Backgammon for iPad & iPhone Positive Reviews
Championships unachievableThe game is fine, a little heavy with the ads. But the most frustrating aspect is trying to play championships. You can win the first game and select the button to continue playing in the championship, but after (another) ad, the game board stays frozen on the previous game. Does not matter how long you wait, cannot get to next game. Arrggghhhhh!.SoSleepyzzzzVersion: 1.1.3
Love/Hate RelationshipIt’s all about a fair roll…right? When I’m just playing the AI I expect it to cheat. And it does. A lot (Hard). But when I’m playing someone in, say, Turkey, I expect fair rolls. Doesn’t happen with the frequency it should. How? Example? Just played a game I was winning when the opponent got three doubles in a row. Twice in this game, the opponent got two doubles in a row. In the meantime, I’m getting 1/2 or 2/3…over and over again. And then there are the number of times in other games I’ve played where the opponent gets more successful rolls to put me on the bar than is logical. So I delete the app, then reload it and try again (Einstein’s theory of doing the same thing over again expecting different results). Right now, I just redownloaded it though I know I’m going to be frustrated again.NahhhinindyVersion: 1.1.24
Ok but lots of flawsFun enough. I only play online opponents so no comments on AI play. Many flaws include 1. Anyone can can resign at any time to avoid gammon even if gammon is assured 2. Anyone can just disconnect from the server and both sides will see their opponent time out and both players win. 3. doubling doesn’t apply to the coins you bet to start. so if you increase the starting bet, the doubling strategy math is silly and you should accept any double if you have even the slightest chance of winning. 4. It can be buggy. Every so often, usually when I am way ahead and starting to bear off checkers while opponent has checkers on the bar, the game does weird things like magically show me as having negative checkers on the bar and opponent times out.
So fun enough to play but not much like competitive backgammon..Ue1986Version: 1.1.3
Best gameI love playing this game. I think it is the most authentic backgammon game ever
Well designed and easy to play
Please try to enable contact between players. As opening an opportunity to chat with each other. So we can see why players made certain decisions or moves.Mike kn usa 2022Version: 1.1.24
Good Game except….This is a good game with not too many annoying commercials. I would buy it and skip commercials altogether but it tends to not run smoothly sometimes. Sometimes you have to punch the green arrow many times before it works and sometimes when you move your piece it keeps coming back to where you moved it from. Fix these little quirks and I will buy it..FrodomayoVersion: 1.1.24
Quick book add needs to leave.I can’t play the game because I can’t close the quick book ad. I’ve closed out the game, restarted and it still won’t close. Please, either fix this or pull the ads for quick book..KsbooVersion: 1.1.7
Love this appThe reason is very simple! Completely unbiased !!
Great job, to whom did it! There is finally a game that only depends on ability to play and luck from the dice!.Croma3Version: 1.1.8
BiggymRecently I was at a point where I couldn’t lose the game so I elected to put in auto mode. When I later went to start a new game I saw the I lost the game that I thought I couldn’t lose because I didn’t make a move in the allotted time. Never use the auto mode if you want to win..Josse129homezVersion: 2.5.4
I’m fine with itThe online players seem to be in the low intermediate to high beginner …not that that is a bad thing. And people can buy points so……. A ladder? Would be sweet. Playing AI. I have not tested it that much. Lighting fast AI play sort of takes away the fun.
