Comparison

Farkle & Dice vs Backgammon Online with Friends

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

Head to head
About

Farkle & Dice

This dice game challenges you to roll, score, and strategically bank points. Push your luck with each roll to achieve higher scores, but beware of a Farkle that could reset your turn. Customize your experience with unlockable skins and themes.

Highlights
  • Risk-based dice rolling and scoring
  • Solo challenges and pass-and-play modes
  • Customizable target scores and game rules
  • Unlockable dice skins and table themes
  • Progress tracking with XP, levels, and achievements
  • Tactile feedback with sound and vibration
  • Offline play supported
Features
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Roll, set aside scoring dice, and decide whether to bank your points or keep going for a bigger turn. Every extra roll creates another opportunity, but one Farkle can wipe out everything you have not banked. PLAY YOUR WAY Take on Solo Challenges, pass one device between two players, or face opponents across multiple difficulty levels. Choose a target score of 5,000, 7,500, 10,000, or 20,000 points, then adjust the opening requirement and minimum bank amount to create the kind of game you want. Helpful scoring guidance makes it easy to identify playable dice, while a clear score panel keeps each turn easy to follow. New players can learn through the guided introduction and built-in rules, while experienced players can reduce the guidance and get straight into the game. ROLL, SCORE, AND TAKE THE RISK Build your score with single 1s and 5s, matching sets, straights, three pairs, two triplets, four of a kind with a pair, and other familiar Farkle combinations. Chase Hot Dice, push for a larger total, or stop at the right moment and secure your points. PROGRESS AND CUSTOMIZE Earn XP and Pips as you play, complete Achievements, advance through Levels and Cup ranks, and track your progress over time. Unlock Dice Skins and collectible rolling Cups, then combine them with elegant table themes to create your preferred tabletop style. Pips are earned through gameplay and progression and are used for cosmetic unlocks. Sound effects and haptic feedback give rolls, selections, banks, Hot Dice, and Farkles a more tactile feel. Sound, vibration, and scoring guidance can all be adjusted in Settings. TRACK EVERY GAME Review lifetime Statistics covering games, wins and losses, scoring activity, Farkles, Hot Dice, progression, and eligible Solo best completion times. One-time and multi-tier Achievements give you new goals as you continue playing. No account or internet connection is required. Play Solo, challenge an opponent, or pass the device to a friend, then decide whether to bank your points or risk one more roll.

About

Backgammon Online with Friends

Features
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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 banners, 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 BANNERS 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. No banners and no ads mid-game — just a short video between games, and Pro or any purchased board turns it off. Any board can be tried on for a day for one video. 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

Farkle & Dice4 screens
Backgammon Online with Friends4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Farkle & Dice at none against Backgammon Online with Friends's shown. Farkle & Dice also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Farkle & Dice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Backgammon Online with Friends sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Farkle & Dice ships an update every 6 days, Backgammon Online with Friends every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Farkle & Dice versus Backgammon Online with Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarkle & DiceBackgammon Online with Friends
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHakan Sami UgurNTSAUTOSIGA LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Farkle & Dice

One-time1
  • Farkle Double Pip Rewards$2.99
7 purchases

Backgammon Online with Friends

One-time7
  • Tea for Gocha$0.99
  • Night board$1.99
  • Tbilisi board$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Istanbul board$1.99
  • Dinner for the yard$4.99
  • Narde Pro$5.99
  • A new board for the yard$9.99

Questions

Is Farkle & Dice free?
Farkle & Dice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backgammon Online with Friends free?
Backgammon Online with Friends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Farkle & Dice or Backgammon Online with Friends have ads?
Backgammon Online with Friends shows ads; Farkle & Dice does not.
Which is updated more often, Farkle & Dice or Backgammon Online with Friends?
Farkle & Dice ships an update every 6 days, and Backgammon Online with Friends every 11 days. Most recently, Farkle & Dice was updated on October 25, 2026 and Backgammon Online with Friends on October 25, 2026.

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