Comparison

Backgammon (skeptrune) vs Backgammon Clash

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

Head to head
About

Backgammon (skeptrune)

Features
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Play full backgammon matches against GNU Backgammon, the free neural-network engine that serious players use to study the game. HOW IT PLAYS - 7-point matches against GNU Backgammon, running at 2-ply strength. - Tap a highlighted checker to move it. Legal moves are worked out for you, so you can only make legal plays. - Undo your move step by step before you confirm it. - With two different dice, choose which die to play first. - Pip counts for you and your opponent are always shown. - Full match rules from the engine: doubling cube, Crawford rule, gammons and backgammons. - Double when it is your turn to roll, and take or pass when the engine doubles you. - The engine may offer to resign a lost game; accept or play on. - Built for landscape, on a wood and felt board. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account and no sign-in. - No ads, no analytics, no tracking. - The engine runs on your phone. Your matches are saved only on your device. - An internet connection is needed to load the engine when the app starts. GNU Backgammon is free software licensed under the GPL-3.0 (https://www.gnu.org/software/gnubg/). This app runs a WebAssembly build of it from the gnubg-web project by Theodore Hwa. Questions or feedback: me@skeptrune.com

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Backgammon Clash

Features
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Your opponent just doubled. Take it and play on at twice the stakes, or drop and hand them the game. The clock is running. Well? Backgammon Clash is real-time backgammon against real people. Standard rules, proper dice, and the doubling cube that makes every game a negotiation. Choose how long you want to play — race to 1, 3, 5 or 9 points — and you're on the board in seconds. It's the game you open on the train and finish before your stop. • Real people, real time — matches start in seconds, not "searching…" forever • The full cube: double, take, drop, and the Crawford rule • Stuck? Buy the engine's best move — and your opponent sees that you did • Climb the global leaderboard and challenge your friends directly • Pip counts, gammons, backgammons — scored the way the game is meant to be No fluff, no endless menus — just a board, two dice, and someone out there who thinks they read the position better than you. Show them otherwise.

Screenshots

Backgammon (skeptrune)4 screens
Backgammon Clash4 screens

Verdict

The call

Backgammon (skeptrune) and Backgammon Clash are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Backgammon (skeptrune) versus Backgammon Clash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackgammon (skeptrune)Backgammon Clash
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB54 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNicholas KhamiAlgotery LLC

In-app purchases

None

Backgammon (skeptrune)

No in-app purchases

None

Backgammon Clash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backgammon (skeptrune) free?
Backgammon (skeptrune) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backgammon Clash free?
Backgammon Clash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backgammon (skeptrune) or Backgammon Clash have ads?
Neither Backgammon (skeptrune) nor Backgammon Clash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backgammon (skeptrune) or Backgammon Clash?
Backgammon (skeptrune) ships an update fortnightly, and Backgammon Clash fortnightly. Most recently, Backgammon (skeptrune) was updated on October 24, 2026 and Backgammon Clash on October 24, 2026.

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