Cribbage Lab vs Cribbage Dash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cribbage Lab
Master the card game of cribbage with this comprehensive training app. Practice drills, analyze hands, and play against AI opponents. Features a card scanner for real-world use and progress tracking to improve your skills.
- Play full games against AI opponents
- Practice scoring, discarding, and pegging drills
- Analyze any hand with detailed expected value
- Scan real cards for instant analysis
- Track progress with Elo rating and achievements
- Daily scoring challenges
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The most complete cribbage training app on iOS. Practice drills, analyze hands, scan real cards, and play full games against opponents matched to your skill level. PLAY FULL GAMES Face off against 5 unique opponents, from beginner to expert. Each plays with a distinct style — from the reckless Bonehead to the calculating Mastermind. Build your own custom opponents with adjustable discard strategy, pegging depth, and more. DRILLS • Score a Hand – Calculate points from a hand and cut card • Best Discard – Choose the optimal two cards to send to the crib • Pegging Play – Pick the best card to play during pegging • Daily Puzzle – A new scoring challenge every day HAND ANALYZER Enter any hand to see every possible discard ranked by expected value. View best and worst cuts, score distributions, and detailed breakdowns. CARD SCANNER Point your camera at real cards on the table for instant hand analysis. Powered by on-device machine learning — works offline, nothing leaves your phone. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Elo rating that adjusts based on opponent strength • XP and leveling with 20+ achievements • Challenge Ladder: 10 stages against increasingly tough opponents • Mistake tracking shows where you left points on the table • Win probability graph tracks your chances throughout each game All game logic powered by a high-performance engine for instant, accurate evaluation of every hand.
Cribbage Dash
Enjoy a classic card game experience offline with adjustable AI opponents and learning tools. Review your plays with detailed analysis and resume games anytime. Customize your game board and cards for a personalized experience.
- Adjustable AI difficulty
- Distinct AI opponent personalities
- Discard and pegging analysis
- Resume saved games
- Customizable game boards and cards
- Offline play
- Step-by-step tutorial
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Cribbage is a classic card game. Play against the computer with adjustable difficulty, coaching tools, and distinct AI opponents; then resume anytime from where you left off. Single Player Cribbage - Five difficulty levels: From learning the basics (Level 1) to a strong opponent (Level 5). - Four named challengers: Risky Ruby (aggressive, streaky), Careful Carol (defensive, stingy), Old Man River (unpredictable), and Sandbagging Sam (slow start, strong finish). Each has a distinct style and personality. - Leaster: (misère or lowball cribbage) — first to 121 loses. Hardest AI only; muggins off. - Draft: Draft your hand from 12 face-up cards (alternating picks), then play normal cribbage — more planning, less blind luck. - Muggins option: The ability to turn muggins on and score your own hand as well as catch the computer making mistakes (but watch out, it'll catch your mistakes too) - Resume game: Your game is saved automatically. Return to the main menu and pick up the same game later. - Correct cribbage rules: Full game to 121 points: deal, cut, discard, the crib, pegging, and the show, with proper scoring for fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, and nobs. - Customization: Custom boards, board wood, card backs, and playing table. - Portrait and landscape: Play in either orientation on phones and tablets. - Tutorial - Step-by-step tutorial for new players Learn and Improve - Discard Analysis: See all 15 discard combinations ranked by expected value. Your Discard Efficiency score shows exactly how optimal your decision was across all 46 possible cut cards. - Pegging Analysis: See a review of the pegging for the prior round and see if you played the most optimal card. - Audit log: Optional in-game log of scoring and key events for reviewing the hand. Privacy and Offline - No account required. - No ads. - No third-party analytics or tracking in the app. - All game data stays on your device and is never sent online. - Play fully offline. Whether you're learning cribbage or sharpening your strategy, Cribbage Dash is a smooth and relaxing way to play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cribbage Dash at every 4 days against Cribbage Lab's monthly. Cribbage Dash also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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 — 5.0 for Cribbage Lab against 5.0 for Cribbage Dash. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Dash has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cribbage Lab ships an update monthly, Cribbage Dash every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cribbage Lab | Cribbage Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacob Tutlis | LANCE DARIN MILLIONE |
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Cribbage Lab
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In-app purchases
Cribbage Lab
No in-app purchases
Cribbage Dash
No in-app purchases
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