Narde vs Play Elephant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Narde
Experience a classic two-player board game where strategy and luck combine. Move your pieces based on dice rolls and aim to remove all your checkers from the board before your opponent. Enjoy single-player against AI or challenge others online.
- Strong AI for singleplayer
- Multiplayer over internet
- Hot seat multiplayer
- Scoreboards and leaderboards
- Online shop with gameboards
- Dice roll analytics
- Fair dice generation
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Russian nardes (classic backgammon) is one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and a player wins by removing all of his pieces from the board before his opponent. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world. Although luck is one of the determining factors in the outcome, strategy plays a more important role in the long run. With each roll of the dice, players must choose from numerous options for moving their checkers and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. Game features: - Strong AI for singleplayer game - Multiplayer game over internet and on one device (hot seat) - Scoreboards and leaderboards - Online shop with 12 unique gameboards - Comprehensive dice roll analytics - Random.org dice generation for fair play Play now for free!
Play Elephant
Engage in classic board games like bridge, draughts, and checkers. Participate in tournaments, learn new strategies, and teach others in a welcoming environment.
- Play bridge, draughts, checkers
- Tournament participation
- Learning mind games
- Teaching game strategies
- Friendly atmosphere
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Play bridge, draughts, checkers, and many other mind games. Tournament participation, learning, teaching. Comfortable and friendly atmosphere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Narde at 3.8 against Play Elephant's 3.0. Narde also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). Play Elephant's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Narde sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Play Elephant sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Narde holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Narde has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Narde's written reviews are positive against 12% of Play Elephant's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Narde | Play Elephant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | App Holdings | PLAYING ELEPHANT UAB |
Customer experience
Narde
Play Elephant
In-app purchases
Narde
- Disable Ads$0.99
- Oriental Pearl$1.99
- Royal Nut-tree$1.99
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- Force of Nature$1.99
- Game set "Russian Power" backgammon$1.99
- Game set "Bushido" backgammon$1.99
- Handful of coins$1.99
- Purse of coins$4.99
- Bag of coins$9.99
- Chest with coins$19.99
Play Elephant
- Premium$9.491 Month
- 10 fants$0.99
- 25,000 Fants$2.99
- 100,000 Fants$10.99
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- 600,000 fants$59.99
- 1 Billion$94.99
