Comparison

Cribbage Board 29 vs Muggins

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

Head to head
About

Cribbage Board 29

This app provides a digital cribbage board for playing on your mobile device. Enjoy the tactile experience of moving pegs and scoring without needing a physical board. It supports multiple players and offers customization options for a personalized game.

Highlights
  • Draggable pegs
  • Easy score buttons
  • 2 or 3 player support
  • Zoom functionality
  • Customizable player names/colors
  • Automatic game tracking
  • Haptic feedback
Features
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Cribbage board on the go, all you need are cards. No need to lug around a full cribbage board all over the place or risk loosing the pegs to your favorite scoreboard. Play cribbage anywhere all while still getting the satisfaction of moving pegs and scoring like normal. This pegboard features a classic 29 pattern, and beautiful wooden texture. Features: - Draggable Pegs - Easy to use score buttons - 2 or 3 Players/Teams - Zoom - Customize Player Names/Colors - Automatically track games won per player - Play music while in app - Haptic feedback

About

Muggins

This digital cribbage board allows you to play with real cards and track scores on your device. Simply lay your phone or tablet flat, use the on-screen pegs, and race to 121 points. Customize your board with various themes.

Highlights
  • Digital pegging board
  • Use with real cards
  • Score tracking
  • Multiple board themes
  • Race to 121 points
Features
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Muggins is a digital cribbage board. Set your device flat on the table, play with your real cards, and keep score with the Muggins app. Pull and release the knobs to peg points. Pull back or hit the undo button to remove them. THE BOARD, NOT THE CARDS Muggins lets you play cribbage with your real cards. You shuffle, deal, and count your own points. The app simply acts as a scorekeeper, a digital cribbage board. HOW IT WORKS • Open the app and play. No account creation, no sign-in. • Pull and release the knobs to peg points. Drag your knob and a live preview shows you how many points you'll add once you release it. No number pads and no typing. • Tap the peg to subtract a point. Hit the undo button to undo the last points added. • Good sound quality. You'll hear a click for every point as you pull, a solid clunk when the peg lands. Mute it in settings if you'd rather play quietly. • Game over at 121 — a dedicated result screen and a stamp on the loser's score if they got skunked (or double-skunked, we're not here to protect feelings). • Your current game saves automatically if you leave the app. PICK YOUR BOARD Three boards to play on: • Classic — warm cream card stock, enamel pegs, tilted playing-card score displays. Free. • Obsidian — a matte-black board with an LED trail and softly glowing pegs. • Casino — green felt, ivory rails, and a thin gold pinstripe. FAIR AND SIMPLE PRICING Muggins is free to play, supported by ads that never interrupt a game. There's an optional one-time purchase that will remove all ads and unlock all board themes. No subscription, no recurring costs. FOR PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LOVE CRIBBAGE Muggins is a scoreboard and it assumes you know the game already. It's for the cabin where the board went missing, the vacation rental, the airplane tray, the bar. If you carry a deck of cards, you now carry a cribbage board too. Made for iPhone and iPad. Grab a deck. Deal six. The board's ready.

Screenshots

Cribbage Board 293 screens
Muggins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cribbage Board 29 at none against Muggins's 4. Cribbage Board 29 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Muggins's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price 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. Muggins sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Cribbage Board 29 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Muggins holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Board 29 has 62 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Cribbage Board 29's written reviews are positive against 100% of Muggins's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage Board 29 ships an update every 3 days, Muggins every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Cribbage Board 29 versus Muggins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage Board 29Muggins
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (62 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings62 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAshton GallagherKYLE ANTHONY MC GAHEY

Customer experience

Cribbage Board 29

All ratings53 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Muggins

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cribbage Board 29

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Muggins

One-time4
  • Obsidian Theme$1.99
  • Casino Theme$1.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
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  • Unlock Everything$6.99

Questions

Is Cribbage Board 29 free?
Cribbage Board 29 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Muggins free?
Muggins is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage Board 29 or Muggins?
Muggins is rated higher. Cribbage Board 29 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while Muggins averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Cribbage Board 29 or Muggins have ads?
Muggins shows ads; Cribbage Board 29 does not.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage Board 29 or Muggins?
Cribbage Board 29 ships an update every 3 days, and Muggins every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cribbage Board 29 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Muggins on October 25, 2026.

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