# Cribbage With Grandpas — Create your grandpa today! > Play cribbage against customizable grandpa characters with unique personalities. (iPhone/iPad app by Less Than Three Interactive.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cribbage-with-grandpas/id1131745606 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Less Than Three Interactive](https://appshunter.io/developer/1131745605) - Category: Games, Board, Card - Price: $2.99 - Rating: 4.80/5 from 690 App Store ratings · 198 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 8.0 · 37 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2016-09-04 - Data updated: 2026-08-30 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cribbage-with-grandpas/id1131745606/reviews.md ## What is Cribbage With Grandpas? Play the classic card game cribbage with your grandpa! Cribbage With Grandpas is a relaxing and delightful game you'll love curling up with. It features a grandpa creator which you use to create a grandpa and select what personality they should have (grumpy, silly, sweet, etc.). You can create multiple grandpas with different difficulty and conversational settings for every mood. Cribbage is a pre-existing card game that was created in the 1600's known for it's unique wooden board and scoring system. It's a remarkable game that combines chance and skill that can be enjoyed by players of all ages. Don't worry if you don't know the rules - the grandpas will teach you! Featuring - Create the grandpa of your choice from a selection of over 200 different parts! - Several levels of difficulty for the beginner to the expert cribbage player to choose from! - Hundreds of lines of dialogue to help your grandpa's personality come alive! - Share photos of your grandpa on facebook and twitter! - Plenty of different environments and snacks, each with charming sonic accompaniment! What other people have been saying about Cribbage With Grandpas: "It’s a well-designed mobile card game, but the real stars are still the grandpas. Grandpa looks down at his cards while thinking, then back up at you when talking. He falls asleep when you take too long to play. He makes little rhymes while counting his crib. He brings the game to life in ways a username on a background never could. We couldn’t have cared less about cribbage before, but now we love Cribbage With Grandpas." - Jillian Werner, GameZebo "I feel disproportionately happy that this exists." - Willpie, MetaFilter ## Key features - Grandpa creator with over 200 parts - Customizable grandpa personalities - Multiple difficulty levels - Hundreds of lines of dialogue - Learn cribbage rules within the app - Share grandpa photos on social media ## Chart rankings - #44 in Top Paid · Board (US App Store) - #34 in Top Paid · Card (US App Store) ## What do users think of Cribbage With Grandpas? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Charming and nostalgic gameplay - 🎨 Customizable grandpas - 🕹️ Simple and intuitive interface - 💰 Good value for the price - 🧠 Helpful for learning cribbage - 🤗 Comforting and relaxing experience **Cons** - 🤖 Grandpa's cards seem unfairly advantaged at higher difficulties - 🐛 Occasional crashes and scoring bugs - 🔢 Lack of multiplayer or online features - 🎨 Limited customization options for grandpas **Commonly reported bugs** - Scoring issues with flushes and runs - Game sometimes fails to save progress **Most requested features** - Add grandmas as opponents - Provide more detailed scoring information - Implement a tutorial or guide for new players - Allow users to create their own grandpa voice lines ## Recent user reviews (10 of 198) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cribbage-with-grandpas/id1131745606/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Scoring *2026-08-01, version 1.5.1* I have always loved playing cribbage and this game is great to play although I would have liked the opportunity for automatic scoring with less time having to press continue all the time - great game though ### 5/5 — Grampa is a good dude *2026-06-17, version 1.5.1* Peter is a lonely guy who just likes a good old fashioned game of cribbage. He’s a little cranky..but in a loving way. He does beat me a lot, which does get under my skin, but I don’t let it show because gramps has been through enough. Good game, recommended! ### 3/5 — No Muggins *2026-05-09, version 1.5.1* It runs smoothly, but you can’t call Muggins on grandpas.. they can only call it on you. ### 2/5 — Weighted hands *2026-01-20, version 1.5.1* It took me a few hundred games to figure out that grandpa’s hands are weighted heavily on the highest difficulty. I always suspected it and other reviews here confirmed it. It’s very frustrating. I wish the cards were random because otherwise I love everything about this app and have recommended it to friends who bought it. If you’re new to the game it’s great because it will give you good hands on lower difficulties but the game will always keep you down games on the highest difficulty. So frustrating. Time to look for a new cribbage app ### 2/5 — I wish the deals were random and not weighted *2025-12-26, version 1.5.1* TLDR: The AI deals non random hands to give the illusion of various difficulties. I’ve played cribbage for 20+ years and this used to be my favorite app on my phone. Recently I’ve been playing cribbage more consistently both irl and on this app. I started to feel frustrated when playing against grandpa, that something was off compared to what I was expecting. It felt like no matter what you could never get ahead, that grandpa kept getting especially lucky. Well I decided to run a few tests to see if I was just making things up. I started playing cribbage on a different app and didn’t experience any of these feelings, the game felt fair. Then I came back to this app and started tracking points for hands. Grandpa got high scoring hands a lot more often than I did and a lot more often than either player did on the other cribbage app. Then I put the difficulty to the lowest setting. I suddenly started getting incredible hands consistently! I would then start to discard to the crib the cards that would make my hand the worst, the flip would then be a card that made my hand great. If I started to not score my hand Grandpa’s hand would then get worse. After that I just deleted the game and then came here to write my first app review in a decade. If you all ever put in a fair randomization where the skill level changes instead of weighting the deal I’ll be back as I love the aesthetic and feel of the gameplay compared to other apps. ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-12-01, version 1.5.1* I generally don’t have the patience to play games on my phone, this is the only one. I really like the premise (playing with your “Grandpa”) and appreciate it’s simplicity and it’s lack of micro transactions, in-app purchases and leaky/questionable privacy policies. I’m not sure if it’s still in active development, but I’m glad I can keep my cribbage chops up regardless. ### 2/5 — Level balance is bad *2025-11-26, version 1.5.1* Inconsistent play with level balancing. From difficulty 3 and under there is no challenge. Anything over 4 is impossible and it’s not related to skill. Bad AI. ### 5/5 — Grandpa Cheats *2025-10-29, version 1.5.1* I don’t for a minute believe that the game plays with randomized card deals. The grandpa has constant 15+ pt hands while I draw garbage every turn. 5 stars ### 5/5 — Love it, except… *2025-10-13, version 1.5.1* The banter is repetitive and boring. If the developer replaced it with an AI large language model, it could be a lot more creative and entertaining. ### 5/5 — Cozy and comforting *2025-09-23, version 1.5.1* After nine years, I keep coming back to this game. It’s so thoughtfully made. I really hope it remains compatible with iOS updates as it ages. ## Frequently asked questions about Cribbage With Grandpas ### What is Cribbage With Grandpas? Cribbage With Grandpas is a mobile application that allows you to create and customize your own grandpa characters with various personalities and conversational settings. You can then play the classic card game of cribbage against these grandpas. ### How do I play cribbage in this app? The app teaches you the rules of cribbage as you play. The grandpas will guide you through the game, making it accessible even if you're new to cribbage. The game combines elements of chance and skill. ### Is this app free to download and play? Yes, the application is free to download and play. It does not feature in-app purchases or advertisements, allowing for an uninterrupted gaming experience. ### What kind of customization options are available for the grandpas? You can create your grandpa using a selection of over 200 different parts, allowing for extensive visual customization. You can also choose their personality, such as grumpy, silly, or sweet, and adjust difficulty and conversational settings. ### Can I share my created grandpas with friends? Yes, the app allows you to share photos of your created grandpa on platforms like Facebook and Twitter. This feature lets you showcase your unique grandpa creations to your social network. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.5.1 — 2018-09-26 This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included. Fixed bug where grandpa continues to play past 121. ### 1.5 — 2017-12-20 Hello there! Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out to us to give us your thoughts and feedback over the last several months! We've taken everything into account and made some changes to the game we hope you enjoy. Muggins Muggins is a little known and optional rule in Cribbage that many of you may have grown up playing with. When scoring your cards if you happen to miss something and Muggins is turned on grandpa will steal those points! If you're looking for something to make the grandpas even more ruthless this mode is for you. Check your grandpa's personality page to enable it. Grandpa Difficulty The way difficulty works in our game is that lower difficulty settings mean the grandpas are less likely to select the best possible cards to play. We have never and would never let the game cheat for any reason. To address the concern what we've done is made the grandpa's easier across the board. If you were playing on the highest setting before however try bumping it up one more ;) Low Card Goes First Low card now deals first as per the American Cribbage Congress (don't mess with these guys). Thanks to everyone who pointed this out! Rules We've added a handy link to the official Cribbage rules accessible from the settings and pause menus. iPhone X support Play cribbage in full size on your schnazzy long skinny screen. And a few more small tweaks and player requested changes that we think will make the game more enjoyable to play for new and returning players. Thanks again for letting us know what you think! We really appreciate that you took the time to write to us and / or review our game. Happy holidays from both of us at Cribbage With Grandpas! ### 1.3 — 2017-08-11 Just a small tweak today folks! But we've heard your feedback and a big update is coming soon. Thanks for playing our game! :) ### 1.2 — 2016-12-07 The Grandpas have been getting things ready for the holidays and it's almost time to take a break and play some crib. Also in this update are fixes for the issue that was preventing games being saved, flushes from being recognized and adding extra indication for whose crib it is. Thank you for the feedback everyone! Happy Holidays! ### 1.1 — 2016-10-18 Halloween update! Ooooh spooky! Some of the grandpas have dressed up and decorated their rooms for Halloween. We also added a grandpa named "Lowball". He likes to play a variation of cribbage where the goal is to get the lowest score! 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