# Cribbage Live — user reviews

> 131 indexed App Store user reviews of Cribbage Live by BPS Software, rated 4.30/5 from 153 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cribbage-live/id525215125/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cribbage-live/id525215125.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 107 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 15

## What do users think of Cribbage Live?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎮 Engaging real-time multiplayer gameplay
- 👥 Ability to play with friends and people worldwide
- 🎨 Good graphics and visual design
- ⚡ Fast-paced games with time limits
- 📱 Works well on mobile devices
- 🏆 Tournament and competitive features
- 💬 Social interaction and chat capabilities
- 🎯 Authentic cribbage experience
- 📊 Leaderboard system for competition
- 🔄 Multiple game variations available

**Cons**

- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 💰 Unfair monetization and pricing model
- 🎲 Non-random card distribution (rigged perception)
- ⏳ Long wait times to find opponents
- 🖼️ Outdated graphics and user interface
- 🎯 Unfair rating system discouraging new players
- 📋 Limited game options (no 3-player games)
- 🔧 Weak game mechanics and glitches
- 💬 Poor customer support and feedback handling
- 🚫 Ads that prevent gameplay
- 💸 High cost to break even in money games
- 🎪 Questionable advertising (scams and political ads)

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Cards selected incorrectly despite user input
- Ads preventing immediate gameplay after joining table
- Login issues and authentication failures
- Occasional crashes and glitches
- Card selection requires inconsistent pressure/taps
- Opponents leaving or blocking due to ad delays
- Inside straight fills appearing too frequently
- Uncloseable ads blocking gameplay

**Most requested features**

- Automatic numerical card sorting
- 3-player or multi-player game options
- Manual scoring options
- Better card dealing order
- Easier conversation/chat system
- Larger, more visible cards
- Dark mode option
- Better login functionality
- Improved card selection mechanics

## Newest reviews (14 of 131)

### 4/5 — Lots of fun

*2022-06-05*

Very enjoyable

### 2/5 — Cribbage colony

*2022-05-26*

Won’t left me log into game

### 4/5 — Ok to good, could be great!

*2022-03-13*

Unfriendly card selection. Sometimes an
 card goes up incorrectly, ie not the card I picked. Also sometimes a card is selected with a light tap and sometimes it’s difficult. 
Make conversations easy, cribbage is a social game and conversations should be easier to conduct

### 3/5 — Good, but rigged

*2022-02-23*

The layout and gameplay is great. But its just so obviously rigged. If you dont buy tickets, you'll never start with crib first, and you'll mysteriously get bad cards at the end of every game if you're playing someone who has deposited.

### 5/5 — Winning

*2022-02-21, version 3.13.3*

Awesome time 
Good players

### 5/5 — Great

*2022-02-19*

Love the platform

### 5/5 — Good

*2022-02-08, version 3.13.3*

It’s a good game

### 5/5 — Great online play

*2021-12-13*

Vertical mode is nice as a lot of other apps use landscape. Real people play much better than computer. Could do with auto numerical card sorting.

### 4/5 — Very fast!!

*2021-12-05*

I wish the cards were dealt in order. Hard to rearrange. At times it’s difficult to get into a table but love playing real time!!

### 5/5 — Pretty Fun

*2021-08-08*

Fun game, algorithm seems fair.. downside is other players holding tables that aren’t ready to play- or are away.

### 5/5 — Best game ever

*2021-05-28*

Has its moments connecting with friends, but wish we could play more than 2 people.

### 5/5 — Total fun

*2020-12-27, version 3.11.1*

Love the competition.

### 5/5 — GREAT PROGRAM

*2020-11-04*

A MUST PLAY.  ALSO THEY HAVE MONEY GAMES

### 4/5 — Crib23467984

*2020-08-08*

Good

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Don’t bother

*2026-03-31*

The most unrealistic distribution of cards that I have ever seen in a cribbage app. To long wait to play anyone and the amount of ads are a disgrace.

