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Apple ID972446985
Bundle IDcom.knipeland.BG-Buddy
SellerSeller
Min iOS9.1
Min macOS11.0
Device familiesiphone, ipad, ipod
Released2017-02-08
Copyright© 2019 James Knipe
Privacy policyLink ↗
Preview 2 platforms
iPhone 10 images
iPad 5 images
What’s New Version 1.3.5
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.
Description
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.
In-App Purchases US pricing
One-Time Purchases
BG Buddy Full Upgrade$1.99
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In-App Purchases
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Version history 21 versions
Build 834255999v1.3.52020-01-07 22:40:06
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.
Build 834052038v1.3.42019-12-18 17:29:17
Bug fixed: since iOS 13 if you swapped players to place BG Buddy on your right and then tapped the home button to access another app, when you returned some of the views were displaced.
Build 833351057v1.3.32019-10-27 17:20:43
Saved Matches window - Player 1, Opponent, Event and Tournament can all now be edited. If you played any matches with wrong data fix them easily here. Multiple matches can be fixed in 1 tap.
New Baffle Box Feature with optional speaking dice.
An End Turn option allows a player to tap the screen again to pick up the dice confirming that their turn is complete.
Shake device to swap Player sides.
Bug Fixes:
Remove Problem Auto Complete Text Names - Sometimes an accidental entry makes other entries difficult. Now you can easily remove the problem name in the settings page.
Other minor bug fixes.
Build 833302517v1.3.22019-10-23 23:18:54
New Baffle Box Feature with optional speaking dice.
An End Turn option allows a player to tap the screen again to pick up the dice confirming that their turn is complete.
Shake device to swap Player sides.
Bug Fixes:
Remove Problem Auto Complete Text Names - Sometimes an accidental entry makes other entries difficult. Now you can easily remove the problem name in the settings page.
Other minor bug fixes.
Build 830293311v1.2.82019-02-16 14:38:27
The need to Restore Purchases each time there's an update ends after this version.
Please run BG Buddy and Restore Purchases for the last time before your next match.
Build 830241636v1.2.52019-02-11 06:26:47
Ability to add @ tags to Score tweets.
Gentle reminders added to check the Event Name and Checker Colors when taking a photo or tweeting scores.
Build 830234461v1.2.32019-02-09 00:30:13
Ability to add @ tags to Score tweets.
Gentle reminders added to check the Event Name and Checker Colors when taking a photo or tweeting scores.
Build 829121462v1.2.22018-10-31 23:45:34
Export All Dice feature removed as a matches dice can be exported and checked individually.
The first roll of each game is now NOT added to the dice stats page. As the first roll can never be a double, it has a maximum value of 11 (65) instead of 24 (66) and therefore was skewing the average dice roll and percentage of doubles downwards slightly.
Build 828951391v1.2.12018-10-20 10:06:32
Updated for new iPhone X devices
Bug fixes
Build 827410183v1.1.92018-06-04 22:20:05
Dice/clock audible beep now back in sync.
Delete Match now has a confirm popup.
Build 826805815v1.1.82018-04-25 00:15:07
Minor improvements.
Build 825708047v1.1.72018-01-21 23:07:50
Improvement:
Hashtag entry - the hash symbol is now automatically entered when you press space speeding up hashtag entry.
Bug fixed:
Twitter hashtag entry had a bug where you could not close the keyboard on some devices.
Build 825354262v1.1.62017-12-19 18:26:50
Updated for iPhone X
Updated with Twitter's new login code
Free version now allows 5 point matches
Minor Bug fixes
Build 825309121v1.1.42017-12-15 13:49:02
Updated for iPhone X
Updated with Twitter's new login code
Free version now allows 5 point matches
Build 825262713v1.1.32017-12-13 14:09:48
Updated for iPhone X
Updated with Twitter's new login code
Free version now allows 5 point matches
Build 822845214v1.1.22017-08-02 11:30:40
Features:
- Better layout of elements on screen.
- Simplify: a new button in the Menu hides some elements on the screen if desired.
- Tweets: If you find your tweets aren’t being sent BG Buddy will tell you why.
Clock: now tappable in the entire bottom quadrant of the screen.
Bug fixes
- Dice sensitivity issues addressed.
- Unfinished matches now reload as expected.
Build 822171209v1.1.02017-05-19 21:02:59
•Sometimes a user accidentally inputs a spelling mistake in a player's name or event name which gets saved into the list used for autocomplete. The settings page now has a textfield where unwanted autocomplete words can be removed. Note: New names are only added to the autocomplete list when a match is finished and saved.
•Save Unfinished Match now works as expected.
