Backgammon Mastery vs Paper Backgammon Scoreboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgammon Mastery
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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.
Paper Backgammon Scoreboard
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A minimal scoreboard for in-person backgammon matches. Designed to do one thing well: track the match score with Crawford rule support, and nothing else. No player names, no timers, no doubling cube. If it wouldn't be on a paper scoreboard, it isn't here. It's for casual play across the board, not tournament clock-and-clipboard duty. FEATURES • Two score panels, tap either side to add a point • Flip-chart animation, scores animate with a physical flip-card effect, rotating around the coil axis • Score correction: long-press a panel to decrease a score by one (confirmation required) • Match length: tap the center when scores are 0–0 to cycle forward (3, 5, 7 … 21); long-press to cycle backward • New match: tap or long-press the center while a match is in progress to reset scores • Crawford rule automatically detected and displayed; transitions to Post-Crawford after the following game • Match over alert shown when a player reaches the target score • State persistence: your match is silently restored when reopened • Screen always on: the display stays awake while the app is open • Haptic feedback: taps, corrections, and match events have distinct feedback • Light and dark themes, following the system appearance by default; override in iOS Settings • Accessibility: VoiceOver labels and roles on all interactive elements • iPhone, landscape-only PRIVACY This app collects no data, makes no network requests, and uses no analytics or tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paper Backgammon Scoreboard at none against Backgammon Mastery's 2. 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 Mastery sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Paper Backgammon Scoreboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Backgammon Mastery | Paper Backgammon Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freddie Noer | Péter Szász |
In-app purchases
Backgammon Mastery
- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Annual subscription3 Days trial$34.991 Year
Paper Backgammon Scoreboard
No in-app purchases
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