Comparison

Cribbage Premium vs Gridbage

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

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About

Cribbage Premium

Experience the classic card game of Cribbage online with friends or players worldwide. This app offers helpful hints and scoring explanations for newcomers, while challenging AI and leaderboards await experienced players. Enjoy voice chat and customizable game elements for an engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer with friends
  • Single-player against AI
  • Scoring explanations and hints
  • Voice chat
  • Leaderboards and achievements
  • Customizable game elements
  • Muggins scoring
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Catch the crib! Play the App Store’s top rated cribbage online with your friends or anyone in the world! With fluid action, this game is intuitive and easy to play for both novice and experienced players. New to Cribbage? Cribbage Premium 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! Compete for the top spot on the leaderboard and earn all 42 achievements. Count your own cards! Play muggins and steal missed points from your opponent! Cribbage will keep you endlessly entertained. __________________________________________ Awesome Features: • Voice chat lets you be more social during online games • Find opponents while you play with background matchmaking • 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 • Show you're a pro by earning all 42 achievements • Compete for top spots on the leaderboard • See detailed breakdowns of the points scored in a hand with the explain button • Use hints to develop your strategy __________________________________________ Customer Reviews: "The only Cribbage game you should consider for the iPhone." "Keeps me in shape for the real thing!" "I had never played Cribbage before but I learned quickly. I love it! This app is definitely worth the money." __________________________________________ And follow us online for news and promotions: • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/trivialtech • Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/trivialtech

About

Gridbage

This app reinvents the classic card game cribbage by blending its scoring traditions with the strategic depth of poker. Players place cards onto a grid, with each row and column scoring like a cribbage hand. It offers multiple AI difficulty levels and a unique mode to test pure skill.

Highlights
  • Grid-based cribbage scoring
  • Poker-like strategic decisions
  • Four AI difficulty levels
  • Duplicate Card mode for skill testing
  • Offline and online multiplayer
  • Traditional cribbage scoring elements
Features
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Gridbage is a bold reinvention of the classic card game cribbage — blending the deep strategy of hold'em poker with the beloved scoring traditions of cribbage. If you've ever loved cribbage but wanted more decisions, more skill, and more ways to outsmart your opponent, Gridbage was built for you. How It Works Each player is dealt eight (8) cards. You'll discard two (2) into the crib — then place five (5) cards one at a time onto a unique grid game board, keeping one (1) card as your hold card. Every row and column is a cribbage hand waiting to be scored. The center "turn" card is shared by everyone. When all cards are placed, the Cut card is revealed, and every line scores just like cribbage (3 Grid cards, 1 Hold card, 1 Cut card) — fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, and nobs all count. Highest total wins. The strategy runs deep. Every card you place blocks a lane for your opponent while opening one for yourself. The grid rewards forward thinking, hand reading, and knowing exactly what your five (5) cards holds. Four Difficulty Levels • Beginner — "I know a little cribbage..." The AI makes mistakes and gifts you scoring cards in the crib. A great way to learn without getting crushed. • Intermediate — "I picked a bad week to...stop playing beginner." The AI plays smart half the time and gives you a fighting chance the other half. • Expert — "To the Pain..." The AI plans ahead, and plays to win. No gifts. No mercy. • Ludicrous Speed — "Surely you can't be serious." The AI learns as it goes along. Pure computational carnage. Duplicate Card Mode Play the same cards your AI opponent plays — and find out once and for all whether you're actually better, or just lucky. Duplicate Card mode deals identical hands to both players across multiple matched sets, then shows you a full comparison breakdown at the end. Pure skill. No excuses. Cribbage Board Scoring Track Watch your pegs race around a beautifully rendered oval cribbage board. Skunks and double skunks are tracked. Every point counts — right up to 121. Built for Cribbage Players Gridbage honors everything cribbage players love — the scoring, the language, the crib, the cut, the pegboard — while adding a layer of spatial strategy that makes every hand feel new. • U.S. Patent D976,328 (unique board game design) • No ads. No in-app purchases. • Full privacy — no data collected, no tracking, no analytics. • Works completely offline yourself or on-line vs. friends head-to-head. Visit us at www.gridbage.com

Screenshots

Cribbage Premium4 screens
Gridbage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cribbage Premium at Free against Gridbage's $0.99. Cribbage Premium also leads on ratings volume (8.4K vs 2). Gridbage's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Cribbage Premium is free to download; Gridbage costs $0.99 up front. Cribbage Premium sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gridbage asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gridbage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Premium has 8.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage Premium ships an update every 2 months, Gridbage every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cribbage Premium versus Gridbage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage PremiumGridbage
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (8.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWildCard Classics IncAndrew Glassman

Customer experience

Cribbage Premium

All ratings8,321 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews1,090 reviews
Positive88.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative9.3%

Gridbage

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Cribbage Premium

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scoring errors or miscounts
  • Crashes or freezes during gameplay
  • Multiplayer connection issues
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to play turn-based games with friends
  • Improved multiplayer functionality
  • Statistics tracking and leaderboards
  • Undo/redo options for card placement
  • More board and card customization options

Gridbage

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cribbage Premium

One-time2
  • 29 Pack$1.99
  • 3 Player Games$1.99
None

Gridbage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cribbage Premium free?
Cribbage Premium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gridbage free?
Gridbage costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage Premium or Gridbage?
Gridbage is rated higher. Cribbage Premium averages 4.7 out of 5 from 8.4K ratings, while Gridbage averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Cribbage Premium or Gridbage have ads?
Cribbage Premium shows ads; Gridbage does not.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage Premium or Gridbage?
Cribbage Premium ships an update every 2 months, and Gridbage every 10 days. Most recently, Cribbage Premium was updated on November 6, 2026 and Gridbage on October 31, 2026.

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