BUT all In all I’m good with it..Grinder12000Version: 1.0.2
SO SLOWI could like this game if it weren’t so frustratingly slow! You simply loose focus from boredom. Also, need to increase the stakes/rewards..BAMinOHVersion: 2.1
Fast movesThe game is ok but the opponent moves are lightening fast. You don’t see where they move. Slow it down creators..LyleMac59Version: 1.0
BackgammonGreat time killer.Pcs addictVersion: 2.1
OK, but ...The Hard setting is really easy, and there are many times when the game will not allow you to move even though the move is available. Overall, kinda' fun..MrmxazzeRe566Version: 1.1.24
Problem with adsLove this game, but there is a new problem with the ads. This is especially frustrating when in a tournament. Some of the ads are too large for the iPad screen and you cannot close them out. Hence, you have shut down the app thereby resigning from the tournament..Play gammonVersion: 2.5.2
How do I get rid of the ads?Like the app but the ads are sometimes impossible to shut down and I have to close the app..BJlouiseVersion: 2.4.4
Ok but…This is a great game I love backgammon
I paid 6.99 for no ads, what a waste that was, I am still watching game ads.
Not as great as I thought this would be, and the amount of people that can’t finish the game cause they are loosing, poor sportsmanship all around..Mousie1 from mousievilleVersion: 2.3.2
Game BiasIn single player, hard mode the program constantly gets roll needed to hit the opponent’s piece. Happens far too frequently to be random..Reviews not shownVersion: 2.1
Awesome gameI’ve tried many Backgammon games but this is the best. (I don’t however like the Auto Roll…it needs some work.)
I do obviously recommend it..ZxoomerVersion: 1.1.24
Buttons get stuckSometimes you can’t move the buttons even when the move is available especially when moving to cast off. Tells me I’ve been idle for too long and I lose the game, resulting in coin loss..MaddkaVersion: 1.1.24
EtPlayAmazing app and games, keep up the excellent works. 👍👍👍.LQQK 54731066Version: 1.1.22
RiggedThe dice seems rigged to me. I will be way ahead for 80% of a game and then opposition gets a bunch of doubles in a row and I get ones and twos. I’ve gotten my partner to watch what happens and he agrees with me..Awesome!!!!!!!!:):):):)Version: 1.1.7
Nouvelle version… moins de joueursDepuis que j’ai installé la nouvelle version, j’attends très longtemps et personne semble l’utiliser. Je regrette avoir changé car j’aimais l’appli.Adele9980Version: 1.1.8
Split ViewIt would be great if the app allow Split View..Blabblab blabblaVersion: 1.1.7
Illegal move allowedOpponent could’ve moved a 6+1 but the game let them get away with just moving the 1.
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The opponent moved 1 from position 9 to position 8 and then it became my move. That move should’ve been allowed.
They should’ve been forced to move position 8 to 7 (knocking my piece onto the bar) and then from position 7 to 1 which would have exposed my opponent’s piece on the 1 spot when I came off the bar..PointingfingerVersion: 1.1.24
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Backgammon for iPad & iPhone Negative Reviews
Dice rolls that just don’t happen in the real game.I signed up and played this game that I thought was an honest game. This game you have options to bet 0 coins, 5, 20 and 50. After playing for awhile I informed the owner that double rolls just don’t happen in the real world. Example: One opponent I played against rolled 5 double 6's. They told me that could honestly happen. I’ve played backgammon for over 50 years and such a thing just doesn’t happen. I played against an opponent who rolled in consecutive order double 6's then 5's then 4's. One night recently I decided to play games where I bet 50 coins for 13 STRAIGHT GAMES. I didn’t win one game because of terrible rolls and opponents constantly rolling doubles. So I stopped playing that night and thought I’d try again the next night. So the next night I played 8 games betting 50 coins for each. Of the 8 games I played I only won 2 games and the only reason I won those is because those opponents timed out which automatically gave me 50 coins each for those 2 games.
If you want to play backgammon there’s other games out there that are honest..OtisAmosVersion: 2.3.2
No tutorial as promised!!The application does not have a tutorial as promised.
