Last updated on January 21st, 2026 at 09:30 pm
Cribbage Live – Card Game Review
Cribbage Live is a Card/Entertainment/Casino game from BPS Software, Inc., first launched in 27th July 2012.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 150+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Cribbage Live Stand Out
Play cribbage and chat online with real players – hundreds of players from all over the world at all hours!
High quality and easy-to-use cribbage board, cards and fast play.
Cribbage Live is a social gaming platform where cribbage players from all corners of the planet come together to play this popular board game.
Cribbage Live features one-on-one cribbage games, multiplayer cribbage tournaments and multiple game variations.
Cribbage Live supports tournaments from both GameColony.com and cribbage.org ACC (American Cribbage Congress)
If you had an internet disconnection, Cribbage Live will reconnect you. Cribbage Live will play fine with either WIFI or 3G connection.
Six Card Cribbage is a two-player game of skill that uses a standard 52 card pack. The goal is to be the first to score 121 points over several deals. Points are scored for card combinations that occur during the play or in a player's hand or in the crib — the cards discarded before the play.
Five Card Cribbage variation is an older traditional version that is still popular in England. 5 card Cribbage differs from the more modern 6 card cribbage by the number of cards in hand (initially 5) and by the score to play – usually it is played to 61 points.
Paul Rice of Wells, ME who plays in US national cribbage tournaments says that in cribbage "75 percent or more" depends on the skill of the player. Per Paul Rice: "in cribbage, every card you play and every card your opponent plays, you're trying to throw a curve ball in there"… "you can be dealt a gosh-awful hand and if you play it right, you can advance up the board."
Cribbage Live uses a fast cribbage central server supporting different cribbage clients in addition to iOS-based cribbage client.
This Card game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Cribbage Live is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 19th January 2022
Recent improvements include:
Connectivity and stability improvements
Download & Availability
Cribbage Live is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Cribbage Live on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
A bit slow at times, but love playing live instead of against a computer.
Very good mechanics and our favorite pegboard style, BUT!! 1. Rating system is ridiculous. Rarely find anyone to play without laying them ridiculous odds. 2. Play for money? Sure, but youll have to pay $10 to buy $7 in chips. Good luck with that. 3. Dont expect random, even dealing and cuts. They dont exist. A good game ruined by idiots.
The game mechanics are weak and the graphics are sub par. Also cant play ever because ads pop up that you cant close.
This was a paid app, but you wouldnt know it from all of the ads You cannot win money solely on merit Shenanigans. The ticket system is garbage it discourages rewards by merit: 1. Buy 2 tickets for $3. Or 7 for $10. But when you cash out you only get $1 per ticket. …not the worst thing after all thats how game colony can make its money. Bu heres the problem: if you play somebody for 1 ticket, you only get .90 tickets when you win. You have to maintain roughly a 54.54% winning percentage over 22 games in order to keep your ticket balance BARELY ALIVE. For context, we surveyed some of the better players online today. Their win %s range from approx. 50% – 56%. . We have a 55% win percentage and have lost more money than Ive won. Put another way, say you buy 2 tickets and you play for 1 ticket… If you Lose once Win once Lose again, Now you have .90 tickets And if you then play for a half ticket and lose again (even the best players have losing streaks), now you have .40 tickets, and you cant do squat with that. You HAVE to win 2 in a row, and then by the grace of god not lose two in a row while winning ever other game for the next 10 games. AND THATS JUST TO BREAK EVEN. Then you have to win 2 in a row again.
We can play users Im familiar with, enter tournaments, and theres a time limit so you dont get stuck playing molasses.
These games r rigged. We have played crib for 50 years with cards and nobody gets hands with cards like they do online. Every time we throw a QK away we know a J will appear. Just one example of many. Too predictable! Its fun, but not right. So we use it to our advantage but this online game is just not right. You have good algorithms but they need attention! U think U will win! U Lose! U think U will lose! U win! Very frustrating but trying to have fun. Your algorithms r built for the three lines above this we quotation marks. You guys wrote it, not us…. But its true. Signed, Ral.
Love playing with our dad from 1000 miles away.
Take the $10 dollar investment we wasted on your app and make a better game.
By far the most realistic and intense Cribbage game! Leader board is brilliant way to make this game even more competitive then it is.
Well made,good players, lot of our friends playing here.we are very satisfied how it works.
We enjoy this Cribbage app a lot! With neat interface and sounds, and a descriptive gameplay, it is very easy to follow and very addicting. Overall we give this game five star rating because we can be played with other people just like us around the world and it can be a very social thing as well for many people.
