Comparison

The Crime Logs vs Backgammon for Tea

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

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The Crime Logs

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Become a detective. Solve gripping mysteries. Trust no one. The Crime Logs is an immersive detective mystery game where you investigate real-world inspired criminal cases โ€” one clue, one suspect, one piece of evidence at a time. INVESTIGATE LIKE A REAL DETECTIVE Each case puts you inside a full investigation dossier. Study the case overview, listen to witness statements, read police reports, examine physical evidence, and build your theory before making your final accusation. Every case is divided into 6 investigation tabs: Overview, Witnesses, Reports, Evidence, Hints, and Solution. Work through each layer before submitting your verdict. INTERROGATE SUSPECTS WITH AI Don't just read statements โ€” challenge them. The AI-powered interrogation system lets you question suspects and key witnesses directly. Ask anything. Apply pressure. Catch them in a lie. INVESTIGATE WITH FRIENDS Add fellow detectives with a friend code, see who's online, and check out their detective profile. Create a private investigation room or browse public rooms and join an open case in your language โ€” no invite needed. Solve cases together in real time: share evidence, write a shared casebook, send messages, and use voice chat. 2 to 8 players. IMMERSIVE AUDIO NARRATION Each case is brought to life with high-quality voice acting. Listen to your inspector's briefing, witness interviews, and key dialogue moments. Close your eyes and let the investigation come to you. BUILD YOUR DETECTIVE RANK Every solved case earns you a score based on accuracy, hints used, and time taken. Rise through 30 detective ranks โ€” from Rookie all the way to Shadow Hunter โ€” and compete on the global leaderboard. HUNDREDS OF REAL-WORLD INSPIRED CASES Three difficulty tiers โ€” easy, medium, and hard โ€” taking you from quick mysteries to complex investigations across crime scenes around the world. New cases added regularly. YOUR CAREER, YOUR REWARDS Every investigation builds your career. Earn XP with each solved case, complete daily and weekly assignments, and keep your login calendar alive. Collect Evidence for the work you do and convert it into Tokens โ€” spend them on hints, the solution file, AI questions, or your detective's look. YOUR AVATAR AND YOUR PARTNER The cosmetics shop is open: dress your detective from dozens of items and position every piece yourself until the look is exactly right. And you don't work alone โ€” a pixel detective dog lives in its own kennel. Wake it, pet it, feed it, take it for a walk; keep your daily streak and it grows at your side through six stages. FEATURES - Hundreds of detective cases inspired by real-world events - AI-powered suspect & witness interrogation - Single-player and multiplayer investigation modes - Add friends by detective code and view their profiles - Browse and join public rooms, or create private ones โ€” filter by language - Voice chat in multiplayer rooms (2-8 players) - Audio narration for every case section - 6-tab case dossier system - Global leaderboard & 30 detective ranks - 4 visual themes: Noir, Cold Lab, Warm Archive, Blood Moon - Plays offline (cases load without an internet connection) - Interface available in 12 languages - Sign in with Apple, Google, or email - Free to play, optional Premium subscription unlocks unlimited AI questions - Detective career: XP, daily & weekly assignments, login calendar - Two in-game currencies โ€” Evidence and Tokens - Cosmetics shop: dozens of items, and you place every piece yourself - A pixel detective dog in its own kennel โ€” wake, pet, feed and walk it - Investigation Journal and community polls The files are open. The suspects are waiting. Are you ready to find the truth? Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Backgammon for Tea

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The tea is ordered and the board is open. Across the table sit the six regulars of a Turkish coffeehouse. There is no money and there are no coins on the table; you play over tea. Honest dice, and the proof is on screen Every roll of a match is fixed and sealed before the first one is thrown. The seal stays on screen for the whole match. When the match ends the seed opens, and the dice log recomputes every roll from it and shows whether the seal holds. Your opponent's strength never comes from the dice: each regular has an error budget, written on screen, and the difficulty comes from that. Six regulars Emre, the apprentice at the tea stove, hates leaving a checker open. Nermin ร–ฤŸretmen builds points and waits. Cemal the taxi driver hits whatever he can. Suna the pharmacist never leaves a checker behind. Rฤฑza Usta, who runs the place, plays a balanced game. Sรผreyya Bey at the corner table hardly makes a mistake. They all talk and call the dice; you can turn the voices off. Same-dice rematch If you think the dice ran their way, ask for a rematch with the same dice. The seats swap: you get the rolls your opponent had in the first match. Luck or moves After each game there is a short summary: what the dice gave each side, what the mistakes cost, your costliest move and what could have been played instead. The summary is an estimate, and the screen says so. The game - Turkish rules: a mars (gammon) counts two points, and there is no doubling cube. - Matches to 3, 5 or 7 points. - Drag a checker or tap it; undo a move, ask for a hint when you are stuck. - Plays offline. No account. - iPhone and iPad. On iPad it plays in portrait and landscape. - Turkish and English. Ads An ad appears only after a match has ended, never while you are playing. The same-dice rematch is never behind an ad. A one-time purchase removes the ads between matches. No coins, no lives, no energy and no waiting.

Screenshots

The Crime Logs4 screens
Backgammon for Tea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Backgammon for Tea at daily against The Crime Logs's weekly. The Crime Logs's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. The Crime Logs sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Backgammon for Tea sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Crime Logs ships an update weekly, Backgammon for Tea daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
The Crime Logs versus Backgammon for Tea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Crime LogsBackgammon for Tea
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size65 MB27 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEMRE KIZAKOrhan Ege Bilge

In-app purchases

9 purchases

The Crime Logs

Subscriptions7
  • Ad-Free โ€“ Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Plus โ€“ Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro โ€“ Monthly$2.991 Month
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  • Ad-Free โ€“ 6 Months$4.996 Months
  • Ad-Free โ€“ Yearly$8.991 Year
  • Plus โ€“ 6 Months$9.996 Months
  • Plus โ€“ Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Ad-Free โ€“ Lifetime$19.99
  • Plus โ€“ Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

Backgammon for Tea

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is The Crime Logs free?
The Crime Logs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backgammon for Tea free?
Backgammon for Tea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Crime Logs or Backgammon for Tea have ads?
Both The Crime Logs and Backgammon for Tea show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Crime Logs or Backgammon for Tea?
The Crime Logs ships an update weekly, and Backgammon for Tea daily. Most recently, The Crime Logs was updated on October 31, 2026 and Backgammon for Tea on October 31, 2026.

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