I downloaded it and installed this on my iPad specifically because the comments said that there was a tutorial. Running the program I see no way to view any tutorial. I contacted support and they said that they used to have a tutorial but they’ve removed it from the application. If you’re looking for a Backgammon application that has a tutorial then you’re gonna have to look someplace else. I can’t rate this any higher because I don’t know the game and I was looking forward to taking tutorial so that I could learn how to play the game. Disappointed is an understatement..FastWalkerInMAVersion: 2.5.4
Hard setting = favored dice rollsI am a very good backgammon player and I’ve found playing in the single vs. computer mode at the “hard” setting overwhelmingly favors the computer’s dice rolls. There is no way the rolls are random because the computer is almost always getting perfect, lucky rolls.
Further, the strategy programmed for the computer’s play is to bump the opponent, no matter where it’s at on the board. Talk to any relatively knowledgeable backgammon player and they will tell you it’s not a good idea to open up stones that have progressed around the board unless it’s the only play available. I’ve deleted the game..Someonewhoknows123Version: 1.1.24
HorribleDon’t even say the dice rolls are random because they are not!!! I played multiple games and literally the other player would roll doubles and then doubles again and I would roll 1 & 2 and the 1 & 3 and the other player would always get just the right roll every time to get out of jail, to claim your piece or at the end to finish first. Plus it seemed at the end the opponent would roll back to back high doubles. Crappy game don’t download it..Stnic1111Version: 1.1.7
It’s a crying SHAME!!!Because this could be a very good app. If the developers had any integrity, sense of right and wrong, or just simple honesty. Instead they’re a bunch of soulless, godless, creep millennials that could care less about user experience.
The GUI is actually very good and is pleasing to play on. If they could only realize that there is an algorithm that would be fair. There is no reason to CHEAT except to try to get users to rebuy coins. Maybe that’s the developers sole intention!.Erebel13Version: 2.5.4
Ads plus non-random diceI could almost deal with the ads before and after every round. If the game wasn’t rigged.
Played many games over the course of the past few days. Every time I would come close to winning, the computer would roll doubles. And then more doubles. I counted the number of doubles rolled in each game once I noticed it was happening, and the computer ran like a 3:1 ratio in its favor in rolling doubles.
No thanks..JohnnyCrassVersion: 1.1.8
Fun, but…..I try to play with an online opponent and all I get is “searching”….for over 5 minutes. I tried to contact someone about the issue over a day ago, and I get no reply. I removed the app, then put it back on my iPad. Still won’t work. I really enjoy your game, but I’m getting frustrated by this issue and the lack of response. Help!.NanaKaren71657Version: 1.1.8
Gave it three tries…I’m done!First, there are too many doubles for either side, would never normally happen and the rolls are very predictable. In one game the first four rolls were doubles, ridiculous! Two, I’ve been in the middle of a game, the screen goes blank, then to an ad! Can’t get back to my game and lose points. Strike three, I’m out, no more chances and I’ve given this game many chances. Too frustrating..Hjm410Version: 1.1.3
UnrealisticThe rolls are simply not realistic. I went 12 games once without winning the initial roll. It isn’t hard to make a truly unbiased random dice generator. Maybe they should try this. I’ve been playing backgammon since I was about 12 and I have won about 30% of the game I’ve played on here. Over 100. You lose to the unfair rolls you experience not because of a lack of skill..Rob KinmanVersion: 2.5.4
Not worth my peace of mindI am an advanced player. When I play against “opponent” on line, I agree with the other comments: The online opponents are likely fake, or getting some kind of special hacks that allow them to get the exact numbers they need to get out of jail, or impound me. In several games I was in jail roll after roll after roll, even when there were 3 spaces open for me to get..Psalms_in_paradiseVersion: 1.1.24
Computer always has a miracle win.Every game the computer gets the exact roll it needs to get. It’s so predictable. Literally, if you think “the perfect roll would be…”. That’s exactly what the computer will roll. That roll that never happens in the real world, the computer gets them all the time. Miracles, exactly as needed. So, it’s not real backgammon where the rules of chance are at play..MrsclauzVersion: 1.1.24
Just like the restThis is the ABSOLUTE WORST backgammon game in terms of the AI cheating. It's unbelievable how it gets the exact roll it needs to knock out your open chip, the exact roll it needs to get its chip out, or the exact roll to double up its own chip. I would give this game NEGATIVE 5 stars if that were possible. I would appreciate if anyone could suggest a backgammon game in the iTunes store that doesn't favor the AI so blatantly..84squaredVersion: 1.1.24
Nothing to learn hereIf you came to this app to learn strategy, move on. The strategy seems to revolve around controlling the dice. In easy mode, you get favored rolls. In hard mode, the opponent gets favored rolls. In medium mode, maybe the rolls are fair, but the opponent’s strategy is poor.