### 1/5 — Outdated

*2025-04-06*

This app has outdated graphics and user interface. It doesn’t allow 2/3 matches or manual scoring options. The rating system results in opponents being very selective in accepting games from newer or lower rated players. Games for money require a minimum winning percentage of almost 55 percent just to break even. Online support is minimal and app developers are not interested in accepting constructive feedback. Messages in the game hall and forum are heavily screened to prevent any criticism.

### 1/5 — Intrusive adds

*2024-02-15*

Every time I join a table an add comes on and prevents me from playing right away long enough that the opponent either leaves or blocks you 🤬

### 1/5 — Update

*2023-08-20, version 3.13.3*

You all should update this software

### 1/5 — Fun but not random

*2022-07-16, version 3.13.3*

This is a fun game but one needs to realize that the hands are not random. Pay 3 dollars for 2 onedollar tickets to get rid of the ads, but playing for tix is a suckers game. Even if it is not rigged you need to win 60 percent of the time to break even. Not going to happen.

### 1/5 — Very bad

*2020-07-25, version 3.8.2*

The game mechanics are weak and the graphics are sub par. Also can’t play ever because ads pop up that you can’t close.

### 1/5 — Fraudulent Advertising

*2020-06-05*

It’s a good game but any company that promotes fraudulent scam advertisement only deserves ONE star.  Stop promoting fake Bitcoin scams and I’ll increase my Stars!

### 1/5 — I’d like a little cribbage with my ads please...sheesh.

*2020-04-28, version 3.8*

This was a paid app, but you wouldn’t know it from all of the ads

You cannot win money solely on merit

Shenanigans. The ticket system is garbage — it discourages rewards by merit:
1.  Buy 2 tickets for $3. Or 7 for $10.  But when you cash out you only get $1 per ticket.  
...not the worst thing — after all that’s how game colony can make its money.   Bu here’s the problem:  if you play somebody for 1 ticket, you only get .90 tickets when you win.  

— You have to maintain roughly a 54.54% winning percentage over 22 games in order to keep your ticket balance BARELY ALIVE.  
For context, I surveyed some of the better players online today.  Their win %s range from approx. 50% - 56%. .  I have a 55% win percentage and have lost more money than I’ve won.

Put another way, say you buy 2 tickets and you play for 1 ticket... if you
Lose once
Win once
Lose again, 
Now you have .90 tickets
And if you then play for a half ticket and lose again (even the best players have losing streaks), now you have .40 tickets, and you can’t do squat with that.  

You HAVE to win 2 in a row, and then by the grace of god not lose two in a row while winning ever other game for the next 10 games. AND THATS JUST TO BREAK EVEN. Then you have to win 2 in a row again.

### 1/5 — Obvious Algorithms

*2020-04-14*

After playing for a couple of weeks, it’s clear the game is rigged as you can pretty much predict the turnover card after playing for a while and know within the first few hands if you’ll win or lose.  As others have said, far to many great scores and runs which just don’t happen in the real game.  Don’t waste your time if you’re a serious player as you’ll quickly get bored.

### 1/5 — A message for whoever developed this app

*2020-03-30, version 3.7.6*

Take the $10 dollar “investment” I wasted on your app and make a better game.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Good game

*2026-03-10, version 3.13.3*

Good game

### 5/5 — 3crows=?

*2025-03-06, version 3.13.3*

I love cribbage

### 5/5 — Cribbage

*2024-10-31*

Excellent for one on one

### 5/5 — Addicted

*2024-09-15*

Great app. Few different ways of playing the game so you don’t get bored.. brilliant

### 5/5 — Cribbage

*2024-07-02, version 3.13.3*

Super

### 5/5 — Well-Done 👍

*2024-01-15*

Played for a few months and must say it's pretty good. Very competitive and interesting.

### 5/5 — Fredflinstone

*2023-09-09, version 3.13.3*

Excellent site

### 5/5 — Best online cribbage

*2023-08-02, version 3.13.3*

Love this game

### 5/5 — Cribbage

*2022-12-02, version 3.13.3*

Challenging

### 5/5 — Learning to play

*2022-04-10*

It's a great app for learning to play like I am. Can be a bit fast paced but you learn to be better that way. Overall good app. Gimme my tickets please

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