Backgammon Notebook vs Tavla Rivals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgammon Notebook
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"Backgammon Notebook" is a dedicated study app designed to help backgammon players of all levels improve their game. Whether you want to review a complex mid-game position from a recent match or organize your daily practice, this app makes it easy to record, manage, and analyze board positions anytime, anywhere. [Key Features] # Intuitive Board Editor: Quickly set up any board state with simple tap and slide interactions. Checkers, dice, doubling cubes, and pip counts can be adjusted and viewed effortlessly through a clean UI. # Save and Manage Positions: Save each position with a custom title and your personal notes. Use the favorite feature to easily tag and find your most important setups later. # Powerful AI Analysis (GNU Backgammon): Run cloud-based gnubg analysis directly from the app. Discover the best moves, evaluate cube actions, and check equities to understand the optimal play. # Complete Match Status Support: Records both money game and match play states, fully supporting match lengths, scores, and Crawford settings. # Cloud Data Sync: Link your account (Google / Apple) to securely back up your positions to the cloud and access your backgammon notebook seamlessly across multiple devices. # Standard ID Integration: Easily display and copy standard gnubg ID and XGID to share or use with other tools. It also supports importing positions via gnubg ID and XGID.
Tavla Rivals
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Tavla Rivals is a modern backgammon game built for fast matches, clean controls, and a competitive profile system. Play against AI opponents, choose your difficulty level, roll fair random dice, make legal moves, and improve your ELO after every match. Earn BIT through daily rewards, optional rewarded ads, and in-app purchases, then use BIT to unlock visual themes and hints. Features: - Classic backgammon gameplay - AI difficulty levels - Fair random dice system - ELO, ranks, streaks, and match history - Achievements and profile badges - Unlockable board themes - Optional rewarded ads - Optional in-app BIT packs - Optional ad-free upgrade Tavla Rivals does not offer real-money gambling, cash prizes, betting, withdrawals, or real-world rewards. BIT is a virtual in-game currency used only inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backgammon Notebook at none against Tavla Rivals's 4. Tavla Rivals's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). 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. Tavla Rivals sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Backgammon Notebook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backgammon Notebook ships an update monthly, Tavla Rivals every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgammon Notebook | Tavla Rivals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yusuke Kanno | enes agu |
In-app purchases
Backgammon Notebook
No in-app purchases
Tavla Rivals
- 100 BIT$0.99
- 500 BIT$0.99
- Ad-Free Pack$1.99
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- 1200 BIT$2.99
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