Comparison

Cribbage Classic vs In Da Crib

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Adjustable assistance levels
  • Fast play mode with automatic counting
  • Detailed game statistics
  • Suboptimal play summary
  • Discard Analyzer with statistical analysis
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

In Da Crib

Experience the classic card game with a vibrant, retro pixel art style. Enjoy smooth gameplay, exciting animations, and a challenging campaign mode. Track your stats and compete with friends or AI opponents.

Highlights
  • Retro pixel art graphics
  • Smooth cardplay and animations
  • Offline play against bots
  • Online multiplayer with friends
  • Challenging campaign mode
  • Detailed player statistics
  • Unlockable custom decks
Features
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In Da Crib is our love letter to the greatest card game ever created: Cribbage. And it's completely free, no ads, and no in-app purchases. We're certified crib-heads, but we got sick of all the cribbage apps looking so... dull. Boring. Unexciting. Everything that cribbage ISN'T. So we made In Da Crib. It's the same game you've always loved, but now given the treatment it deserves: pixel art, retro gaming feel, ultra-smooth cardplay, exciting animations, and rarity ranks for each hand you score. Next time you drop a 5-5-5-J with a 5 starter (nobs), your 29 point hand will get the aesthetic fanfare it deserves. Jump into a quick match and we'll find you a fellow crib tragic to play against. Or challenge your friends directly. Or hone your skills offline (no account needed) against cribbage bots which range in difficulty from easybeats, to genuine contenders, to impossible algorithms who literally cheat at cards. Take on The Gauntlet, a brutal campaign mode against increasingly difficult bot-cheaters. And all the while, unlock dozens of beautiful custom decks by completing challenges. Plus, we give detailed stats on your cribbage career. And more importantly, we keep head-to-head stats between you and your friends. Now you can definitively answer the questions, "who's got the biggest win? How many times have I skunked you? Who's got the longest streak? Which one of us is the better human being?" In Da Crib is completely free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just our love letter to the most addictive card game in history.

Screenshots

Cribbage Classic4 screens
In Da Crib4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: In Da Crib at none against Cribbage Classic's shown. In Da Crib also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 months). Cribbage Classic's advantage is ratings volume (31K vs 2) and chart position (#152 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

In Da Crib holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Classic has 31K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Cribbage Classic's written reviews are positive against 100% of In Da Crib's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage Classic ships an update every 9 months, In Da Crib every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Cribbage Classic versus In Da Crib: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage ClassicIn Da Crib
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (31K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
Best chart rank#152 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB100 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGames By Post LLCTimothy Nash

Customer experience

Cribbage Classic

All ratings31,237 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1,324 reviews
Positive66.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative25.8%

In Da Crib

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

In Da Crib

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cribbage Classic

No in-app purchases

None

In Da Crib

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cribbage Classic free?
Cribbage Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is In Da Crib free?
In Da Crib is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage Classic or In Da Crib?
In Da Crib is rated higher. Cribbage Classic averages 4.6 out of 5 from 31K ratings, while In Da Crib averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Cribbage Classic or In Da Crib have ads?
Cribbage Classic shows ads; In Da Crib does not.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage Classic or In Da Crib?
Cribbage Classic ships an update every 9 months, and In Da Crib every 3 days. Most recently, Cribbage Classic was updated on October 17, 2026 and In Da Crib on October 4, 2026.

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