Cribbage Score vs Cribbage Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cribbage Score
Easily score your cribbage hands with this app. It helps you identify points for 15s, nobs, and other combinations. You can also test your skills by scoring random hands.
- Score cribbage hands
- Identify 15s
- Detect nobs
- Calculate total score
- Generate random hands
- Test cribbage skills
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"Did I count all the 15s?" "Do I have nobs?" "What's the score for this cribbage hand?" "Which two cards should I put in the crib?" Use Cribbage Score to score your cribbage hands and figure out the smartest discard. Choose the cards in your hand and let the app score them instantly, catching every fifteen, run, pair, and nobs. NEW: Discard Analysis. Not sure what to send to the crib? Cribbage Score works through every possible discard combination and shows you which one gives you the best expected outcome, whether the crib is yours or your opponent's. Test your cribbage skills by generating a random hand from the deck and scoring it yourself before checking the app. Make sure you're getting every point in your hand, and making the best discard, every time you play cribbage!
Cribbage Assistant
This app helps you play and score cribbage games faster and more accurately. It offers instant hand analysis, full playable games against AI, and coaching mode to improve your strategy. Learn and master the game with detailed feedback on your decisions.
- Instant hand analysis
- Score tracking
- Playable cribbage games against AI
- Coaching mode for strategy improvement
- Discard and pegging feedback
- Difficulty levels
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Cribbage Assistant helps you play smarter, score faster, and improve your strategy over time. Whether you are learning the game or sharpening your skills, the app provides instant hand analysis, simple score tracking, and full playable cribbage games against computer opponents in a clean and focused interface. Play complete cribbage games against one or two computer players with full dealing, discarding, pegging, and hand counting. Choose between Regular and Expert difficulty levels. Expert opponents use stronger strategy and evaluate discard value and pegging risk to make smarter plays. Coaching Mode helps you improve while you play. Discard decisions are graded and ranked against all possible options, pegging decisions include feedback, and detailed score breakdowns show exactly how each hand scores. Enter your cards in seconds to analyze discard options. The app evaluates every possible starter card to calculate expected value and scoring ranges. Cribbage Assistant is designed to help players learn faster, make better decisions, and enjoy the game even more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Cribbage Score at free against Cribbage Assistant's free with in-app purchases. Cribbage Score also leads on ratings volume (523 vs 2). Cribbage Assistant's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Cribbage Score sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Cribbage Assistant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cribbage Assistant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Score has 523 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cribbage Score ships an update every 2 months, Cribbage Assistant fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cribbage Score | Cribbage Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (523 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 523 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Technomagination, LLC | Samuel Guillou Jones |
Customer experience
Cribbage Score
Cribbage Assistant
In-app purchases
Cribbage Score
- Tip - "Nobs"$0.99
- Tip - "Fifteen for 2"$1.99
- Tip - "Run of 3"$2.99
Cribbage Assistant
- Cribbage Pro Unlock$4.99
Questions
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