Cribbage Pegboard vs Cribbage Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cribbage Pegboard
This app acts as a digital pegboard for scoring cribbage games using your own cards. It allows for easy peg manipulation, tracks rivalry records against friends, and supports two or three players. It also includes a "Discard Analyzer" to help determine optimal discards with statistical insights.
- Digital pegboard for cribbage scoring
- Use your own cards
- Drag and drop peg functionality
- Rivalry record tracking
- Supports two or three players
- Discard Analyzer with statistical insights
- Multiple board designs
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Use your own cards to play cribbage and use this peg board to keep track of the score. Allows for easy drag and drop of pegs and automatically remembers results of rivalries so you can keep track of your all time record against your friends. Works for two or three players. Multiple boards to choose from. Cribbage Pegboard 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 of discards along with an in depth statistical analysis of all possible flip card results. Now you will finally know what was the best play to make in any situation!
Cribbage Assistant
This app helps you play and score cribbage games faster and more accurately. It offers instant hand analysis, full playable games against AI, and coaching mode to improve your strategy. Learn and master the game with detailed feedback on your decisions.
- Instant hand analysis
- Score tracking
- Playable cribbage games against AI
- Coaching mode for strategy improvement
- Discard and pegging feedback
- Difficulty levels
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Cribbage Assistant helps you play smarter, score faster, and improve your strategy over time. Whether you are learning the game or sharpening your skills, the app provides instant hand analysis, simple score tracking, and full playable cribbage games against computer opponents in a clean and focused interface. Play complete cribbage games against one or two computer players with full dealing, discarding, pegging, and hand counting. Choose between Regular and Expert difficulty levels. Expert opponents use stronger strategy and evaluate discard value and pegging risk to make smarter plays. Coaching Mode helps you improve while you play. Discard decisions are graded and ranked against all possible options, pegging decisions include feedback, and detailed score breakdowns show exactly how each hand scores. Enter your cards in seconds to analyze discard options. The app evaluates every possible starter card to calculate expected value and scoring ranges. Cribbage Assistant is designed to help players learn faster, make better decisions, and enjoy the game even more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cribbage Pegboard at none against Cribbage Assistant's 1. Cribbage Pegboard also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Cribbage Assistant's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 39 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Cribbage Assistant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cribbage Pegboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cribbage Assistant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Pegboard has 1.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cribbage Pegboard ships an update every 39 months, Cribbage Assistant fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cribbage Pegboard | Cribbage Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Games By Post LLC | Samuel Guillou Jones |
Customer experience
Cribbage Pegboard
Cribbage Assistant
Bugs and requests
Cribbage Pegboard
Reported bugs
2 issues- Discard analyzer sometimes inaccurate
- Skunk wins not counted as double wins
Requested features
5 requests- Add undo/correction functionality
- Separate player tracks for 2-player mode
- Implement skunk/double-skunk scoring
- Option to lock forward peg in place
- Ability to save and resume games
Cribbage Assistant
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cribbage Pegboard
No in-app purchases
Cribbage Assistant
- Cribbage Pro Unlock$4.99
Questions
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