Comparison

Hexa vs Backgammon True Dice

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

Head to head
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Hexa

Features
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Master the hex! Design your offense, plan your defense, and outsmart rivals in 7 rounds of intense strategy. Join the Countries League and play for glory! Play in the Countries League Game and help your country climb in the Countries Leaderboard. Challenge your online friends in a turn-based game even if you are miles away. With Game Center you can see your classification in the global Hexa-Ball community and in the Country Leaderboard.

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Backgammon True Dice

Features
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Backgammon you can check. Every backgammon app says its dice are random. This one lets you prove it. Before your first move, Backgammon True Dice generates a random 32-byte seed and shows you its SHA-256 fingerprint, right there on the board. Every roll of the game is derived from that seed, so the whole sequence is fixed before you make a single decision. When the game ends, the seed is revealed and the app replays every roll in front of you. Copy the seed, the fingerprint and the roll journal, and you can repeat the calculation with any tool you like. The opponent never sees the seed. It receives the board and the roll that has already happened โ€” nothing else. Difficulty changes how deeply it thinks, never what you roll. TWO GAMES ON ONE BOARD โ€ข Backgammon โ€” opposing tracks, hitting, the bar, gammons and backgammons โ€ข Long nardy โ€” one direction, no hitting, one checker off the head per turn, mars PLAY YOUR WAY โ€ข Three opponent levels, from a relaxed game to a genuinely hard one โ€ข Two players on one device, passing it back and forth โ€ข Take back a whole turn until you confirm it โ€ข Legal moves highlighted, so the rules never get in the way SEE THE DICE FOR YOURSELF โ€ข The game fingerprint stays visible on the board while you play โ€ข Full roll journal, including the rolls that decided who starts โ€ข A histogram of all 36 outcomes for you and your opponent, against what fair dice would give โ€ข Journals of your last twenty games, so you can check a suspicion days later BUILT TO BE QUIET โ€ข Works entirely offline, in airplane mode, on a plane or underground โ€ข No account, no sign-in, nothing to set up โ€ข Not a single system permission requested โ€” no contacts, no location, no notifications โ€ข Nothing is collected: no analytics, no tracking, no networking code at all Backgammon and long nardy are traditional games with centuries of history. This app adds one modern thing to them: dice you do not have to take on trust.

Screenshots

Hexa4 screens
Backgammon True Dice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backgammon True Dice at none against Hexa's 4. Backgammon True Dice also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Hexa sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Backgammon True Dice asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Hexa versus Backgammon True Dice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexaBackgammon True Dice
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTheologos BatsioulasMalthe Hertz

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Hexa

One-time4
  • 10 for$0.99
  • 30 for$1.99
  • 2 Months$1.99
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  • 1 Year$6.99
None

Backgammon True Dice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexa free?
Hexa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backgammon True Dice free?
Backgammon True Dice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexa or Backgammon True Dice have ads?
Hexa shows ads; Backgammon True Dice does not.

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