Cribbage vs Simple Cribbage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cribbage
Experience a top-rated digital card game with intuitive gameplay for all skill levels. Learn and improve with helpful hints and scoring explanations. Challenge AI opponents or play with friends online.
- Intuitive gameplay for novices and experts
- Hints and scoring explanations
- Challenging AI opponents
- Personalize game appearance
- Automatic or manual card counting
- Play muggins to steal points
- Online multiplayer options
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Catch the crib! Play the App Store’s top rated cribbage game! With fluid action, this game is intuitive and easy to play for both novice and experienced players. Fans of Backgammon, Euchre, Gin Rummy, or 500 will love this! New to Cribbage? Cribbage Lite helps you every step of the way. Use hints to develop your skills and strategy. If you're unsure how a hand was scored, use the “Explain” button for a breakdown of the points. Think you're a pro? Challenge yourself against our world class expert AI (available for in-app purchase)! Count your own cards! Play muggins and steal missed points from your opponent! Cribbage will keep you endlessly entertained. __________________________________________ AWESOME FEATURES • Single Player games have easy, medium, hard and expert opponents • Personalize your cards, pegs, board, and background • Choose automatic or manual card counting • Play muggins and steal points from your opponent • See detailed breakdowns of the points scored in a hand with the explain button • Use hints to develop your strategy __________________________________________ UPGRADE FOR MORE AWESOME FEATURES • More ways to play: online with Game Center, turn-based multiplayer, peer to peer, and pass and play • Voice chat lets you be more social during online games • Find opponents while you play with background matchmaking • Show you're a pro by earning all 42 achievements • Compete for top spots on the leaderboard • Cribbage HD is Universal. Runs on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch __________________________________________ And follow us online for news and promotions: • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/trivialtech • Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/trivialtech
Simple Cribbage
This app provides a modern and intuitive way to keep score for Cribbage games. Easily add or subtract points with simple taps and swipes, and quickly score your tally.
- Tap to add 1 point
- Swipe right for 5 points
- Swipe left to subtract points
- Score tally with swipe up
- Modern scorekeeping interface
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A simple, modern cribbage score keeping app. - Tap to add 1 point to your tally - Swipe right to add 5 points to your tally - Swipe left to subtract 1 point to your tally - Swipe up to score your tally
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Cribbage at none against Cribbage's 3. Simple Cribbage also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Cribbage's advantage is ratings volume (7.8K vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. Cribbage sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Simple Cribbage asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Cribbage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage has 7.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Cribbage's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Cribbage's.
| Parameter | Cribbage | Simple Cribbage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.8K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WildCard Classics Inc | Christopher Reimann |
Customer experience
Cribbage
Simple Cribbage
Bugs and requests
Cribbage
Reported bugs
2 issues- Scoring errors or missed points not being recognized
- Inability to change discarded cards before the crib is counted
Requested features
4 requests- Option to play against other players online
- More customization options for boards, cards, and pegs
- Ability to count cards manually without penalty
- Four-player game mode
Simple Cribbage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cribbage
- 29 Pack$1.99
- 3 Player Games$2.99
- Expert AI$3.99
Simple Cribbage
No in-app purchases
Questions
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