•Updated Mersenne Twister Dice Generator.
•Other minor improvements.
Build 822067323v1.0.82017-05-09 21:35:05
•Larger Dice.
•Choice of 3 different dice colours.
•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.
•When using talking dice, BG Buddy now speaks player names.
bug fixes:
•If Auto-roll is on, dice will now auto-roll after taking the cube.
•Save Unfinished Match now works as expected.
•Voiceover bug where match length was not spoken in settings is fixed.
Build 821166089v1.0.72017-03-07 07:43:24
- Position photos can now be taken while the clock is running.
- Clock now remains visible while taking position photos.
- Money Game Settlements. You can now enter an arbitrary number of points if a settlement has been agreed regardless of the cube value.
- Dice auto-roll Option. When your opponent picks up their dice, your dice will roll automatically if you don't have a cube decision to make.
- Other minor improvements.
Build 820924873v1.0.52017-02-14 00:33:17
Save and resume unfinished matches.
Minor bug fixes.
Build 811897752v1.0.42017-02-08 14:01:59
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Change log 25 changes · US
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releaseNotes updated
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 wer
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description updated
BG Buddy is a backgammon scoreboard and much more! Features include a tournament clock, dice, cube, scorecard, position photos and stats. Talking dice allow vis
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subtitle updated
Backgammon Score/Clock/Dice
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name updated
BG Buddy
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Version 1.3.5 released
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.
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Version 1.3.4 released
Bug fixed: since iOS 13 if you swapped players to place BG Buddy on your right and then tapped the home button to access another app, when you returned some of the views were displaced.
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Version 1.3.3 released
Saved Matches window - Player 1, Opponent, Event and Tournament can all now be edited. If you played any matches with wrong data fix them easily here. Multiple matches can be fixed in 1 tap.
New Baffle Box Feature with optional speaking di
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Version 1.3.2 released
New Baffle Box Feature with optional speaking dice.
An End Turn option allows a player to tap the screen again to pick up the dice confirming that their turn is complete.
Shake device to swap Player sides.
Bug Fixes:
Remove Problem Auto
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Version 1.2.8 released
The need to Restore Purchases each time there's an update ends after this version.
Please run BG Buddy and Restore Purchases for the last time before your next match.
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Version 1.2.5 released
Ability to add @ tags to Score tweets.
Gentle reminders added to check the Event Name and Checker Colors when taking a photo or tweeting scores.
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Version 1.2.3 released
Ability to add @ tags to Score tweets.
Gentle reminders added to check the Event Name and Checker Colors when taking a photo or tweeting scores.
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Version 1.2.2 released
Export All Dice feature removed as a matches dice can be exported and checked individually.
The first roll of each game is now NOT added to the dice stats page. As the first roll can never be a double, it has a maximum value of 11 (65) ins
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Version 1.2.1 released
Updated for new iPhone X devices
Bug fixes
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Version 1.1.9 released
Dice/clock audible beep now back in sync.
Delete Match now has a confirm popup.
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Version 1.1.8 released
Minor improvements.
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Version 1.1.7 released
Improvement:
Hashtag entry - the hash symbol is now automatically entered when you press space speeding up hashtag entry.
Bug fixed:
Twitter hashtag entry had a bug where you could not close the keyboard on some devices.
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Version 1.1.6 released
Updated for iPhone X
Updated with Twitter's new login code
Free version now allows 5 point matches
Minor Bug fixes
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Version 1.1.4 released
Updated for iPhone X
Updated with Twitter's new login code
Free version now allows 5 point matches
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Version 1.1.3 released
Updated for iPhone X
Updated with Twitter's new login code
Free version now allows 5 point matches
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Version 1.1.2 released
Features:
- Better layout of elements on screen.
- Simplify: a new button in the Menu hides some elements on the screen if desired.
- Tweets: If you find your tweets aren’t being sent BG Buddy will tell you why.
Clock: now tappable in the
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Version 1.1.0 released
•Sometimes a user accidentally inputs a spelling mistake in a player's name or event name which gets saved into the list used for autocomplete. The settings page now has a textfield where unwanted autocomplete words can be removed. Note: Ne
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Version 1.0.8 released
•Larger Dice.
•Choice of 3 different dice colours.
•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.
•When using talk
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Version 1.0.7 released
- Position photos can now be taken while the clock is running.
- Clock now remains visible while taking position photos.
- Money Game Settlements. You can now enter an arbitrary number of points if a settlement has been agreed regardless of
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Version 1.0.5 released
Save and resume unfinished matches.
Minor bug fixes.
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Version 1.0.4 released