Comparison

Nardy vs Backgammon Online with Friends

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

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About

Nardy

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Play classic Backgammon offline against smart AI or with a friend on one device. Nardy: Backgammon Game brings the timeless board game experience to your iPhone and iPad with smooth gameplay, beautiful boards and intelligent opponents. Features: • Play offline anytime • Smart AI opponent • Two-player mode on one device • Short and Long Backgammon modes • Beautiful board themes, checker sets and 3D dice • Smooth dice and checker animations • Detailed statistics • 24 achievements and Game Center leaderboard • 12 languages • Designed for iPhone and iPad Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, enjoy a relaxing and polished backgammon experience wherever you are.

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Backgammon Online with Friends

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Backgammon against a real person — and you can hear them. At a table joined by an invite code you see their face too. The dice are fair: the game seed is on the table and every roll can be recomputed. No coins, no ads, no sign-up. VOICE AND FACE AT THE TABLE At an online table you can talk. The microphone is asked for once, when you sit down; say no and nothing else changes — the game simply goes on in silence. Video is switched on with a button and only at a table joined by an invite code, that is, between people who know each other; the camera is off by default. You can mute your opponent, report them, and never be matched with them again. GLASS DICE Every roll is computed from the game seed (HMAC-SHA256). The seed is shown on the table; “Verify” recomputes every die. Face, doubles and luck statistics for you and your opponent. No rigged dice, ever. BACKGAMMON AND THREE MORE RULE SETS • Backgammon: hitting, the bar, the doubling cube, the Crawford rule, gammon and backgammon. • Long nardy: the head, the 6-6/4-4/3-3 first-move exception, the six-block rule, mars and koks. • Tavla and Shesh Besh presets. Matches to 3, 5 and 7 points. A CHAMPION-LEVEL COACH Hints show the best play; the post-game review shows where points were lost. In backgammon the evaluation comes from a neural net stronger than GNU Backgammon, on your phone, offline. HONEST OPPONENTS Six bot characters from novice to master, always labelled. No fake “humans”. Two players on one phone. ONLINE WITH LIVE PLAYERS Find an opponent by rating or play a friend with a table code. Online dice come from the arbiter: the seed hash is shown to both before the first roll, and after the match the seed is revealed so every roll can be recomputed. Elo rating and a top-100 table — only for matches against real people. NO COINS, NO ADS Nothing you can buy makes you stronger. The Store screen holds Pro, three boards sold separately, and tips. Pro unlocks board themes, unlimited hints and the full luck history. Tips (“Support the yard”) unlock nothing — they are just a thank-you. The whole game is free. ONE HAND Portrait board, tap a checker and tap a point, two-dice jumps in one tap, auto-move when there is no choice. Works offline. No sign-up. Interface in 19 languages.

Screenshots

Nardy4 screens
Backgammon Online with Friends4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nardy at none against Backgammon Online with Friends's 7. Backgammon Online with Friends's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, 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. Backgammon Online with Friends sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Nardy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nardy ships an update every 4 months, Backgammon Online with Friends every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Nardy versus Backgammon Online with Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNardyBackgammon Online with Friends
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuliia ChornaNTSAUTOSIGA LLC

In-app purchases

None

Nardy

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Backgammon Online with Friends

One-time7
  • Tea for Gocha$0.99
  • Night board$1.99
  • Tbilisi board$1.99
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  • Istanbul board$1.99
  • Dinner for the yard$4.99
  • Narde Pro$5.99
  • A new board for the yard$9.99

Questions

Is Nardy free?
Nardy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backgammon Online with Friends free?
Backgammon Online with Friends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nardy or Backgammon Online with Friends have ads?
Nardy shows ads; Backgammon Online with Friends does not.
Which is updated more often, Nardy or Backgammon Online with Friends?
Nardy ships an update every 4 months, and Backgammon Online with Friends every 2 weeks. Most recently, Nardy was updated on October 1, 2026 and Backgammon Online with Friends on October 8, 2026.

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