Master Cribbage vs Just Cribbage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Master Cribbage
Enjoy a classic card game with customizable board backgrounds, including personal photos. Choose between manual score entry or letting the computer handle the scoring.
- Classic cribbage gameplay
- Customizable board backgrounds
- Use personal photos for backgrounds
- Manual score entry
- Computer-assisted scoring
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Classic cribbage game. Customize the cribbage board background including the option to use photos from your own photo album. Hand and Crib scores options: 1. User enters scores. 2. Computer does scores.
Just Cribbage
Experience the classic card game of Cribbage with an AI opponent. Follow the rules of the American Cribbage Congress, strategically manage your hand, and test your pegging skills. The game automatically counts your points after each round.
- Authentic Cribbage gameplay
- Single AI opponent
- American Cribbage Congress rules
- Strategic card selection
- Automatic scoring
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Just Cribbage is dedicated to an authentic gameplay experience of the classic game of Cribbage. Play add-free and offline against an AI opponent, or online with a friend in your Apple Game Center account. All play is in accordance with rules of the American Cribbage Congress. After each deal, strategically choose two cards from your hand for the Crib. Then compare your skill in pegging against the AI opponent or your invited friend. Player hands and the Crib are automatically counted after all cards are played.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Just Cribbage at Free against Master Cribbage's $2.99. Just Cribbage also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (29 vs 3). Master Cribbage's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Just Cribbage is free to download; Master Cribbage costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Master Cribbage holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Just Cribbage has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Master Cribbage's written reviews are positive against 33% of Just Cribbage's.
Master Cribbage ships an update every 6 weeks, Just Cribbage fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Master Cribbage | Just Cribbage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.9 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ken Fox | Bradley Johansen |
Customer experience
Master Cribbage
Just Cribbage
In-app purchases
Master Cribbage
No in-app purchases
Just Cribbage
No in-app purchases
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