Graphics are good, but rolling the dice is a waste of time, as are the ads.
Sorry, moving on..Farkel99Version: 1.1.24
Be ready to sacrificeThe only strategy the opponent in single player has is to knock off my players, regardless of how many points it leaves vulnerable for itself. This strategy results in nothing but repetitive trips to the center bar by both players. I’ve yet to find a backgammon app that replicates a game with an experienced human..Letter definerVersion: 1.1.24
HORRIBLE!After recent update, ads are ridiculous and even cause timeouts when sending invites to friends. Ive played this app for months, some glitches-freezing, ghost pieces, etc, but NOW???!!!! Cant even get to the game because it times out most of the time, and if it doesnt, then the dice are rolled for me on first roll because ad was playing..
So frustrating..DELETE DELETE DELETE.JavayachteeVersion: 2.0
RiggedThe game blows. Another app that constantly beats any odds of losing. Never in history has a game set you up to lose more than this or any backgammon game available through the App Store. Undoubtedly impossible odds of losing yet sure as the sun rises in the east, it does. Save yourself the disappointment and aggravation and never ever waste your screen space with a garbage game like this.Uchooze1Version: 1.1.24
RiggedI absolutely loved this months ago, but now…not so much.
I had acquired over 2,000 coins and since then have lost almost every game due to the opponent being given multiple doubles.
This was my favorite game to play, now not so much as I am down to less than 50 coins..Lar10211Version: 1.1.24
Not random rollsWhy is it so hard to find a backgammon app that actually produces random rolls? It’s amazing how this app produces the exact rolls that the automated opponent needs exactly when they need them. I’m not interested in playing online players so I don’t know if this app actually works in that mode. Another backgammon app deleted because it cheats..Td351Version: 2.5.5
No random diceYou can virtually see how the game is programmed.
You can predict that your stones get kicked out when playing against computer. When you try to trick computer by playing not logical moves to avoid this, you get say: 4 times the same combination until computer can kick your stones out. Random is a joke..MakeitbettertooVersion: 2.4.4
Rigged against youThe algorithms for this game ensure that the rolls favor the computer. The computer wins the initial roll 9 out of 10 times, when it should be closer to 50/50. And if you have a single piece open, the odds are 90% the computer will roll to hit your open piece. Fun if you like a game that’s rigged against you from the beginning..BFBSGameVersion: 1.1.7
Algorithm cheats you with the rollCorrection: now that Ive played for awhile, this is worse. On hard and normal. I dont need this agitation. Delete This one’s a little better than the rest but still too annoying. Just trying to relax and play a fair game, not get agitated. Not working..FINFAN4EVER13Version: 2.1
Missing the old versionWhy did you change it up? Most people are right-handed and now the dice on on the left! Also, the levels are way off! I play easy to difficult and ALL are difficult/expert. Ridiculous!.Suze1960Version: 2.0
Terrible update I’m deleting!Wow! I just updated this app. The format is bad! I decided to just go ahead and try it. Again the video to watch for coins does not work! I’m deleting this app and finding a new one!.RE6111956Version: 2.1
