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Backgammon Trainer & Analysis vs Backgammon Online with Friends

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

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Backgammon Trainer & Analysis

Practice backgammon offline with a coach that analyzes your moves and cube decisions. Unlock unlimited games and advanced features with a one-time purchase, no subscriptions required. Supports multiple game variants and languages.

Highlights
  • Offline practice games
  • AI move and cube analysis
  • Progress tracking
  • Multiple backgammon variants
  • Dice verification
  • Legal move guidance
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Backgammon Trainer helps backgammon players practise offline, understand their mistakes and verify their dice. Play one free single game of standard Backgammon and read its coaching report. Then unlock unlimited games and reports with the existing one-time Pro purchase. There is no subscription and the sample does not reset daily. Use the coach to review checker moves and doubling-cube decisions, compare your play with suggested alternatives, and track your progress. Every match publishes a dice commitment before play and reveals its secret afterward, so you can verify the rolls yourself. THE COACH Finish a match and review your estimated performance rating, checker-play errors and cube decisions. The report highlights your biggest mistakes with the roll, your move, a suggested alternative and an explanation of the estimated equity difference. Cube advice accounts for the match score using the Kazaross-XG2 match equity table. Coaching is an on-device estimate, not a claim of championship strength. TRY ONCE, UNLOCK FOR LIFE The free sample includes one complete single game of standard Backgammon and its coach report. Choose the Beginner, Casual or Club opponent. The sample includes legal-move guidance, Undo before Confirm, optional opponent playback and dice verification. Your sample allowance does not renew. Pro unlocks unlimited games and coach reports, the Expert opponent, live tutor, cube explainer, full history, match export and all five variants. Existing Pro owners keep full access. One payment, no renewal and no additional unlock to buy later. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY WITH PRO Backgammon with the doubling cube, Crawford and Jacoby. Nackgammon for priming battles. Hypergammon with three checkers per side. Tavla without the cube and with mars counting double. Plakoto, where you pin checkers instead of hitting them. BUILT FOR REGULAR PLAY Legal moves follow the maximum-dice rule, forced higher die and oversized bear-off rules. Confirm your turn when ready and undo checker moves before confirming. Watch the opponent's dice and step through its moves, or let it play automatically. Place your home board on either side. Show point numbers and pip counts, or use larger checkers. Pro supports single games and matches up to 15 points. Export matches as plain text for desktop analysis tools. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Turkish, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and English. PRIVACY No account, analytics or tracking. Gameplay, coaching and dice verification run offline. Matches and preferences stay on your device. Purchases, restoration and user-opened support or legal links require an internet connection. PRO UNLOCK Pro is a one-time in-app purchase for your Apple Account. It is not a subscription, does not auto-renew and has nothing to cancel. Restore Purchases is available in Settings and on the paywall. Privacy policy: https://app.innovaapps.ai/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

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Backgammon Online with Friends

Features
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Backgammon against a real person โ€” 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 โ€” 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; โ€œVerifyโ€ recomputes every die. Face, doubles and luck statistics for you and your opponent. No rigged dice, ever. BACKGAMMON AND THREE MORE RULE SETS โ€ข Backgammon: hitting, the bar, the doubling cube, the Crawford rule, gammon and backgammon. โ€ข Long nardy: the head, the 6-6/4-4/3-3 first-move exception, the six-block rule, mars and koks. โ€ข 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 โ€œhumansโ€. 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 โ€” 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 (โ€œSupport the yardโ€) unlock nothing โ€” they are just a thank-you. The whole game is free. No banners and no ads mid-game โ€” 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 Trainer & Analysis4 screens
Backgammon Online with Friends4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Backgammon Trainer & Analysis at none against Backgammon Online with Friends's shown. Backgammon Online with Friends's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Backgammon Trainer & Analysis 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

Backgammon Trainer & Analysis ships an update every 5 weeks, Backgammon Online with Friends every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

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Backgammon Trainer & Analysis versus Backgammon Online with Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackgammon Trainer & AnalysisBackgammon Online with Friends
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 11 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Gameli HeymanNTSAUTOSIGA LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Backgammon Trainer & Analysis

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$7.99
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 Trainer & Analysis free?
Backgammon Trainer & Analysis 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 Trainer & Analysis or Backgammon Online with Friends have ads?
Backgammon Online with Friends shows ads; Backgammon Trainer & Analysis does not.
Which is updated more often, Backgammon Trainer & Analysis or Backgammon Online with Friends?
Backgammon Trainer & Analysis ships an update every 5 weeks, and Backgammon Online with Friends every 11 days. Most recently, Backgammon Trainer & Analysis was updated on November 10, 2026 and Backgammon Online with Friends on October 31, 2026.

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