Comparison

Backgammon Heroes vs Backgammon Mastery

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Backgammon Heroes

Engage in fast-paced online backgammon matches with friends or compete against players worldwide. Test your skills in tournaments and climb the leaderboards. Enjoy a simple and quick gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer matches
  • Play with friends via code sharing
  • Tournament competitions
  • Player ranking and evaluation
  • Simple and fast gameplay
Features
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Play Online with click a button. It's really simple and fast to enjoy the game. Play with your friends by sharing a code. Compete players and evaluate yourself in tournaments. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.backgammononline24.com/privacy-policy/

About

Backgammon Mastery

Features
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Enhance your backgammon skills with quizzes focused on your weak spots. Explore over 75,000 challenging positions from elite tournament players, featuring errors in checker plays and cube decisions. Select quizzes using a variety of position filters to tailor your practice. Test yourself and see if you can make the right moves! Build your personalized database by extracting positions from match files analyzed by eXtreme Gammon. Automatically update your database with positions that were played incorrectly for efficient review and improvement. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Subscribe now and enjoy a 3-day free trial (first time users only). Cancel anytime before the trial ends to avoid charges.

Screenshots

Backgammon Heroes4 screens
Backgammon Mastery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backgammon Heroes at none against Backgammon Mastery's 2. Backgammon Heroes also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). Backgammon Mastery's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Backgammon Mastery sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Backgammon Heroes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backgammon Heroes ships an update monthly, Backgammon Mastery every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Backgammon Heroes versus Backgammon Mastery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackgammon HeroesBackgammon Mastery
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size233 MB133 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMohammad Saleh Habibi MazaheriFreddie Noer

In-app purchases

None

Backgammon Heroes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Backgammon Mastery

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual subscription3 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Backgammon Heroes free?
Backgammon Heroes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backgammon Mastery free?
Backgammon Mastery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Backgammon Heroes or Backgammon Mastery have ads?
Backgammon Heroes shows ads; Backgammon Mastery does not.
Which is updated more often, Backgammon Heroes or Backgammon Mastery?
Backgammon Heroes ships an update monthly, and Backgammon Mastery every 9 days. Most recently, Backgammon Heroes was updated on October 1, 2026 and Backgammon Mastery on October 10, 2026.

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