Backgammon Guru Pro

Name: Backgammon Guru Pro
Rating: 1.7 (10 reviews)

Games

View in App Store

Backgammon Guru Pro

Games

1.7

10 ratings

Age Rating

Seller

BPS Software, Inc.

View in App Store

Price Intelligence:

Average for the Games category The most popular in-app price for the app

Grow your in-app revenue

while we take care of your subscription management.
Mobile SDK by Qonversion.

Learn more

Price Intelligence based on:

213,534

apps aggregated

8,172,290

in-app prices defined

main categories

In-App Purchase Price (Subscription or Non-Recurring)

vs. average for the Games category, $, by region

Build, analyze, and grow in-app subscriptions

with the most powerful mobile SDK for subscriptions

Explore

User Reviews for Backgammon Guru Pro

Buggiest app ever

Where to start? Game board display places chips not centered on the points, point numbers appear off the board, can’t discern where the opponent is moving, etc., etc. I’ve been robbed by buggy apps before, but this was the quickest realization that I’d been taken.

123Nancy, Dec 12, 2020

Fun, but not fair

I've been playing Backgammon Guru Pro (on a "strong" opponent setting) for a few weeks now on my iPhone 5. I do enjoy it most of the time, but it really bothers me sometimes that the dice rolls are not random. There is no way that the computer can roll doubles 4 times more often than me. 8 times out of 10, after asking me to double the computer will either roll doubles, or will get exactly the combination that can both knock off my piece and set up a great blockade. Just so you know, I'm a 55 year old science teacher with a Ph.D. I've been playing backgammon for decades, and I've also had multiple graduate level statistics classes, so I'm pretty familiar with the way dice rolls should work if they are truly random. Also, it sometimes takes me several tries to get my checkers to move. If you could widen the acceptable "touch" area after a piece has been chosen that would be nice. There's only 2 places a given checker can go, so you've got at least half the screen to work with--there's no reason you should have to touch right at the points' tips.

Ackemp01, Nov 29, 2015

User interface is broken and unusable

I have an iPhone 12 and on my screen the graphics are completely broken. The checkers appear outside the board and it’s impossible to play. I regret paying for this useless app.

adhook, Mar 14, 2023

A good tutor. Dumb and cheats

A good tutor on backgammon. Against the computer they do get many doubles. Lucky for me the AI resigns when it is clearly winning. So it needs some AI tweaks. A good way to get into the game and practice moves

Antiduplicity, Dec 24, 2015

No Support

I found a bug with the latest software that allows illegal moves. There is nowhere on the site that I see to contact the company to let them know. Poor.

Dd801dd, Jul 01, 2016

Can't finish a game and so many bugs

The game crashes constantly when you change the settings. And, what is this "doubling" business? That would never happen in a real match. Anytime the AI is up, it makes you "double" or resign the game. Seriously no fun.

greenchic, Dec 10, 2015

Worst game ever

I've been playing backgammon for 30+ years and have played a number of these games. The algorithms are ridiculous and the game gets many times more doubles than the human. I bought the pro version and deleted it after about 10 matches. Terrible game.

M3B1, Mar 18, 2016

AI cheats

I write this after first move of a new game. Black (AI) starts. Black moved w19/w21(2) and w12/w14(2), but dice show 52. That would be a valid move if the dice were 22 (=2222), but the roll to choose who starts can not be a double. Using the rollback button, the moves unwind and the dice roll is now shown as 22. Play forward, then rollback to have dice shown as 52. BOZO (I used screenshot on iPad to preserve evidence).Note: my experience matches Austin3443! & Antiduplicity: excessive doubles for the AI "player"Take-Away: this stand-alone app is not a good lure for the companion website with "games" having cash prizes.

MathPoly, Feb 02, 2017

Great, with a few flaws

A few bugs still to be flushed out (multiple on the bar shows wrong choices of moves, sometimes gets confused about whether you're black or white) but a great educational version.

Matt Doar, Jul 02, 2010

Don't buy it

Trying to change number of games in a match crashes app every time. Backgammon NJ HD is a far superior app in many ways. If you are serious about backgammon, choose that.

Sashayuli, Apr 02, 2016

Description

Backgammon Guru Pro is the modern backgammon master-strength Player and Tutor based on the world-class neural net engine from gammonlab.com Backgammon Guru Pro features an attractive backgamon board and supports natural checker movement where both dragging and tapping are supported. You can play against the computer or with a friend. Backgammon Guru Pro supports standard Backgammon as well as HyperGammon.

It will also allow you to set up any desired position for play and analysis. Backgammon Guru Pro will answer your "what-if" questions, like what if there was a specific roll in a specific position and what's the best possible move there. In the default Player-Tutor mode, e.g. when you are playing against a master-strength AI, Backgammon Guru Pro will allow you to substitute a random roll with any specific roll of your choice. You will be able to take back and replay multiple moves as Backgammon Guru Pro supports unlimited undo functionality. Backgammon Guru Pro will analyze your match and color-code your errors in a move list. You will be able to navigate your move list interactively and see where you could have played better. You can also email the match to yourself for further analysis. Backgammon Guru Pro by default continuosly shows the equity graph and it can also show, upon request, the detailed statistical chances and best possible moves in any position. Backgammon Guru Pro supports 4 different skill levels, multi-point matches, doubling, Crawford rule. Backgammon Guru Pro indicates pip count for players, supports long moves, sound effects and multiple other options. You can always use Backgamon Live to play backgammon and other games for prizes at GameColony.com