Your going to looseThis is set up so that you’ll lose more than win, I only needed to play two games to realize this when the game rolls 7 double sets of high numbers and I rolled four sets of low numbers between the two games so I deleted it..:( #68Version: 1.1.24
A rip!I played ten games where I had built a strong finish and in each….in a row….the other player got the perfect roll or I received a roll that exposed a chip the other player than hit. This game is clearly manipulated and fake. Horrible experience. Deleted!.NeilMHVersion: 2.5.4
RiggedThis game is definitely computer generated. When playing against the app, it almost always wins. The dice outcomes are always to the app advantage no matter where you move. It also rolls doubles often for itself during a game but hardly ever for you..StephFKelVersion: 1.1.24
Updated????Used to love this app, until this morning when I opened it to what appeared to be some cartoonish style of app that is insulting to the intelligence needed for this game. The board and graphics are infantile. Please return to the true feel of playing backgammon that this app embodied..StopTheOverAdvertisingVersion: 2.0
Malfunction !When I play against the computer, I sometimes double. If I then win, the program freezes and I get scored as if I lost. This keeps happening. What is going on?.Rr5391Version: 1.1.24
Coins Don’tPurchased a new iPad and transferred my data. All of my games transferred my data and progress except this one. I had over 6,000 coins and now I have to start accumulating all over again. Super disappointing..Fred and elmoVersion: 2.5.2
Ridiculous dice programFix the dice program! No way is it random dice when opponents get three or four doubles IN A ROW EVERY GAME! And rolls that just happen to be perfect happen all the time! Garbage dice! Ruins what could be a good app. So incredibly frustrating! Hate it!.RobynHGVersion: 2.5.4
Computer cheatsThis game consistently gets the exact roll the computer needs always win. Playing against others I have a good chance of winning but NEVER against the computer!.CrappysoulVersion: 1.0.8
Undo the updateThis was such a fun game, a classic to play with people across the world. I played more than 3k games. Now you update to a clownish game that appears targeted at juveniles with the layout, smaller board and larger ad on bottom of screen. You ruined it! THANKYOU.Oldcrow1959Version: 2.0
Game winScreen freezes win you win in one player mode, Only way to clear the screen is to resign. Fix this bug..Donnieg11Version: 1.1.22
Random Number Engine is FlawedHave a master’s in probability and statistics. There is something wrong with the random number engine they use. There is nearly zero probability that someone can get 4-5 rolls of doubles in a row. Yet, it happens..GaryZeeVersion: 2.5.4
Too rigged to bother withI tried playing your game again because I like backgammon but your game is pathetic. Will never try again as it is too frustrating..Back haterVersion: 2.5.4
Rigged diceThe dice are rigged on this app. Also, the betting format is terrible. It seems all the backgammon apps have rigged dice. I wonder if the dice are rigged to favor paying players over free players? I wish there was someone with a shred of integrity working on these apps..PWPWZZZVersion: 1.1.24
I hate cheatersThis game rolls itself about 5 - 10 times the doubles as any player can get. It also seem to always roll the right number to knock out a player. I hate cheaters..A;lkfnvpqoenr8vqVersion: 1.1.24
V1.1.8 broke the gameNow it doesn’t even start games. Was good before, but it is completely unusable at this point.
