Comparison

Cribbage Pro vs Rook

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

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About

Cribbage Pro

Experience classic cribbage with single-player or online multiplayer modes. Enjoy daily challenges, leaderboards, and customizable game boards. Learn the game with hints and practice against varying computer difficulties.

Highlights
  • Single player and online multiplayer
  • Daily challenges and rewards
  • Leaderboards and friend groups
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Customizable game boards and styles
  • Hints for learning cribbage
  • VoiceOver accessibility
Features
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Classic cribbage (Crib) where 2 players race to 121 points with single player or online multiplayer! This isn't a casino game like poker, bingo, or blackjack, as cribbage is a unique mix of chance and strategy. Each game has its own fun challenges and rewards. Play the powerful computer opponent or go online with other players worldwide in the ultimate cribbage experience! If you’re a fan of Solitaire, Uno, Backgammon, Phase 10, Gin Rummy, Yahtzee, Skip Bo, Euchre, or Hearts, try this free classic cribbage now! Features: * Single player or Online Multiplayer (Cross-Platform) - Play cribbage with grandpa, your kids, just your friends or against the computer * Cross-Platform Multiplayer - iOS/iPod/iPhone/iPad & non-iOS devices * "Daily Cribbage Scrimmage" Challenges! - Take on a fresh daily challenge, then share with friends to compare your results! * Leaderboard Friend Groups! - Filter the Leaderboard to show just your friends and your relative ranking! * Multiplayer "tournament" style options - Play best of 1, 3, 5 or 7 games to win * 3 single player difficulty levels * True random shuffle at all times! * Play in the largest online multiplayer cribbage tournament, now officially sanctioned by the American Cribbage Congress. Open to all players, with ACC membership entirely optional. * 80+ single player achievements possible * Simple and intuitive game play * Shuffle, scoring & other sound effects * Detailed stats & "Top 50" leader-board - Separate for single player & multiplayer * Over 50 in-game avatars to choose from * Custom avatars * Manual counting option w/ muggins * Single player hints to learn cribbage * "Cut for first deal" to balance the odds * Multiple game boards, backgrounds & card styles * Options for auto-play on selection or confirm, auto-cut the deck and more! * Add a friend, send private messages or chat * VoiceOver Accessibility * Remove ads with in-app purchase option - Keep cribbage free, or if you would like to disable the advertising in this free cribbage game, please use the purchase option directly in the game Cribbage is sometimes called just Crib, Cribble, and Noddy, but it is always a fun and interesting alternative to Pinochle, Old Maid, Canasta, Catan, Whist, Brainium or Yahtzee. Try a classic cribbage game instead! *Apple is not a sponsor of any ad or promotion* Please Email issues/ideas to support@FullerSystems.com Terms of Service & End User License Agreement: http://www.cribbagepro.net/eula.html

About

Rook

Experience a strategic trick-taking card game with a unique deck and bidding system. Play with friends or AI, aiming to reach a target score by winning tricks and naming trump suits. Features color-blind friendly cards and customizable rules.

Highlights
  • Trick-taking gameplay
  • Unique card deck (5-14)
  • Bidding for trump suit
  • Color-blind friendly cards
  • Customizable rules
  • AI opponents
Features
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Rook is a popular trick-taking card game using a special card deck numbered from 5 to 14 (and optionally 1) in 4 suit colors, plus a Rook card. In this app, the Rook card is a castle chess piece and the cards are designed to be color-blind friendly. Dealing: Deal passes around table for each hand, to the left. Dealer deals 9 cards to each player, and 5 cards to the widow in the middle of the table. Bidding: Players bid for the right to name the trump suit. The player to the left of the dealer starts the bidding at 70 (or passes), and bidding proceeds to the left, usually in 5 point increments. A player that passes is out of the bidding for that hand. Widow, Naming Trump: The high bidder collects the 5 widow cards (which are shown to all players), names a trump suit for the hand, and discards 5 cards from her hand (not shown to the other players). The 5 discards can include point cards which will, depending on your settings, go to either the high bidder or the winner of the last trick. Tricks: The dealer (or the high bidder, you can change this) leads the first trick. Play proceeds to the left until all 4 players have played one card. Players follow suit unless they are out of that suit (or play the Rook card to win a trick with lots of points). If a player cannot follow suit, any card may be played. If there were no trump cards played on a trick, high card in the lead suit wins the trick. If trump cards were played on the trick, the highest trump card wins the trick. The trick winner pulls in the cards (adds them to his won tricks pile), and leads the next trick. The Rook card is the highest card of the trump suit. The ranking of cards from high to low is Rook-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5. Hand results: Both teams count the points from their won tricks piles: Rook card is worth 20; 14 and 10 cards are worth 10 each; 5 cards are worth 5. The other cards count nothing. If the bidding team did not score enough points to cover its bid, its score decreases by the bid amount. Winning: First team to 300 points (or to be 300 points ahead) wins the game. A paid Rook Gold app with no ads is also available on the App Store.

