Comparison

Backgammon & Long Narde 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

Backgammon & Long Narde

Engage in classic board games with AI opponents or real players online. Customize your game experience with various themes and settings. Track your progress with detailed statistics and achievements.

Highlights
  • Backgammon and Long Narde gameplay
  • Multiple bot difficulty levels
  • Online multiplayer with matchmaking
  • Blitz and Casual game modes
  • Player statistics and achievements
  • Customizable themes and board appearances
  • Public and private chat features
Features
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Somewhere among endless dunes lies a hidden Oasis. It is home to the ancient genie Nardin, a master of Backgammon and Long Narde. Every day, Nardin welcomes new players. He teaches some their first moves, tests others with a demanding game, and invites the most persistent to prove their skill against real opponents. Choose your name, enter the Oasis, and play your game. BACKGAMMON AND LONG NARDE Choose your favorite game and face Nardin. Backgammon and Long Narde each have their own difficulty settings, statistics, and achievements. • Multiple bot difficulty levels • Hints for available moves • Automatic dice rolls • Statistics for wins, losses, rolls, and doubles • Achievements for each game • A special difficulty level for those ready to face the true master OPPONENTS IN THE OASIS When you are ready, go online and find an opponent among the other guests of the Oasis. • Rated games • Precise matching with opponents near your rating • Fast games in Blitz mode • Races with points, lives, medals, and leaderboards • Open and password-protected tables in Casual mode • Watch games that players have opened to spectators • Return to an unfinished game after reconnecting THE OASIS IS ALIVE EVERY DAY Players meet here, chat, make friends, follow their rivals, and send Nardines to one another as gifts. • Public chat and private messages • Player profiles and game history • Friends and ignore list • Rankings of the best players • Medals for online accomplishments • Gifts for other players • Rich Players, where the largest Nardine fortunes are ranked YOUR GAME, YOUR STORY Follow your progress separately in Backgammon and Long Narde. • Wins, losses, and game results • Separate player and bot statistics • Dice face and doubles distribution • Statistics for your online rolls and your opponents’ rolls • Shareable online statistics • Separate achievements for both games MAKE THE BOARD YOUR OWN Choose a light or dark theme, one of five boards, and your favorite checkers. Adjust dice size, throwing corner, animation speed, sound, vibration, and move hints. The Oasis is open. Nardin is already waiting at the board. What will you play today: Backgammon or Long Narde? Support: info@aastudio.org Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aastudio.org/AAStudio-Privacy-Policy.html

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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

Backgammon & Long Narde4 screens
Backgammon Online with Friends4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Backgammon & Long Narde at every 2 days against Backgammon Online with Friends's every 11 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Backgammon & Long Narde sells 5 one-off in-app purchases 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

Backgammon & Long Narde ships an update every 2 days, Backgammon Online with Friends every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Backgammon & Long Narde versus Backgammon Online with Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackgammon & Long NardeBackgammon Online with Friends
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB53 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperALTOFORMA LLCNTSAUTOSIGA LLC

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Backgammon & Long Narde

One-time5
  • 5 Nardines$2.99
  • 10 Nardines$4.99
  • 30 Nardines$12.99
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  • 125 Nardines$49.99
  • 255 Nardines$99.99
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 Backgammon & Long Narde free?
Backgammon & Long Narde 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 Backgammon & Long Narde or Backgammon Online with Friends have ads?
Both Backgammon & Long Narde and Backgammon Online with Friends show ads.
Which is updated more often, Backgammon & Long Narde or Backgammon Online with Friends?
Backgammon & Long Narde ships an update every 2 days, and Backgammon Online with Friends every 11 days. Most recently, Backgammon & Long Narde was updated on October 24, 2026 and Backgammon Online with Friends on October 24, 2026.

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