Comparison

Backgammon House vs Backgammon Trainer & Analysis

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

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About

Backgammon House

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Backgammon House brings the timeless game of backgammon to your iPhone with a clean, elegant board and an opponent that actually plays well. EXPERT AI Face an AI built on a world-class backgammon engine. Choose your level, from a relaxed game up to a Master opponent that will genuinely test you. BUILT-IN TRAINER Turn on Training Mode and get expert analysis of your position on every roll. See the best play, your winning chances, and the ideas behind strong moves. Like having a coach beside you. PLAY YOUR WAY - Single games or full matches - The doubling cube, with proper match play - Multiple board themes - Smooth, tactile piece movement and dice PLAYS OFFLINE The core game runs with no internet connection. (Expert and Master AI, plus Training Mode, use an online analysis engine for top-tier accuracy.) Whether you are learning the game or sharpening a lifetime of play, Backgammon House is built to make every match better.

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Backgammon Trainer & Analysis

This app offers a unique approach to backgammon by providing verifiable dice randomness and detailed post-game analysis. It features multiple game variants and an optional Pro upgrade for advanced training tools. Play offline with no account required.

Highlights
  • Verifiable dice randomness
  • Detailed post-game analysis
  • Multiple backgammon variants
  • Optional Pro upgrade
  • Offline play
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Every backgammon app says its dice are random. This one lets you check. Before the first roll of a match, Backgammon Trainer shows you a hash of the secret that every roll in that match comes from. The whole sequence is generated once, from that secret, and it is never regenerated, so the app physically cannot look at the board and choose a die. When the match ends you get the secret. Re-hash it and it must match what you were shown. Replay it and it must produce exactly the rolls you got. You can do both inside the app in one tap, or export the proof and check it with your own tools. Then it tells you what you actually did wrong. THE COACH Finish a match and every decision is reviewed. You get your performance rating, the number serious players use, plus your error rate split between checker play and cube handling. The report leads with your three worst decisions: the roll, the move you made, the move that was better, and exactly how much equity the difference cost you, with a plain sentence explaining why. Cube decisions get their own section, because that is where most rating quietly disappears. Take points and cash points are computed from the Kazaross-XG2 match equity table at your actual score, not from a rule of thumb, so the advice at 2-away 4-away is the advice for 2-away 4-away. ONE PRICE Playing is free and unlimited. Free also includes the fairness proof, the dice ledger and two full coach reports a day. Pro is a single purchase that opens the expert opponent, the live tutor, unlimited reports, the cube explainer, full history, blunder drills and every variant. One payment. It does not renew, and there is no second unlock to buy later. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY Backgammon with the doubling cube, Crawford and Jacoby. Nackgammon, where every game is a priming battle. Hypergammon, three checkers a side. Tavla, played as it is in Turkey, without the cube and with mars counting double. Plakoto from the Greek tavli set, where you pin checkers instead of hitting them. All five are complete rules implementations, not relabelled boards. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PLAY Legal moves only, with the maximum dice rule, the forced higher die and oversized bear-off dice all handled correctly. Undo before you commit. Home board on either side. Point numbers and pip counts on or off. Larger checkers when you want them. Match play to any length up to 15 points. Everything works offline, with no account and no sign-up. Match export in the plain text format desktop analysis tools already read, so nothing you play here is trapped in here. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Turkish, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and English. Tavla, tavli, nardi and shesh besh are the same game, and this app speaks all of them. PRIVACY Nothing leaves your device. No account, no analytics, no tracking, no network calls. Your matches, your ratings and your dice history are stored on your phone and nowhere else. PRO UNLOCK Pro is a one time in-app purchase for your Apple Account. It is not a subscription, it does not auto renew, and there is nothing to cancel. Restore Purchases is in Settings. Privacy policy: https://app.innovaapps.ai/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Backgammon Trainer & Analysis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backgammon Trainer & Analysis at none against Backgammon House's 1. Backgammon Trainer & Analysis also leads on device support. Backgammon House's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Backgammon House sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Backgammon Trainer & Analysis asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 4 level
Backgammon House versus Backgammon Trainer & Analysis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackgammon HouseBackgammon Trainer & Analysis
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”0.0% of reviews
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
Monetizationโ€”Freemium
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEsbro Labs LLCAlex Gameli Heyman

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Backgammon House

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Backgammon Trainer & Analysis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backgammon House free?
Backgammon House is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backgammon Trainer & Analysis free?
Backgammon Trainer & Analysis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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