BackCheckers vs Yonder Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BackCheckers
A fast-paced, turn-based hockey strategy board game for two players. It combines dice rolling and strategic movement with real hockey-inspired gameplay for quick, intense matches. Play solo against the CPU or locally with a friend.
- Turn-based hockey gameplay
- Dice rolling with strategic movement
- 2-player local pass-and-play
- CPU opponent mode
- Built-in stat tracking
- Matches 5-20 minutes
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BackCheckers is a fast-paced dice strategy game for hockey lovers and board game fans. Built for two players, it combines dice rolling, strategic movement, and real hockey-inspired play in quick, intense matches. Play a friend across the table, take on the CPU, or use it as a live scoreboard for the physical BackCheckers board game. Every move matters. TWO GAMES IN ONE BackCheckers — turn-based hockey on the rink. Roll, move, shoot and backcheck. Shots, saves, takeaways, breakaways and penalty shots all play out on the board. Odd Man Rush — a hockey-themed checkers variant. Jump your opponent, promote defenders into forwards, and break away one-on-one against the goalie. FOR THE PHYSICAL BOARD GAME A full digital scoreboard for playing BackCheckers on a real table. Game clock, periods, shots, saves, takeaways, breakaways, faceoffs and possession, all tracked live while you play. Log the final score when you're done and it goes straight into your career stats. SHARE YOUR GAMES Send a finished game to whoever you played and it lands in their stats too, once they confirm it. Send it by AirDrop, Messages, or any app you like — and it works whether or not they have BackCheckers yet. STATS THAT LAST Career records across every mode League standings for everyone you play Full box scores, goal by goal Wins, shooting percentage, save records and more PLAY YOUR WAY Pass-and-play locally with a friend Solo against the CPU Digital scoreboard for the physical board game Adjustable rink size, period length, and first-to-five or three-period matches No internet required Matches average 3-15 minutes. Easy to learn, but every decision counts. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No data collected. BackCheckers works entirely offline and your stats live on your device. When you share a game, it travels inside the link itself — there's no server holding your record of it. Bring the intensity of hockey to your fingertips. Download BackCheckers and start competing today.
Yonder Golf
Experience a tranquil golfing journey with simple one-thumb controls. Explore procedurally generated courses across eight evolving biomes, with physics and sound designed for a calming experience. Collect hidden relics and enjoy a peaceful escape.
- One-thumb golf controls
- Endless procedural course
- Eight living biomes
- Hidden relics collection
- Daily Hole challenge
- Earned redo for stray swings
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Yonder is a quiet place to swing. One drag back, one release — the ball arcs over the hills toward a far-off flag. Sink it, and the next hole is already waiting. No levels, no timers, no game over. Just you, a gentle world, and the next shot. Every hole is generated the moment you arrive, so the journey never repeats. Fairway rolls true, rock kicks the ball loose, soft sand swallows your pace — read the ground and feel it through every bounce. And as the holes add up, the world quietly changes around you: warm desert gives way to windswept links, then snow, a night sky, the shimmer of an aurora, a distant coast, volcanic dark, and at last the stillness of space. Eight worlds, each morphing into the next, for as long as you keep playing. It's made to be felt. Physics, haptics, and a soft generative soundtrack are tuned together, so a clean launch, a long roll, and the drop into the cup each land in your hands and your ears. Slip on headphones, let the world go quiet, and breathe. WHAT YOU'LL FIND OUT THERE • One-thumb golf — drag to aim and power, release to swing. That's the whole control scheme. • An endless, procedural course that never plays the same hole twice. • Eight living biomes that morph as your journey grows. • Holes-in-one, birdies, and eagles — small triumphs, gently marked, never nagged. • An earned redo for a stray swing, so one bad shot never ruins the calm. • 274 hidden relics to unearth as you sink holes — real museum pieces from the Smithsonian, the Met, and more, alongside a whimsical collection all their own. • A Daily Hole: one shared hole, one attempt, a streak to keep alive. • iCloud backup, plus Game Center leaderboards and achievements when you want them. Free to play — the first five holes are yours, no strings attached. A single $0.99 purchase then unlocks the endless journey forever: no subscriptions, no recurring charges, buy it once and keep it. No ads. No accounts, no sign-up, no tracking, no dark patterns — a calm corner of the App Store that only asks you to take one more swing. We're a small team, and we read everything. If there's something you'd love to see in Yonder, tell us. TERMS OF USE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Built by Zima Logistics LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BackCheckers at none against Yonder Golf's 1. BackCheckers also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Yonder Golf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BackCheckers asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BackCheckers against 5.0 for Yonder Golf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
BackCheckers ships an update every 3 days, Yonder Golf every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | BackCheckers | Yonder Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Real Weird World LLC | ZIma Logistics LLC |
Customer experience
BackCheckers
Yonder Golf
In-app purchases
BackCheckers
No in-app purchases
Yonder Golf
- Endless Journey$0.99
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