Screenshots

Cribbage Pro4 screens
Rook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rook at none against Cribbage Pro's 5. Cribbage Pro's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (60K vs 6.9K). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Cribbage Pro sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Rook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Cribbage Pro against 4.8 for Rook. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Pro has 60K ratings behind it against 6.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Cribbage Pro's written reviews are positive against 62% of Rook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage Pro ships an update fortnightly, Rook every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cribbage Pro versus Rook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage ProRook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (60K ratings)4.8 (6.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.4% of reviews61.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings60K — better6.9K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFuller Systems, Inc.fishdog.net

Customer experience

Cribbage Pro

All ratings60,188 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews610 reviews
Positive58.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative29.8%

Rook

All ratings6,895 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive61.6%
Neutral13.4%
Negative25.0%

User reviews

Cribbage Pro

From 60K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great tool to understand cribbage
  • 👍 Easy to follow
  • 👍 Fast and accurate
  • 👍 Great way to learn and improve
  • 👍 Best cribbage app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unrealistic brutal play
  • 🐛 Hints being limited
  • 🐛 Clunky after recent update
  • 🐛 Ads after every hand
  • 🐛 Opponent not found issue

Rook

From 6.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and enjoyable game
  • 👍 Challenging and makes the mind work
  • 👍 Brings back childhood memories
  • 👍 Great implementation of Rook game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 AI partner makes poor decisions and gets team set
  • 🐛 Unfair distribution of cards favoring the opponent team
  • 🐛 Opponents can renege and play off-suit trumps
  • 🐛 Frustrating bidding by AI partner

Bugs and requests

Cribbage Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scoring issues
  • Winning streak data broken after update
  • Facebook login issue
  • Game freezes when minimized

Requested features

5 requests
  • Explainer for opponent's score
  • Option to see all hands on the table
  • Reveal final hands at the end of the game
  • 3 and 4 player options
  • AI tries to over-count its own points

Rook

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • AI partner plays trumps incorrectly
  • Scoring calculator issues and negative scores
  • Inability to skip the rest of the hand after outcome is decided
  • Irritating background music that cannot be turned off

Requested features

5 requests
  • Online multiplayer mode to play with friends
  • More customization options for game rules
  • Ability to play with full deck (2-14) and 4-card kitty
  • Option to start bidding lower
  • Ability to 'shoot the moon'

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cribbage Pro

One-time5
  • Background Styles$0.99
  • Card Styles$0.99
  • Board Styles$0.99
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  • Unlock All Styles$1.99
  • Cribbage Pro - Ad Free$4.99
None

Rook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cribbage Pro free?
Cribbage Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rook free?
Rook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage Pro or Rook?
Rook is rated higher. Cribbage Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 60K ratings, while Rook averages 4.8 from 6.9K ratings.
Do Cribbage Pro or Rook have ads?
Both Cribbage Pro and Rook show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage Pro or Rook?
Cribbage Pro ships an update fortnightly, and Rook every 2 months. Most recently, Cribbage Pro was updated on September 25, 2026 and Rook on September 25, 2026.

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