Cribbage Academy vs Just Cribbage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cribbage Academy
Experience a voice-enhanced card game that guides you through gameplay with realistic dictation. Focus on strategy with a clean interface and automatic scoring. Learn the game or challenge your skills with AI opponents.
- Voice-enhanced gameplay
- Automatic scoring
- AI opponents
- Pass & Play multiplayer
- Learn to play Cribbage
- Strategy tips
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Cribbage Academy’s high-quality dictation voices talk you through the game as if you were playing with live opponents, announcing the plays and counting the hands. This creates a much deeper immersion in the game, using all your senses. The simple playing surface keeps clutter to a minimum, allowing you to focus on strategy and the pleasure of the game. Automatic scoring relieves you from the tedium of counting peg holes, yet still shows you the pegging race to the finish hole. Cribbage has been described as the best 2-handed card game ever invented. It combines luck and skill in just the right proportions, so that anyone can win a game but a skilled player will win more often. Cribbage Academy can teach you the game even if you have never played it, and experienced players can learn from the suggestions in the game and the strategy tips on our web site. One simple price buys the entire game for Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad, with lifetime updates. Another buys the same for Macintosh. Gameplay features include: • Play 2–4 handed Cribbage with built-in AI (computer) opponents. • Or play against a friend sharing your iPhone or iPad (“Pass & Play”) • Built-in voices and instructions guide you through game play. • Learn to play, or challenge your current Cribbage skills. Download Cribbage Academy today! You will not be disappointed!
Just Cribbage
Experience the classic card game of Cribbage with an AI opponent. Follow the rules of the American Cribbage Congress, strategically manage your hand, and test your pegging skills. The game automatically counts your points after each round.
- Authentic Cribbage gameplay
- Single AI opponent
- American Cribbage Congress rules
- Strategic card selection
- Automatic scoring
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Just Cribbage is dedicated to an authentic gameplay experience of the classic game of Cribbage. Play add-free and offline against an AI opponent, or online with a friend in your Apple Game Center account. All play is in accordance with rules of the American Cribbage Congress. After each deal, strategically choose two cards from your hand for the Crib. Then compare your skill in pegging against the AI opponent or your invited friend. Player hands and the Crib are automatically counted after all cards are played.
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Verdict
Cribbage Academy and Just Cribbage both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Cribbage Academy's written reviews are positive against 33% of Just Cribbage's. Cribbage Academy also leads on chart position (#88 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). Just Cribbage's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Just Cribbage is free to download; Cribbage Academy costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Cribbage Academy against 2.9 for Just Cribbage. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Just Cribbage has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Cribbage Academy's written reviews are positive against 33% of Just Cribbage's.
Cribbage Academy ships an update every 4 months, Just Cribbage every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cribbage Academy | Just Cribbage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.9 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #88 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rivergate Software | Bradley Johansen |
Customer experience
Cribbage Academy
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In-app purchases
Cribbage Academy
No in-app purchases
Just Cribbage
No in-app purchases
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