Comparison

Cribbage HD vs Cribbage Pegboard

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

Head to head
About

Cribbage HD

Play the popular card game online with friends or against AI. Features include helpful hints, scoring explanations, and customizable game elements. Compete on leaderboards and earn achievements for endless entertainment.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer games
  • Single-player AI opponents
  • Scoring explanations and hints
  • Voice chat for online games
  • Leaderboard 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 HD 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: • Comes with all the expansion packs unlocked! Significantly more card backs, boards, and pegs than Cribbage Premium. • 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 the top spot on the leaderboard • See detailed breakdowns of the points scored with hand explainations • Use hints to develop your strategy • Universal. Runs on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch __________________________________________ 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." __________________________________________ Follow us online for news and sneak peaks: • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/trivialtech • Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/trivialtech

About

Cribbage Pegboard

This app acts as a digital pegboard for scoring cribbage games using your own cards. It allows for easy peg manipulation, tracks rivalry records against friends, and supports two or three players. It also includes a "Discard Analyzer" to help determine optimal discards with statistical insights.

Highlights
  • Digital pegboard for cribbage scoring
  • Use your own cards
  • Drag and drop peg functionality
  • Rivalry record tracking
  • Supports two or three players
  • Discard Analyzer with statistical insights
  • Multiple board designs
Features
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Use your own cards to play cribbage and use this peg board to keep track of the score. Allows for easy drag and drop of pegs and automatically remembers results of rivalries so you can keep track of your all time record against your friends. Works for two or three players. Multiple boards to choose from. Cribbage Pegboard also has a "Discard Analyzer" bonus feature that can help you decide on the optimal discard to play given a particular cribbage hand. Analyzer shows you the minimum, maximum and average score for each permutation of discards along with an in depth statistical analysis of all possible flip card results. Now you will finally know what was the best play to make in any situation!

Screenshots

Cribbage HD4 screens
Cribbage Pegboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cribbage Pegboard at Free against Cribbage HD's $5.99. Cribbage Pegboard also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Cribbage HD's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 39 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 Pegboard is free to download; Cribbage HD costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Cribbage HD against 4.6 for Cribbage Pegboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.9K and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 89% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage HD ships an update every 2 months, Cribbage Pegboard every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cribbage HD versus Cribbage Pegboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage HDCribbage Pegboard
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (2.9K ratings) — better4.6 (1.6K ratings)
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews89.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K — better1.6K
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 39 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWildCard Classics IncGames By Post LLC

Customer experience

Cribbage HD

All ratings2,927 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews519 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.7%

Cribbage Pegboard

All ratings1,608 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews264 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.9%
Negative6.1%

User reviews

Cribbage HD

From 2.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
  • 👍 Smooth interface
  • 💡 Helpful hints and scoring explanations
  • 🚀 Efficient card counting
  • 👍 Realistic cribbage experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional connection issues with multiplayer
  • 🐛 Scoring discrepancies in some cases
  • 🐛 Predictable AI behavior at higher levels
  • 🐛 Difficulty importing contacts for multiplayer

Cribbage Pegboard

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Easy to use
  • 🏆 Keeps track of wins/losses
  • 🧭 Great for travel
  • 🎨 Nice visual design
  • 🤝 Supports multiple players

Room to improve

  • 🤏 Difficulty moving pegs precisely
  • 🔄 Lack of undo/correction feature
  • 🔒 Pegs too close together
  • 🔋 Screen turns off too quickly

Bugs and requests

Cribbage HD

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Scoring errors when playing with friends
  • Inability to resume turn-based games after device reset
  • Frequent disconnections during online play

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to play with 3 or 4 players
  • Option to save and resume games
  • Achievements or progression system
  • Customizable board and card designs

Cribbage Pegboard

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Discard analyzer sometimes inaccurate
  • Skunk wins not counted as double wins

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add undo/correction functionality
  • Separate player tracks for 2-player mode
  • Implement skunk/double-skunk scoring
  • Option to lock forward peg in place
  • Ability to save and resume games

In-app purchases

None

Cribbage HD

No in-app purchases

None

Cribbage Pegboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cribbage HD free?
Cribbage HD costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cribbage Pegboard free?
Cribbage Pegboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage HD or Cribbage Pegboard?
Cribbage HD is rated higher. Cribbage HD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Cribbage Pegboard averages 4.6 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Cribbage HD or Cribbage Pegboard have ads?
Both Cribbage HD and Cribbage Pegboard show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage HD or Cribbage Pegboard?
Cribbage HD ships an update every 2 months, and Cribbage Pegboard every 39 months. Most recently, Cribbage HD was updated on September 19, 2026 and Cribbage Pegboard on September 23, 2026.

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