Five vs Cribbage Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five
A numerical board game where players place number tiles to form sequences that add up to multiples of five. Compete against friends or AI in this strategic puzzle game with bonus squares for higher scores.
- Numerical tile placement
- Sequences sum to multiples of five
- Single player vs. AI
- Online multiplayer
- Touch and drag controls
- Hint system
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Five-O puts a numerical twist on the classic crossword board game! Instead of letters, you place number tiles, forming sequences that must add up to multiples of five, with no more than five tiles per sequence. Think strategically, maximize your bonuses, and outscore your opponent! Features: Easy to learn rules Single player mode with challenging computer opponents Online Multiplayer! Play with your friends or let Game Center find you a match Simple controls, just touch and drag the tiles to the board Hints for when you get stuck How to play: Players take turns placing intersecting sequences of numbers on the board which sum to multiples of five. For example, 7-3-8-7 would be a valid sequence because it adds up to 25. The sequence 3-9-5 is not valid because it adds up to 17 which is not a multiple of five. On each turn, players may play tiles in one straight line sequence, horizontally or vertically. The first sequence must be played on the center square, and all sequences after that must intersect with tiles already in play. The score for each play is the sum of all the number tiles in sequences completed on that turn. Colored bonus squares award extra points and multipliers. At the end of each turn, players draw new tiles to replace the ones played. The game ends when a player plays all of their remaining tiles and there are no more tiles left to draw.
Cribbage Classic
Master the card game of cribbage with this app. It offers adjustable assistance levels, from a casual time-waster to a skill-sharpening tutorial. Track your progress with detailed statistics and analyze optimal discards.
- Adjustable assistance levels
- Fast play mode with automatic counting
- Detailed game statistics
- Suboptimal play summary
- Discard Analyzer with statistical analysis
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Improve your skills and become a cribbage expert! Cribbage classic has a number of settings that can help you to learn the best move for your situation and offer assistance if it notices that you are making a sub-optimal play. Or just play in fast mode where all counting is done for you and you get to simply focus on discarding and pegging. By tweaking the settings you can take this app anywhere from a lazy-thoughtless-time-waster game to a skill-sharpening-master-tutorial helping you to crush your next opponent. Statistics are also kept so you can see your average pegging score, your average hand score, and your average crib score! Also shows you a summary of all of the suboptimal plays you made at the end of the game and tracks your error rate over time so you can see yourself improving. Cribbage Classic 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 along with an in depth statistical analysis of all possible flip card results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cribbage Classic at 31K against Five's 70. Cribbage Classic also leads on chart position (#131 vs unranked). Five's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 66%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Five against 4.6 for Cribbage Classic. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Classic has 31K ratings behind it against 70, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Five's written reviews are positive against 66% of Cribbage Classic's.
Five ships an update every 4 months, Cribbage Classic every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five | Cribbage Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (70 ratings) | 4.6 (31K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 66.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 | 31K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | — | #131 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Curt Stein | Games By Post LLC |
Customer experience
Five
Cribbage Classic
User reviews
Five
From 70 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧠 Great brain game
- 👍 Enjoyable and addictive
- 💡 Challenging and fun
- 🚀 Fast and easy to learn
- 😊 Relaxing gameplay
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- ❌ Game crashes
- 📉 Difficulty imbalance
- 🐌 Slow loading/connecting
- 🚫 No communication feature
Cribbage Classic
From 31K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast gameplay
- 💡 Helpful hints and analysis
- 🚀 Smooth animations
- 👍 Clear scoring and instructions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unrealistic card deals and hands
- 🐛 Computer opponent gets unfair advantage
- 🐛 Inconsistent or incorrect scoring
- 🐛 Pegging strategy not optimal
- 🐛 Discard analysis not always accurate
Bugs and requests
Five
Reported bugs
13 issues- Game no longer works
- App doesn't respond to touch
- Doesn't add or multiply correctly
- Ad crashes and app restarts
- Doesn't connect to games on multiple devices
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- Errors when finishing turns
- Slow to load and connect to Gamecenter
- Free and deluxe versions crash
- Unable to open started games
- Unable to create new matches
- Shows red alert dot when no games are in queue
- Game Centre not cooperating for invites
- Bug with notice on icon
Requested features
7 requests- Add messaging feature
- Improve difficulty balance
- Add forfeit rules for inactive players
- Allow communication with other players
- Option to turn off add/multiplier squares
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- Improve invite functionality
- Make a version divisible by tens
Cribbage Classic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional freezing or crashing
- Incorrect counting of flushes
- Inability to recover from misplayed cards
Requested features
4 requests- Option to view opponent's hand and statistics
- Ability to save and resume games
- More customization options for the board and cards
- Multiplayer mode to play against other users
In-app purchases
Five
No in-app purchases
Cribbage Classic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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