Just Cribbage vs Cribbler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Just Cribbage
Experience the classic card game of Cribbage with an AI opponent. Follow the rules of the American Cribbage Congress, strategically manage your hand, and test your pegging skills. The game automatically counts your points after each round.
- Authentic Cribbage gameplay
- Single AI opponent
- American Cribbage Congress rules
- Strategic card selection
- Automatic scoring
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Just Cribbage is dedicated to an authentic gameplay experience of the classic game of Cribbage. Play add-free and offline against an AI opponent, or online with a friend in your Apple Game Center account. All play is in accordance with rules of the American Cribbage Congress. After each deal, strategically choose two cards from your hand for the Crib. Then compare your skill in pegging against the AI opponent or your invited friend. Player hands and the Crib are automatically counted after all cards are played.
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 rating: Cribbler at 5.0 against Just Cribbage's 2.9. Cribbler also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Just Cribbage's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (29 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Cribbler holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Just Cribbage has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Just Cribbage ships an update every 3 weeks, Cribbler every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Just Cribbage | Cribbler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bradley Johansen | Mitchell May |
Customer experience
Just Cribbage
Cribbler
In-app purchases
Just Cribbage
No in-app purchases
Cribbler
No in-app purchases
