Comparison

Cribbage vs Smart Cribbage Scoring

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

Smart Cribbage Scoring

This app replaces a physical cribbage board, allowing players to easily track scores, save games, and analyze statistics. Customize the look with your own images and manage local player profiles without needing an account.

Highlights
  • Digital cribbage board
  • Score tracking
  • Game saving
  • Player statistics
  • Editable play history
  • Local player profiles
  • Customizable backgrounds
Features
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Smart Cribbage Scoring can be used in place of a physical board, or when one is absent. It is especially useful for keeping track of rivalries and saving games for later. Drag your peg up the lane hole by hole, or use the scoring menu to tap the plays that made up your count. Either way, you’ll get the option to log your different plays in order to receive interesting statistics at the end of the match. It is a completely effortless process, but you can also just skip this step and just input a score. Every move of the game is listed in the editable play history. Change a score, retag a play from hand to crib, or remove a move entirely. The board rebuilds itself and nothing becomes a permanent statistic until the game ends. Every player gets a local profile. There are no login or account creation options. In Advanced Player Statistics, search any stat in plain words or scroll down the stat options drop down to view interesting facts and comparisons with your friends. The background and the board itself are customizable with images from your own camera roll.

Screenshots

Cribbage4 screens
Smart Cribbage Scoring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart Cribbage Scoring at none against Cribbage's 3. Smart Cribbage Scoring also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Cribbage's advantage is ratings volume (7.9K vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Smart Cribbage Scoring asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Cribbage Scoring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. 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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cribbage versus Smart Cribbage Scoring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbageSmart Cribbage Scoring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7.9K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.9K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWildCard Classics IncGABRIEL ALEXANDER DODGE

Customer experience

Cribbage

All ratings7,834 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews646 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative15.2%

Smart Cribbage Scoring

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Smart Cribbage Scoring

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

Smart Cribbage Scoring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cribbage free?
Cribbage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Cribbage Scoring free?
Smart Cribbage Scoring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage or Smart Cribbage Scoring?
Smart Cribbage Scoring is rated higher. Cribbage averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7.9K ratings, while Smart Cribbage Scoring averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Cribbage or Smart Cribbage Scoring have ads?
Cribbage shows ads; Smart Cribbage Scoring does not.

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