Comparison

BackCheckers vs Tap

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Tap

Features
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TapRelay turns your room into a playground — a multi-device reaction & fitness game. Place several iPhones around the room. They light up one by one, and you run and tap them as fast as you can, using your reflexes, speed, and focus. Great as a party workout with friends, or solo reaction training. ■ Two Modes - Simple: run to the lit device and tap - Color Call: say the displayed ink color out loud — a Stroop brain-teaser (uses the microphone) ■ Features - Connect 2–8 iPhones (no internet — devices connect directly to each other) - 4 difficulty levels, combos, ranks, best-record tracking - A distance setting that adds time to reach devices placed farther apart - Solo practice with reaction-time display (works on one device) - 3 BGM tracks (Dance / Rock / City Pop) - Japanese & English ■ Pricing Free to play. The free version includes: - Simple mode - 2-device play (this device + 1) - 15s / 30s time limits - Near / Normal / Far distance - BGM #1 A single ¥100 in-app purchase unlocks everything: - Color Call mode - Up to 8 devices - 60s / Custom time (up to 3 min) - Custom distance (up to 10s) - BGM #2 / #3 / Random * Color Call mode uses on-device speech recognition. English voice recognition runs offline on recent iPhones; on older devices it may require an internet connection. * No ads.

Screenshots

BackCheckers4 screens
Tap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BackCheckers at none against Tap's 1. BackCheckers also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BackCheckers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BackCheckers ships an update every 3 days, Tap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BackCheckers versus Tap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackCheckersTap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReal Weird World LLCseiji honda

In-app purchases

None

BackCheckers

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tap

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$0.49

Questions

Is BackCheckers free?
BackCheckers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tap free?
Tap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BackCheckers or Tap have ads?
Neither BackCheckers nor Tap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BackCheckers or Tap?
BackCheckers ships an update every 3 days, and Tap every 2 months. Most recently, BackCheckers was updated on October 17, 2026 and Tap on October 8, 2026.

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