Comparison

Cribbage Premium vs Nobs Cribbage

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

Head to head
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

Nobs Cribbage

Experience a modern take on the classic cribbage card game. Play against friends online or challenge AI opponents across five difficulty levels. Improve your skills with detailed stats, training tools, and an accurate rule engine.

Highlights
  • Play against friends online
  • Five AI difficulty tiers
  • Detailed game stats
  • Discard and pegging trainers
  • Accurate cribbage rule engine
  • Head-to-head records
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A modern version of the classic cribbage card game. Play against friends or computer opponents across five difficulty tiers. The bots run from amateur to professional, picking up more advanced cribbage strategy as you climb the ladder. You'll have training tools, discard and pegging accuracy numbers, and game stats to help you improve, too. No ads. No coins. Just cribbage. PLAY AGAINST FRIENDS Add friends by username or invite link, send a challenge, and play cribbage online with your friends. Nobs keeps a head-to-head record of all your games together, skunks included. Sign in and everything follows your account from device to device. CLIMB THE BOT LADDER Five difficulty tiers of bots. You unlock the next opponent by beating the last. The bots get the same honest shuffle you do. They never get better or worse cards to make the game easier or harder for you, and a bot cannot see your hand, your crib, or the deck. As you climb, the bots pick up real cribbage skills: better discarding, smarter pegging plays, longer memory, more board sense, fewer mistakes, and more. STATS AND METRICS TO HELP YOU IMPROVE Every game ends with stats to help you understand how you played. You’ll get discard grades, pegging accuracy grades, and even see who got more card luck - a measure of how much of the game came down to luck vs skill. Each discard is graded and you can see how your choice ranked against all 15 discard options. Your first five games include the full breakdown, and after that you get one free a day. TRAINING & CRIBBAGE TOOLS The hand counter will count any hand or crib, a tool for when you're playing with real cards in real life. It's the cribbage calculator for the moment at the table when someone says your count can't be right. The discard trainer deals you six cards, you toss two, and you see how your discard stacked up against every other option. It's the fastest way to sharpen your game. The best discard finder takes any six cards you throw at it and tells you the best toss. BUILT ON REAL CRIBBAGE RULES The Nobs cribbage engine was audited against the American Cribbage Congress 2025 rulebook. Fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, nobs, his heels, and the crib flush rule that trips everyone up. Two players, aces low, a race to 121. THE CLASSIC GAME OF CRIBBAGE Cribbage goes by crib, cribble, and noddy, and it has been played on a pegboard to 121 since the seventeenth century. If you grew up playing euchre, pinochle, hearts or spades, this card game will feel familiar. Whether you're a cribbage pro or still learning how to play cribbage, this modern cribbage app is for you. NOBS PRO One purchase, no subscriptions, no renewals. Pro adds the twelve Champion bots at the top of the ladder and removes the daily cap on full game breakdowns. Everything else is free. Terms of Use: https://www.nobscribbage.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.nobscribbage.com/privacy

Screenshots

Cribbage Premium4 screens
Nobs Cribbage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nobs Cribbage at none against Cribbage Premium's shown. Nobs Cribbage also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Cribbage Premium's advantage is ratings volume (8.4K vs 16). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Premium sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Nobs Cribbage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Cribbage Premium against 4.7 for Nobs Cribbage. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Premium has 8.4K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Cribbage Premium's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nobs Cribbage's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage Premium ships an update every 2 months, Nobs Cribbage every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cribbage Premium versus Nobs Cribbage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage PremiumNobs Cribbage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (8.4K ratings) — better4.7 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews88.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.4K — better16
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWildCard Classics IncKYLE ANTHONY MC GAHEY

Customer experience

Cribbage Premium

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

Nobs Cribbage

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
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

Nobs Cribbage

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
1 purchases

Nobs Cribbage

One-time1
  • Nobs Pro Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Cribbage Premium free?
Cribbage Premium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nobs Cribbage free?
Nobs Cribbage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage Premium or Nobs Cribbage?
Cribbage Premium is rated higher. Cribbage Premium averages 4.7 out of 5 from 8.4K ratings, while Nobs Cribbage averages 4.7 from 16 ratings.
Do Cribbage Premium or Nobs Cribbage have ads?
Cribbage Premium shows ads; Nobs Cribbage does not.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage Premium or Nobs Cribbage?
Cribbage Premium ships an update every 2 months, and Nobs Cribbage every 10 days. Most recently, Cribbage Premium was updated on November 6, 2026 and Nobs Cribbage on November 6, 2026.

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