Gridbage vs Mammoth Hunters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gridbage
This app reinvents the classic card game cribbage by blending its scoring traditions with the strategic depth of poker. Players place cards onto a grid, with each row and column scoring like a cribbage hand. It offers multiple AI difficulty levels and a unique mode to test pure skill.
- Grid-based cribbage scoring
- Poker-like strategic decisions
- Four AI difficulty levels
- Duplicate Card mode for skill testing
- Offline and online multiplayer
- Traditional cribbage scoring elements
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Gridbage is a bold reinvention of the classic card game cribbage — blending the deep strategy of hold'em poker with the beloved scoring traditions of cribbage. If you've ever loved cribbage but wanted more decisions, more skill, and more ways to outsmart your opponent, Gridbage was built for you. How It Works Each player is dealt eight (8) cards. You'll discard two (2) into the crib — then place five (5) cards one at a time onto a unique grid game board, keeping one (1) card as your hold card. Every row and column is a cribbage hand waiting to be scored. The center "turn" card is shared by everyone. When all cards are placed, the Cut card is revealed, and every line scores just like cribbage (3 Grid cards, 1 Hold card, 1 Cut card) — fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, and nobs all count. Highest total wins. The strategy runs deep. Every card you place blocks a lane for your opponent while opening one for yourself. The grid rewards forward thinking, hand reading, and knowing exactly what your five (5) cards holds. Four Difficulty Levels • Beginner — "I know a little cribbage..." The AI makes mistakes and gifts you scoring cards in the crib. A great way to learn without getting crushed. • Intermediate — "I picked a bad week to...stop playing beginner." The AI plays smart half the time and gives you a fighting chance the other half. • Expert — "To the Pain..." The AI plans ahead, and plays to win. No gifts. No mercy. • Ludicrous Speed — "Surely you can't be serious." The AI learns as it goes along. Pure computational carnage. Duplicate Card Mode Play the same cards your AI opponent plays — and find out once and for all whether you're actually better, or just lucky. Duplicate Card mode deals identical hands to both players across multiple matched sets, then shows you a full comparison breakdown at the end. Pure skill. No excuses. Cribbage Board Scoring Track Watch your pegs race around a beautifully rendered oval cribbage board. Skunks and double skunks are tracked. Every point counts — right up to 121. Built for Cribbage Players Gridbage honors everything cribbage players love — the scoring, the language, the crib, the cut, the pegboard — while adding a layer of spatial strategy that makes every hand feel new. • U.S. Patent D976,328 (unique board game design) • No ads. No in-app purchases. • Full privacy — no data collected, no tracking, no analytics. • Works completely offline yourself or on-line vs. friends head-to-head. Visit us at www.gridbage.com
Mammoth Hunters
Engage in a simple yet addictive hunting action game where you drag to aim and release to throw. Hunt a variety of Ice Age creatures with your team of hunters, upgrading your gear and party size. Perfect for quick gaming sessions.
- One-handed aim and throw controls
- Variety of Ice Age prey
- Recruit and upgrade hunters
- Upgrade spears and party size
- Epic Mammoth hunts
- Pick-up-and-play design
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Drag to aim, release to throw. That's all it takes. A simple yet addictive hunting action game! Take aim at raccoons and coyotes roaming the plains, packs of dire wolves, and the mighty woolly mammoth of the Ice Age. Hunt them all down with your team of hunters! Every hit sends your prey flying in spectacular fashion. Once you feel it, you'll be hooked. ■ Features • One-handed, easy controls. Just aim and throw • A variety of prey: raccoons, coyotes, dire wolves, saber-tooths, mammoths, and more • Recruit more hunters as you hunt, and unleash devastating volleys • Upgrade your spears' power and the size of your hunting party • A thrilling hunt against the Ice Age king: the Mammoth • Pick-up-and-play design, perfect for short breaks Become the ultimate hunter!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mammoth Hunters at Free against Gridbage's $0.99. Mammoth Hunters also leads on ratings volume (984 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Gridbage's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On update cadence, 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
Mammoth Hunters is free to download; Gridbage costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gridbage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mammoth Hunters has 984 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gridbage ships an update every 10 days, Mammoth Hunters every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gridbage | Mammoth Hunters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (984 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 51.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 984 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #180 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Andrew Glassman | KAYAC Inc. |
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Gridbage
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In-app purchases
Gridbage
No in-app purchases
Mammoth Hunters
No in-app purchases
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