So now you can play games. But the opponent moves do not match the dice. It’s completely random..Gmcateer1Version: 1.1.8
Unfair game.This game is very unfair opponents get doubles three to four times more then you do. Opponents also always gets the rolls needed to bump your pieces. I have deleted this game and would not recommend it to anyone else..Harleyd7120022Version: 1.1.24
I’m done with this nonsenseI’ve just deleted this app. Horrible! When an ad opens (after EVERY game), the only way back to the game is to power down the device and start up again because otherwise the AD WON’T CLOSE!.KatzmaVersion: 2.5.5
Deal spotterWhen the deal spotter ad comes up you cannot remove the ad on iPad.YrtoyrVersion: 2.5.4
FrustratingGreat graphics and play options, but too many unbelievable dice rolls for the game’s RNG not to be AFU :).Cvquiet1Version: 2.5.4
Ads don’t allow u to playYour ads are so annoyingly getting stuck . That gold ad doesn’t allow u to play. Ridiculously making us watch ads to get points . The house constantly cheats ...WICKEDWANDA1Version: 2.4.4
TournamentsYou can never complete a tournament. Once the game is over and you click to proceed to the next game , you a taken to an ad that you cannot get out of. Many time just in a normal game same trap ads show up. I have written and sent many screen shots to the developers. It seems like they cannot solve the problem. Almost as if their game has been hijacked. I am sadly deleting this game..JailalVersion: 2.4.2
CheaterComputer sure knows how to cheat. So often when I’m winning it starts to cheat. Today I had one piece left to get onto my home board and the computer must have sent it back home at least 15 to 20 times in a row. Cheat, cheat, cheat. If it can’t win properly, it cheats. Strange it can roll exactly what it needs to do this so many times in a row. Cheat, cheat, cheat!!!!! Now let’s see if this site will cheat again and not post this..Nice x 3Version: 2.4.2
BackgammonWas good, ads were short. Did the update now the ads are long and freeze after each one, have not been able to play a single game since doing the update. Also can’t figure out how not to give the developer access to everything. Going to delete..Stupid952Version: 2.4.1
Good game, terrible AIFor some reason the opponent can consistently hit me, but i can’t get the dice to hit back. I often get double 6’s, but it’s always when I am trying to get back on the board, only unavailable spot is a 6. I can get that 6 like clock work. They need to give both sides equal dice, and preset every roll before we start to play the game! Often I can call the numbers the fake player against me will roll before he rolls!!!!! Stop adjusting the dice to benefit the fake online player. This has the potential to be one of the best back gammon games out there. Just fix there AI. There is no way they use a random number generator. I am deleting the game and trying others..California BighornVersion: 2.3.2
Version 2.1No way to close ads when they are finished. I keep having to close the entire app, then start again..H4863SVersion: 2.1
CheatsAI pretty much always rolls the numbers it needs. Otherwise would be a very good game..ScooternanVersion: 2.1
Too slowAllow single click, more times and do not take fee.Saitek1972Version: 2.1
Game is rigged, Ai rolls double 6s every time you’re about to win.Download any other game and have a good experience.JonesmaxVersion: 1.1.24
RiggedMany times I have up to 4 of the opponents players blocked in my home base and 1 or 2 of my men in the opponents home base that are partially blocked and my dice rolls will not allow me out until the opponent has been able to get out. The opponents rolls then ironically coincide perfectly to hit me and proceeds to win the game..StuPidazVersion: 1.1.24
Could be greatOperationally very good, however you can start to predict the AI’s rolls based on the board. Hard is not because of less ai makes less mistakes, its because it rolls the nest roll for itself.Ricardo1616Version: 1.1.24
Dice riggedWhat’s the point in rigging the game? Why waste your time?.JerkwatetVersion: 1.1.24
Rolls are riggedThanks for rigging an otherwise great game. The freakishly large amount of doubles that the opponent gets in every single game is annoying, along with the (by chance) “perfect” count rolls for the opponent to proceed without being blocked..Jd493Version: 1.1.24
RiggeddddddThis game is super rigged dont get it.RealerthenuVersion: 1.1.20
Bad upgrade versionSince new version announced, nothing works as before…full of bugs, bad testing, bad deployment !!!!.Ostie_de_tabarnaqueVersion: 1.1.8
SuspiciousToo many examples of what seems to be ‘rigged’. Not only dice rolls with you hardly getting doubles, but points taken from you but you don’t get them under the same circumstances when situation is reversed..Laughable 2.0Version: 1.1.7
Dice are riggedI always know exactly what the ai is going to roll when i have a single. it is totally fixed. deleted from my ipad.Grrrr1234456Version: 1.1.7
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