BG Buddy

Name: BG Buddy
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Author: James Knipe

Backgammon Score/Clock/Dice

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

5 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Board
Developer

James Knipe
Language

EN
+ 6 More
Size

42
MB

BG Buddy is a backgammon scoreboard and much more! Features include a tournament clock, dice, cube, scorecard, position photos and stats. Talking dice allow visually impaired players to play unaided. Everything you need to score and keep track of your live match data. •Tournament style match clock: Adjustable clock times and grace times for each player allowing for time handicaps. Clock presets include: -Standard (2 minutes/point + 12 seconds grace time per move) -Speedgammon 0.4 (26 seconds/point + 10) -Speedgammon 0.5 (30 seconds/point + 10) -Consultation Doubles (3 minutes/point + 15) •Match Play or Unlimited/Money games with Jacoby, Beaver and settlement options. •Win percentages. See how your win percentage has changed over time by selecting the previous: 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, 2 years, or all matches periods. Group your matches by event/tournament or opponent name and see your win percentages for each. •Take position photos to improve your game and keep them organised for each match. Match scores, cube value and cube decision appear under each photo. Mark photos to show the correct cube decision and whether you made the correct decision over the board. •Share you position photos via social media either immediately or after the match. Choose “Cube Action?” to test your friends without showing your actual play. •Baffle Box: Simple dice rolling screen. Talking dice + Tap to end Turn options. •Random dice with cube: Speed up your matches significantly - no shaking, no cocked dice, no floored dice. •Choice of dice generator including the Mersenne Twister Generator which uses a secret code input by each player before the match. This offers proof that the dice are fair. •Talking Dice feature for visually impaired players - audible dice, cube, clock times and score information at all times allowing unaided play. •Automatically tweet your game and match results.

Ratings & Reviews

5.0

out of 5

5 Ratings

Great app!
06/22/2021

SubEclipse
All of the features in this app are awesome. Having a scoreboard and timer in one place is really handy. Would love to see some UI refinement, but other than that, it’s great.
Great app!
06/22/2021

SubEclipse

All of the features in this app are awesome. Having a scoreboard and timer in one place is really handy. Would love to see some UI refinement, but other than that, it’s great.
BG Buddy
11/12/2017

Tim 97103
I just purchased the app and love the feature of taking pictures of positions for later analysis and not taking up storage on my phone as regular pics would. Thank you
BG Buddy
11/12/2017

Tim 97103

I just purchased the app and love the feature of taking pictures of positions for later analysis and not taking up storage on my phone as regular pics would. Thank you
Superb for BG
03/02/2017

Fortuitous Press
I use BG Buddy for all my club matches, and in larger tournaments as well. It's superb. The game is much faster, less noisy, and your wrist and elbow aren't tired at the end of the day. I've loved using scoreboards instead of wasting paper every match, but this app does far more for considerably less. No need to buy a clock, and a scoreboard, and precision dice - just get BG Buddy.
Superb for BG
03/02/2017

Fortuitous Press

I use BG Buddy for all my club matches, and in larger tournaments as well. It's superb. The game is much faster, less noisy, and your wrist and elbow aren't tired at the end of the day. I've loved using scoreboards instead of wasting paper every match, but this app does far more for considerably less. No need to buy a clock, and a scoreboard, and precision dice - just get BG Buddy.

Bug Fixed: If you swapped your name to the right hand side of BG Buddy and then pressed the home button, when BG Buddy returned to the foreground the scores were sometimes reversed.