Comparison

Cribbage JD vs Tick Score Keeper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Cribbage JD

Experience the classic card game of Cribbage on your mobile device. Play online or offline with automatic scoring and detailed point breakdowns. Enjoy a user-friendly interface with large cards and built-in rules, perfect for both new and experienced players.

Highlights
  • Play online or offline
  • Automatic scoring with point breakdown
  • Built-in rules for easy learning
  • Track game statistics
  • Variety of difficulty levels
  • Achievements system
Features
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The classic card game Cribbage also known as Crib, Cribble, and Noddy. A card game traditionally for two players, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points. Cribbage has several distinctive features: the cribbage board used for score keeping, the crib, box, or kitty, a separate hand counting for the dealer, two distinct scoring stages (the play and the show), aces low, and a unique scoring system including points for groups of cards that total fifteen (15). This Cribbage mobile app lets you play the classic card game Cribage anywhere without needing your wooden Cribbage pegging board. You can play online or even offline. The playing cards are large so Grandpa will have no trouble playing his favorite board game. All the scoring is automatic using the built-in calculator including a breakdown of the point details, so no need for Muggins or Shotgun Cribbage. Are you ready to skunk your family in one of the most popular card games created in the 17th century? The rules of Cribbage are built in making it easy to learn how to play Cribbage / Cribble. This app track all your statistic including your hand, crib, pegging average, max, and life time point totals. Never get board with the plethora of achievements to master the perfect hand with a flush, pairs, three of a kind, 15, and super combos. Play at any difficultly: Easy, Medium, Hard, or Crazy Ninja. This multiplayer game classically plays 2 players in a head to head battle like Speed, Nertz, Canasta, Pinochle, Solitaire Showdown, Backgammon, and Gin Rummy, but only Cribbage is played with a cribbage pegboard.

About

Tick Score Keeper

This app simplifies scorekeeping for a variety of card and board games. It handles calculations, player management, and even provides in-game rules. Track your progress and share games with friends.

Highlights
  • Scorekeeping for 18 games
  • Automated calculations
  • Player management
  • In-game rules
  • Game history and standings
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Apple TV integration
Features
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Tick keeps score so you can play. Pick a game, add your players, and Tick handles the rest: the math, the dealer rotation, the round totals, and the running standings. No more scraps of paper. No more recounting somebody's Canasta meld at midnight. EIGHTEEN GAMES Tick, Gin Rummy, Five Crowns, Canasta, Shanghai Rummy, Liverpool Rummy, Cribbage, Pinochle, Wizard, Spades, Hearts, Bridge, Phase 10, Pitch, Oh Hell, Euchre, Skat, and Golf. SCORING BUILT FOR EACH GAME Every game gets its own entry screen instead of a generic number pad. Cribbage has a board. Bridge takes the contract and the tricks. Phase 10 tracks who is on which phase. Wizard and Oh Hell record bids before the round and score against them. Pinochle, Spades, and Euchre understand partnerships. Tick counts down the twelve rounds and changes the wild card as you go. If a score is missing when you try to move on, Tick tells you whose it is instead of quietly saving a bad round. A COUNTER THAT DOES THE MATH FOR YOU In Tick, Five Crowns, Shanghai Rummy, and Liverpool Rummy, you do not have to add up the cards left in your hand. Tap each one once and Tick totals it, using the right point values for the game you are playing and the wild card that changes every round. Hand it to whoever is worst at mental arithmetic. YOUR PLAYERS, ALREADY THERE Save the people you play with once and pick them from a list every time after that. Give everyone an avatar so the scoreboard is readable across the table. Tick remembers who played what, so the next game starts in a few taps. WATCH ON APPLE TV Put the scoreboard on the big screen with the free Tick app for Apple TV. It follows the game running on your iPhone or iPad and updates as scores go in, which is a lot easier than passing a phone around a table of six. SHARE A GAME Send a game to other players through iCloud. Choose whether guests can just watch or enter scores themselves. Everyone stays in sync, so the person keeping score is not the only one who knows where things stand. SEE HOW YOU ARE DOING Tick saves finished games and builds standings out of them. Look at win totals across everyone you play with, or open a chart and see how one player has trended over time. Old games stay around, so you can settle a dispute about last Thanksgiving. RULES WHEN YOU NEED THEM Each game includes the setup, how play works, how scoring works, and how to win. Handy when somebody at the table has not played Skat since college. WHAT IS FREE AND WHAT IS NOT Tick, Gin Rummy, and Five Crowns are free, with no ads and no time limits. Play them as much as you want. The other fifteen games unlock with a single purchase that covers all of them at once. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and it restores on your other devices with the same Apple Account. Tick runs on iPhone and iPad. The Apple TV app is free.

Screenshots

Cribbage JD4 screens
Tick Score Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tick Score Keeper at none against Cribbage JD's 5. Tick Score Keeper also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 66%). Cribbage JD's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cribbage JD sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Tick Score Keeper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tick Score Keeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage JD has 19K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Cribbage JD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tick Score Keeper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage JD ships an update every 3 weeks, Tick Score Keeper every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cribbage JD versus Tick Score Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage JDTick Score Keeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (19K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJD SOFTWARE LLCNeonjoy

Customer experience

Cribbage JD

All ratings18,818 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews682 reviews
Positive66.4%
Neutral7.5%
Negative26.1%

Tick Score Keeper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Cribbage JD

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Game freezes when playing random player online
  • Losing all progress when changing devices
  • Audio issues when leaving app
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  • Staggered pegging not a good addition

Requested features

9 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Ability to rearrange cards after dealing
  • Option to play a match instead of single games
  • Ability to see which friends are online when inviting
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  • Ability to rate players
  • Add flag for player's country
  • Reverse button / crib selection / time count
  • 5 card crib option

Tick Score Keeper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cribbage JD

One-time5
  • 1,000 Coins$1.99
  • 5,000 Coins$4.99
  • 10,000 Coins$6.99
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  • 20,000 Coins$9.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
None

Tick Score Keeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cribbage JD free?
Cribbage JD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tick Score Keeper free?
Tick Score Keeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage JD or Tick Score Keeper?
Tick Score Keeper is rated higher. Cribbage JD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Tick Score Keeper averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Cribbage JD or Tick Score Keeper have ads?
Cribbage JD shows ads; Tick Score Keeper does not.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage JD or Tick Score Keeper?
Cribbage JD ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tick Score Keeper every 5 weeks. Most recently, Cribbage JD was updated on October 19, 2026 and Tick Score Keeper on October 5, 2026.

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