Cribbage Lab vs Suddenly Cards
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.
Suddenly Cards
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A digital deck of cards, and everything you can play with it. Why does every simple card game app have ads and subscriptions? This one has neither. No advertising, no in-app purchases, no subscription, no account to make, nothing held back for later. Every game is here from the first deal. SOLITAIRE, YOUR WAY Klondike with draw one or draw three, FreeCell, Spider, Pyramid, TriPeaks, Golf, Yukon, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Scorpion, Aces Up, Montana, Clock, Baker's Dozen, Beleaguered Castle and more. AROUND THE TABLE Hearts, Spades, Bridge, Gin Rummy, Euchre, Cribbage, Canasta, Hand and Foot, Whist, Oh Hell, Pitch, Pinochle, Casino, Durak, Rummy 500 and King's Corner. Poker and Blackjack are here too. ONE MORE ROUND Crazy Eights, Go Fish, War, Old Maid, Sevens, Palace, President, Big Two and Baloney. PLAY WITH PEOPLE, OR WITHOUT Sit down against bots whenever you like. Or make a table, share the code, and your friends join from a phone or a browser with nothing to install and no account to create. Empty seats are filled by bots, and if someone steps away a bot keeps their seat warm. COMFORTABLE TO PLAY Every game explains its own rules. Ask for a hint when you are stuck. Sort your hand by rank or suit, switch between two-colour and four-colour decks, and pick a card back you like. Your favourites and the games you played recently stay close to hand. LOOK BACK Finished games are saved with replays. Your history and your played-and-won record for each game live on your device, not on anyone's server. Pick a game. Deal the cards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Suddenly Cards at every 3 days against Cribbage Lab's monthly. Suddenly Cards also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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.
Cribbage Lab ships an update monthly, Suddenly Cards every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cribbage Lab | Suddenly Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacob Tutlis | KELLY DORNHAUS GAMES LLC |
In-app purchases
Cribbage Lab
No in-app purchases
Suddenly Cards
No in-app purchases
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