Koikoi vs Cribbler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Koikoi
Experience the traditional Japanese card game of Hanafuda. Match cards to collect sets and score points over a series of rounds. The player with the highest total score after 12 games wins.
- Hanafuda card game
- Match cards to collect sets
- Score points
- 12-game rounds
- Automatic game record saving
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Koikoi is a game of Hanafuda (Japanese Playing Cards). -How to play Koikoi Throw away the card to the table into play alternately. If there is a match of the month, you can get the cards. You will be able to finish the game to get a point if your cards are flush. You are also possible to continue the game. Can not score with each other and no game. The winner is who get more points total 12 times game. Game record will be saved automatically.
Cribbler
This game challenges you to fill a grid with cards, forming cribbage hands that match target values for each row and column. It's a unique puzzle experience that tests your strategy and cribbage hand recognition.
- Grid-based card filling
- Cribbage hand formation
- Target value matching
- Strategy testing
- Cribbage hand recognition
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Cribbler blends the best of Cross Cribbage, Sudoku, and other math puzzles into a unique and challenging game. Your goal: fill a grid of cards to form cribbage hands, hitting the target value for every row and column. Test your strategy and sharpen your cribbage hand recognition skills as you use available cards to match each hand’s target. Cribbler offers a fun, innovative way to enhance your quick thinking and mastery of cribbage hand values!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cribbler at Free against Koikoi's $1.99. Cribbler also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months). Koikoi's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#95 vs unranked). On in-app purchases, 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
Cribbler is free to download; Koikoi costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cribbler holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Koikoi has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Koikoi ships an update every 7 months, Cribbler every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Koikoi | Cribbler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #95 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kouichi Hayashi | Mitchell May |
Customer experience
Koikoi
Cribbler
In-app purchases
Koikoi
No in-app purchases
Cribbler
No in-app purchases
