Comparison

Backgammon Mastermind vs Chouette

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

Head to head
About

Backgammon Mastermind

Master the classic board game with interactive lessons and AI opponents. Learn rules, practice moves, and play against friends offline. Enjoy a full backgammon experience without ads or accounts.

Highlights
  • Interactive lessons
  • Heuristic AI opponent
  • Local 2-player mode
  • Drag and tap controls
  • Legal move highlighting
  • Offline play
Features
Currently charting
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Backgammon Mastermind is a polished take on the classic strategy board game — with an interactive Learn to Play path that teaches real rules on a live board. New to backgammon? Work through five short guided lessons covering the board, movement, hitting, the bar, and bearing off. Pass a quick check, then play your first real game. Already know the game? Jump straight into a match against the computer or share the board with a friend in pass-and-play mode. Roll dice, move your checkers, hit blots, and bear off all fifteen to win. Features: • Learn to Play — interactive lessons on a real board • Play against the computer • Local 2-player pass-and-play • Drag or tap to move; legal destinations highlighted • Direction guide and beginner-friendly preferences • Available in 17 languages • No account and no ads — gameplay runs on your device One purchase. Play offline after download.

About

Chouette

This app simplifies scoring for backgammon games, including chouette, 1v1 matches, and money games. It handles complex calculations like box and captain rotation, individual stakes, and settlements. Easily track game progress, view player stats, and share results via PDF.

Highlights
  • Box and captain rotation with smart suggestions
  • Individual stakes and flat rate options
  • Doubling cube tracking
  • Automatic settlement math
  • 1v1 Match Mode with Crawford rule
  • Big Display view for table-facing scoreboard
  • Player stats and history
  • One-tap PDF results sharing
Features
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Chouetty is a backgammon score keeper and scoring app - chouette, 1v1 matches, and money games alike. It's built around chouette's demands (box and captain rotation, individual stakes, settlement math) but works just as well for a straight head-to-head match. Track exactly what a session actually needs: - Box and captain rotation, with smart suggestions for who's up next based on the last game - Individual stakes - give every player their own $/point rate, or use one flat rate for the table - Doubling cube tracking - who holds it, and automatic doubles recorded on back-to-back opening rolls - Automatic settlement math, including proper stake-capping between the box and each opponent - A running ledger of every round, with notes for anything worth remembering ("started on a 2 cube") - Mid-session settlements for settling out cubes without waiting for the night to end - 1v1 Match Mode - race to 5, 7, 13, or any target you set, with the Crawford rule applied automatically, or play an unlimited head-to-head money match with no target score - A Big Display view - flip the phone to landscape and put a large, table-facing scoreboard in the middle of the game - Player stats - win/loss records and history across every match and chouette - One-tap PDF results you can email or share the moment the game wraps up - Complete backup and restore - move your roster and history to a new phone, or hand it to a friend setting up their own copy - Built in 12 languages, including full right-to-left support for Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew No account required, no ads, no internet connection needed — Chouetty works entirely offline, the way these games usually get played: at a table, with real dice. Chouetty is free to use, with a limited number of free rounds per session. Chouetty Pro is an optional subscription for unlimited rounds in every chouette and match. Chouetty is a scorekeeping tool. It doesn't process payments, place bets, or determine any game outcome - it simply totals the numbers from a game already being played on a physical board, the same way a bill-splitting app tracks who owes what. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Backgammon Mastermind4 screens
Chouette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chouette at Free against Backgammon Mastermind's $4.99. Chouette also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Backgammon Mastermind's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#146 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Chouette is free to download; Backgammon Mastermind costs $4.99 up front. Chouette sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Backgammon Mastermind asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Backgammon Mastermind against 5.0 for Chouette. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chouette has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backgammon Mastermind ships an update every 6 days, Chouette every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Backgammon Mastermind versus Chouette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackgammon MastermindChouette
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#146 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB69 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZachary EbenfeldHJT CONSORTIUM INC

Customer experience

Backgammon Mastermind

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chouette

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Backgammon Mastermind

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Chouette

Subscriptions2
  • Chouetty Pro$4.991 Month
  • Chouetty Pro$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Backgammon Mastermind free?
Backgammon Mastermind costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chouette free?
Chouette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backgammon Mastermind or Chouette?
Backgammon Mastermind and Chouette are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Backgammon Mastermind or Chouette have ads?
Neither Backgammon Mastermind nor Chouette shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backgammon Mastermind or Chouette?
Backgammon Mastermind ships an update every 6 days, and Chouette every 4 days. Most recently, Backgammon Mastermind was updated on October 10, 2026 and Chouette on September 29, 2026.

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