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Favorite family domino game. Play against three computer opponents. Drag ten dominoes to your home area to start each round. Before play, you can double-tap a domino to flip it around, and arrange your perfect train. Tap the question mark for a play hint (doesn't show, if no play available).
Backgammon Pip
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Backgammon with dice you can check. Before the first roll, Pip locks in every roll of the game and shows you the fingerprint of that lock. When the game ends, the lock is opened for you to see, and every roll matches. The app could not have chosen a roll after seeing the board, and the screen says so in one line. 10 GAMES FREE, THEN ONE PRICE Play 10 full games free. If you want more, one purchase opens Pip for good. No ads, no coins, no energy, no chests, no subscription. A REAL BOARD A wooden case that opens on the bar, felt, bevelled checkers that fly between the points, and dice that tumble in 3D and land on the number they were locked to. Sounds of wood and felt, not beeps. Light and dark. THREE COMPUTER OPPONENTS, LABELLED AS COMPUTERS Nobody pretends to be a person. Easy, medium and strong; the strong one looks two moves ahead, uses the cube, and refuses a direct shot when a safe play exists. TWO PEOPLE, ONE PHONE Pass and play on the same board. COMMENTARY FROM THE FACTS A short word after each turn: a point made, a hit, a blot left in range, a prime taking shape. Computed from the position, never invented. Switch it off in settings if you prefer silence. THE FULL RULES Bar, hits, bearing off, forced use of both dice, the larger-die rule, doubles, the doubling cube, gammon and backgammon. The engine never offers an illegal move. Pip is made by one person who was tired of coin casinos wearing a board.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mex Train at none against Backgammon Pip's 1. Mex Train also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). Backgammon Pip's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 16 months). On price and ads 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 Pip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mex Train asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mex Train ships an update every 16 months, Backgammon Pip every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mex Train | Backgammon Pip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phil Stern | Elchanan Uzan |
In-app purchases
Mex Train
No in-app purchases
Backgammon Pip
- Pip, unlocked$4.99
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