Comparison

Cribbage vs Table Crib

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Table Crib

A strategic card game that adapts traditional cribbage rules to a 5x5 grid. Players compete to build high-scoring rows and columns while blocking opponents. It offers an addictive blend of offense and defense, easy to learn but hard to master.

Highlights
  • Traditional cribbage scoring
  • 5x5 grid gameplay
  • Simultaneous offense and defense
  • Row and column scoring
  • Easy to learn, difficult to master
Features
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Table Crib is the exciting strategy game that takes traditional cribbage, but allows it to be more challenging and enjoyable. Table Crib uses normal cribbage scoring rules as you try to build five high scoring rows or columns while simultaneously sabotaging your opponents' hands. This style is easy to learn, but difficult to master. Whether you're new to the game or have a good understanding of it, Table Crib is an easy but challenging twist that's positively addicting! Do you score points, or play defense? On this 5x5 grid, you will compete with your opponent to build your hands. Your opponent is working to build hands in the rows perpendicular to your columns. One card at a time, you alternate turns. Each player needs to balance offense and defense while understanding the importance of placement. Outwit your opponents in this fast-paced action game.

Screenshots

Cribbage4 screens
Table Crib4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cribbage at 4.6 against Table Crib's 3.0. Cribbage also leads on ratings volume (7.9K vs 2). Table Crib's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Cribbage sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Table Crib asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cribbage holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage has 7.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Cribbage's written reviews are positive against 95% of Table Crib's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage ships an update every 2 months, Table Crib every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Cribbage versus Table Crib: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbageTable Crib
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7.9K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews95.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.9K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWildCard Classics IncSAM MILLER

Customer experience

Cribbage

All ratings7,834 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews654 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative15.1%

Table Crib

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

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

Table Crib

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cribbage

One-time3
  • 29 Pack$1.99
  • 3 Player Games$2.99
  • Expert AI$3.99
None

Table Crib

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cribbage free?
Cribbage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Table Crib free?
Table Crib is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage or Table Crib?
Cribbage is rated higher. Cribbage averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7.9K ratings, while Table Crib averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Cribbage or Table Crib have ads?
Cribbage shows ads; Table Crib does not.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage or Table Crib?
Cribbage ships an update every 2 months, and Table Crib every 9 days. Most recently, Cribbage was updated on November 12, 2026 and Table Crib on November 4, 2026.

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