Online Backgammon vs Narde & Backgammon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Online Backgammon
Experience a classic board game with modern gameplay, smooth animations, and competitive modes. Play solo against AI, challenge players worldwide in real-time matches, and climb the ranked ladder through seasons and tournaments.
- Single player AI matches
- Real-time online multiplayer
- Ranked ladder with divisions and tiers
- Seasonal rewards and XP
- Daily and weekly tournaments
- In-match pause and resume
- Global leaderboards
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BACKGAMMON, BUILT FOR PLAYING TOGETHER Meet real players for fast, competitive backgammon matches online. Read the board, trust the dice, and race to bear off every checker before your opponent. The match is more than the moves. Send recorded voice messages or use text chat without leaving the board. Play with someone new, challenge a friend, and keep the conversation going one turn at a time. PLAY YOUR WAY Choose the kind of match that fits your game: - Match with real players online - Add friends, accept friend requests, and send direct challenges - Invite someone to play through a match link - Select a point match and pursue gammon or backgammon scoring - Practice against an Advanced AI with adjustable difficulty; offline play is available Want to learn from a finished game? Replay your own matches and revisit the decisions that shaped the result. You can also watch a friend's match or spectate a direct game when available. No opponent online, or want to play without a connection? Practice offline against the Advanced AI at your own pace. CLIMB THE DAILY PUZZLE MAP A fresh position lands every day, and the puzzles sit on a level map you climb one set at a time. Clear a set to open the next stage, and see where your solving stands on the puzzle leaderboard. PLAY, TALK, AND STAY IN CONTROL Backgammon has always been social. Recorded voice messages bring personality to the board while text chat keeps every exchange quick and convenient. You decide how you interact. Mute voice messages, block a player, or report a player from the available in-game controls. CLIMB THE RANKED LADDER Every ranked match is a chance to progress. Move through a seven-tier ladder with divisions, build your rating, and earn the badge that reflects your current rank. Follow the global leaderboard, compare your progress with other players, and keep pushing toward the next division. Unlock achievements along the way as your match history grows. MAKE THE BOARD YOURS Choose a board theme that suits your style, from deep classic wood to the softer pastel boards, and complete your player profile with an avatar. The board now carries real depth: a raised centre bar, checkers that drop a soft shadow onto the points, and a tray that holds every checker you bear off with the count on top. Smooth checker movement and animated dice keep each turn clear and lively, whether you are racing, holding, or setting up the next hit. ENERGY FOR YOUR NEXT MATCH Matches run on energy. Add an energy pack from the shop when you want more, take your daily top-up, or watch a rewarded video, which is open to every player, Premium included. Backgammon is easy to begin and endlessly rewarding to study. Timing, probability, position, and nerve all meet on the same board. Players may know the game as backgammon, tavla, or nard; the goal remains the same: bring every checker home first. With support for 23 languages, it is easy to find your way around the board and connect through the game. Start a match, share a voice message, and see how far you can climb. Premium subscription Go Premium to play ad free, unlock every board theme, and claim 1000 bonus energy daily. Available weekly, monthly, or yearly; the subscription renews automatically until cancelled. Prices are shown in the app. Terms of Use: https://backgammon.mitcore.com/en/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://backgammon.mitcore.com/en/privacy.html
Narde & Backgammon
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A game against a real person — and you can hear him. At a table joined by an invite code you see his face too. The dice are honest: the game seed is on the table and every roll can be recomputed. VOICE AND FACE AT THE TABLE At an online table you can talk. The microphone is asked for once, when you sit down; say no and nothing else changes — the game simply goes on in silence. Video is switched on with a button and only at a table joined by an invite code, that is, between people who know each other; the camera is off by default. You can mute your opponent, report him, and never be matched with him again. GLASS DICE Every roll is computed from the game seed (HMAC-SHA256). The seed is shown on the table; “Verify” recomputes every die. Face, doubles and luck statistics for you and your opponent. No rigged dice, ever. TWO GAMES, REGIONAL RULES • Long nardy: the head, the 6-6/4-4/3-3 first-move exception, the six-block rule, mars and koks. • Backgammon: hitting, the bar, the doubling cube, the Crawford rule, gammon and backgammon. • Tavla and Shesh Besh presets. Matches to 3, 5 and 7 points. A CHAMPION-LEVEL COACH Hints show the best play; the post-game review shows where points were lost. In backgammon the evaluation comes from a neural net stronger than GNU Backgammon, on your phone, offline. HONEST OPPONENTS Six bot characters from novice to master, always labelled. No fake “humans”. Two players on one phone. ONLINE WITH LIVE PLAYERS Find an opponent by rating or play a friend with a table code. Online dice come from the arbiter: the seed hash is shown to both before the first roll, and after the match the seed is revealed so every roll can be recomputed. Elo rating and a top-100 table — only for matches against real people. NO COINS, NO ADS Nothing you can buy makes you stronger. The Store screen holds Pro, three boards sold separately, and tips. Pro unlocks board themes, unlimited hints and the full luck history. Tips (“Support the yard”) unlock nothing — they are just a thank-you. The whole game is free. ONE HAND Portrait board, tap a checker and tap a point, two-dice jumps in one tap, auto-move when there is no choice. Works offline. No sign-up. Interface in 19 languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Online Backgammon at none against Narde & Backgammon's 7. Online Backgammon also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Narde & Backgammon's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Narde & Backgammon sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Online Backgammon asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Online Backgammon | Narde & Backgammon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Ozgur | Nikolai Tsyrenov |
In-app purchases
Online Backgammon
No in-app purchases
Narde & Backgammon
- Tea for Gocha$0.99
- Night board$1.99
- Tbilisi board$1.99
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- Istanbul board$1.99
- Dinner for the yard$4.99
- Narde Pro$5.99
- A new board for the yard$9.99
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