This game was great. Then came the ads. Then came the weird alt-right conspiracy theory news ads. Then came the stand with trump ads. We are both baffled and repulsed at the same time. Gotta find another cribbage game we guess.
One of the better games to play from the App Store. Well set up and addicting to play.
You HAVE to pay to play even one game.
Still learning to play this game, but we love it! Very engaging.
A Cribbage app that is free, but still designed to give an authentic Cribbage experience.
This app is really amazing for us. We have enjoyed this game . We think its one of the best features in this type games. The design and background are too good in this game.
Super attractive Cribbage game where you can play online with real players. Working smoothly with WiFi or 3G. Interface is cool, Cribbage players will love it.
Have hundreds of good players and you are able to play day and night! No bugs, small size and wonderful cribbage design.
Good graphics and nice controls, superb players and multiplayer games. Great competing experience.
We love it because it has beautiful cards and option to play real time tournaments for prizes.
This is very much fun online cribbage game. We can play with different people from distance and it very much exciting. We can chat with them via this game. Lovely game.
Very easy to play. Wait time to start a game is very short. Lots of different game variations.One of the best cribbage games we've played so far.
Fun and easy to play, exciting to compete :) Tournaments for prizes are unique and addictive. We love the prizes.
Love that its live in real time, love the cards and colors.
Just as fun as when we were in high school , Im still playing.
This game is a very interesting one. And the app is made perfectly intuitive and easy to use.
A nice cribbage community and tournaments.
Great when you have a couple minutes to spare to keep the mind sharp. Love it.
Simply brilliant. Easy to set up gameplay. Have not had any problems.
Cards are not random. Can be up 30 points or more on a higher ranked player and right as you start to reach 121, the higher ranked player gets 24 point hands and 10 point cribs. Seriously 9/10 times. Its very obvious as you play lower ranks, the advantage is reversed and magically, you get all the cards.
Played for a few months and must say it's pretty good. Very competitive and interesting.
It's a great app for learning to play like we are. Can be a bit fast paced but you learn to be better that way. Overall good app. Gimme our tickets please.
Unfriendly card selection. Sometimes an card goes up incorrectly, ie not the card we picked. Also sometimes a card is selected with a light tap and sometimes its difficult. Make conversations easy, cribbage is a social game and conversations should be easier to conduct.
The layout and gameplay is great. But its just so obviously rigged. If you dont buy tickets, you'll never start with crib first, and you'll mysteriously get bad cards at the end of every game if you're playing someone who has deposited.
This is a fun game but one needs to realize that the hands are not random. Pay 3 dollars for 2 onedollar tickets to get rid of the ads, but playing for tix is a suckers game. Even if it is not rigged you need to win 60 percent of the time to break even. Not going to happen.
We wish the cards were dealt in order. Hard to rearrange. At times its difficult to get into a table but love playing real time.
Fun game, algorithm seems fair.. Downside is other players holding tables that arent ready to play- or are away.
Has its moments connecting with friends, but wish we could play more than 2 people.
This app is a joke. If you want to play for money they sell "tickets" where $1 = 1 ticket. That's fine, but the in-app purchase for 7 tickets is 10 DOLLARS. Imagine if you wanted to withdraw $20 from an ATM and it had a $6 fee. That's this app. Not only that, but for every ticket you wager in a game, the app takes AN ADDITIONAL $0.20! That would mean that you would have to win 60% of the games you play to break even in a game where the experts barely have that kind of an advantage, if that. If you want to get completely ripped off then by all means download this app and watch your money disappear.
Amazing how one player can have a double run every hand while the other is stuck with a pair. Never seen so many good cuts to make a hand.
The hands you get dealt are so good everytime, there is no way it's possible. This app is rigged, we feel bad for the people who paid money. Good job creators.
Just the best version of cribbage ever. Love the graphics. Easy to access via Facebook too.
This is one of our fav game which we have downloaded .we like the multiplayer feature of the game so much.
Very realistic cribbage game, cards and board. Especially the fact that you playing with real players.
Great way to pass time and we enjoy to play it when we are traveling.
Nice game with graphics is very beautiful awsome. Also sound effects is so cool and addictive with us.
Cribbage live an amazing Game to play new update has more smooth UI and a better to chat with multiple people's.
Recommended, it's very cool because you playing against real people.
Very beautiful design.its really amazing game we addicted to play this game we enjoyed a lot playing this game this game make us happy.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.13.3
- Size: 51.19 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN, DE, JA, ZH, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Contests, Frequent/Intense Simulated Gambling, Gambling
- Developer: [BPS Software, Inc.]()
Last updated: 19th January 2022 | Genre: Card, Entertainment | Developer: BPS Software, Inc.