Narde vs Long Narde
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!
Long Narde
Experience a classic dice game with multiple difficulty levels and single or two-player modes. Enjoy offline play with detailed game statistics and a fair dice system. The game is optimized for minimal battery consumption and a small download size.
- 8 difficulty levels
- One or Two player mode
- Game dice statistics
- Dice without cheat
- Undo move
- Small package size
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Long Narde, also known as just Nardy. The game is played in Middle East, East Europe, Ukraine and Russia. Features: # No Banners! # 8 difficulty levels # One or Two player mode # Game dice statistics # Dice without cheat # Game does not eat battery # Undo move # Small package size
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Narde at 3.8 against Long Narde's 3.0. Narde also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). Long Narde's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Narde sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Long Narde asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
Narde ships an update monthly, Long Narde every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Narde | Long Narde |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Holdings | Miroslav Kisly |
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
Long Narde
No in-app purchases
