Comparison

Cribbage Pegboard vs Nobs Cribbage

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Nobs Cribbage

Experience a modern take on the classic cribbage card game. Play against friends online or challenge AI opponents across five difficulty levels. Improve your skills with detailed stats, training tools, and an accurate rule engine.

Highlights
  • Play against friends online
  • Five AI difficulty tiers
  • Detailed game stats
  • Discard and pegging trainers
  • Accurate cribbage rule engine
  • Head-to-head records
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A modern version of the classic cribbage card game. Play against friends or computer opponents across five difficulty tiers. The bots run from amateur to professional, picking up more advanced cribbage strategy as you climb the ladder. You'll have training tools, discard and pegging accuracy numbers, and game stats to help you improve, too. No ads. No coins. Just cribbage. PLAY AGAINST FRIENDS Add friends by username or invite link, send a challenge, and play cribbage online with your friends. Nobs keeps a head-to-head record of all your games together, skunks included. Sign in and everything follows your account from device to device. CLIMB THE BOT LADDER Five difficulty tiers of bots. You unlock the next opponent by beating the last. The bots get the same honest shuffle you do. They never get better or worse cards to make the game easier or harder for you, and a bot cannot see your hand, your crib, or the deck. As you climb, the bots pick up real cribbage skills: better discarding, smarter pegging plays, longer memory, more board sense, fewer mistakes, and more. STATS AND METRICS TO HELP YOU IMPROVE Every game ends with stats to help you understand how you played. You’ll get discard grades, pegging accuracy grades, and even see who got more card luck - a measure of how much of the game came down to luck vs skill. Each discard is graded and you can see how your choice ranked against all 15 discard options. Your first five games include the full breakdown, and after that you get one free a day. TRAINING & CRIBBAGE TOOLS The hand counter will count any hand or crib, a tool for when you're playing with real cards in real life. It's the cribbage calculator for the moment at the table when someone says your count can't be right. The discard trainer deals you six cards, you toss two, and you see how your discard stacked up against every other option. It's the fastest way to sharpen your game. The best discard finder takes any six cards you throw at it and tells you the best toss. BUILT ON REAL CRIBBAGE RULES The Nobs cribbage engine was audited against the American Cribbage Congress 2025 rulebook. Fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes, nobs, his heels, and the crib flush rule that trips everyone up. Two players, aces low, a race to 121. THE CLASSIC GAME OF CRIBBAGE Cribbage goes by crib, cribble, and noddy, and it has been played on a pegboard to 121 since the seventeenth century. If you grew up playing euchre, pinochle, hearts or spades, this card game will feel familiar. Whether you're a cribbage pro or still learning how to play cribbage, this modern cribbage app is for you. NOBS PRO One purchase, no subscriptions, no renewals. Pro adds the twelve Champion bots at the top of the ladder and removes the daily cap on full game breakdowns. Everything else is free. Terms of Use: https://www.nobscribbage.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.nobscribbage.com/privacy

Screenshots

Cribbage Pegboard4 screens
Nobs Cribbage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cribbage Pegboard at none against Nobs Cribbage's 1. Cribbage Pegboard also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 17) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Nobs Cribbage's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 39 months). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nobs Cribbage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cribbage Pegboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Cribbage Pegboard against 4.7 for Nobs Cribbage. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cribbage Pegboard has 1.6K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Cribbage Pegboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nobs Cribbage's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage Pegboard ships an update every 39 months, Nobs Cribbage every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cribbage Pegboard versus Nobs Cribbage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage PegboardNobs Cribbage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.6K ratings)4.7 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better17
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGames By Post LLCKYLE ANTHONY MC GAHEY

Customer experience

Cribbage Pegboard

All ratings1,614 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews265 reviews
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.9%
Negative6.0%

Nobs Cribbage

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Nobs Cribbage

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cribbage Pegboard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Nobs Cribbage

One-time1
  • Nobs Pro Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Cribbage Pegboard free?
Cribbage Pegboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nobs Cribbage free?
Nobs Cribbage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage Pegboard or Nobs Cribbage?
Nobs Cribbage is rated higher. Cribbage Pegboard averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Nobs Cribbage averages 4.7 from 17 ratings.
Do Cribbage Pegboard or Nobs Cribbage have ads?
Cribbage Pegboard shows ads; Nobs Cribbage does not.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage Pegboard or Nobs Cribbage?
Cribbage Pegboard ships an update every 39 months, and Nobs Cribbage every 10 days. Most recently, Cribbage Pegboard was updated on November 11, 2026 and Nobs Cribbage on November 10, 2026.

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