Cribbage Classic vs Zilch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cribbage Classic
Master the card game of cribbage with this app. It offers adjustable assistance levels, from a casual time-waster to a skill-sharpening tutorial. Track your progress with detailed statistics and analyze optimal discards.
- Adjustable assistance levels
- Fast play mode with automatic counting
- Detailed game statistics
- Suboptimal play summary
- Discard Analyzer with statistical analysis
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Improve your skills and become a cribbage expert! Cribbage classic has a number of settings that can help you to learn the best move for your situation and offer assistance if it notices that you are making a sub-optimal play. Or just play in fast mode where all counting is done for you and you get to simply focus on discarding and pegging. By tweaking the settings you can take this app anywhere from a lazy-thoughtless-time-waster game to a skill-sharpening-master-tutorial helping you to crush your next opponent. Statistics are also kept so you can see your average pegging score, your average hand score, and your average crib score! Also shows you a summary of all of the suboptimal plays you made at the end of the game and tracks your error rate over time so you can see yourself improving. Cribbage Classic also has a "Discard Analyzer" bonus feature that can help you decide on the optimal discard to play given a particular cribbage hand. Analyzer shows you the minimum, maximum and average score for each permutation along with an in depth statistical analysis of all possible flip card results.
Zilch
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Zilch is a single-player card game where you compete against a clever bot opponent across four exciting rounds. Your goal is to finish with the lowest cumulative score. **How to Play:** • Each round, you and the bot receive 8 cards arranged in a 2×4 grid • Start by peeking at 2 of your cards during the opening phase • On your turn, draw from the deck or take the top discard card • Replace a card on your board with the drawn card, or discard it to reveal a hidden card • Match values in a column to cancel that column's score • Special low cards and bonuses can drive your score below zero **Features:** • Phone-first design optimized for one-handed play • Quick matches—complete a 4-round game in just a few minutes • Intuitive onboarding teaches you the rules as you play • Track your stats: games won, best score, win streaks • No account required—play immediately • No ads, no in-app purchases—just pure card game fun Challenge the bot and see how low you can go! Privacy: https://timheuer.github.io/apps/zilch/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Zilch at none against Cribbage Classic's shown. Zilch also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). Cribbage Classic's advantage is chart position (#139 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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 Classic ships an update every 9 months, Zilch every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cribbage Classic | Zilch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (31K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Best chart rank | #139 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Games By Post LLC | Tim Heuer |
Bugs and requests
Cribbage Classic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional freezing or crashing
- Incorrect counting of flushes
- Inability to recover from misplayed cards
Requested features
4 requests- Option to view opponent's hand and statistics
- Ability to save and resume games
- More customization options for the board and cards
- Multiplayer mode to play against other users
Zilch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cribbage Classic
No in-app purchases
Zilch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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