Cribbage Academy vs PokerTime Deluxe
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!
PokerTime Deluxe
Experience the thrill of video poker on your iOS device with this interactive simulation. Enjoy endless gameplay with free additional credits and chips, all without any advertisements. Play on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Apple Watch for a single low price.
- Video poker simulation
- Interactive gameplay
- Free additional game credits
- Free chip refills
- No ads
- Apple Watch support
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Can't make it to Vegas this weekend? It's still poker time with Poker Time Deluxe. Get the action of video poker right on your iOS device with our fun, interactive video poker simulation. No ads interrupt your game so it's nothing but non-stop fun on your iPad, iPhone, Apple TV or Apple Watch. With Poker Time Deluxe additional game credits are always FREE. Poker Time Deluxe provides endless hours of play for a single low price of just 99 cents! If you have a streak of bad luck and you lose all your chips, don't worry additional banks of 100 chips are free. Now available for iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and Apple Watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cribbage Academy at 100% against PokerTime Deluxe's 0%. Cribbage Academy also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months). PokerTime Deluxe's advantage is chart position (#47 vs unranked) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Cribbage Academy costs $2.99 and PokerTime Deluxe $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cribbage Academy holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cribbage Academy's written reviews are positive against 0% of PokerTime Deluxe's.
Cribbage Academy ships an update every 4 months, PokerTime Deluxe every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cribbage Academy | PokerTime Deluxe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #47 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Rivergate Software | Ventura Educational Systems |
Customer experience
Cribbage Academy
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In-app purchases
Cribbage Academy
No in-app purchases
PokerTime Deluxe
No in-app purchases
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