Cribbage JD alternatives
By The Play Card Games Online team · Updated
Cribbage JD has a lot: eight computer levels, rated online games, tournaments and apps. Some players want less: no profile, no store, no coins, just a clear game of cribbage. Here are the free alternatives, with every fact about them linked to their own pages.
The options
1. Play Card Games Online (this site)
Free cribbage in the browser, built for easy reading: four computer levels, two players on one device, and text you can make as large as you like.
2. cardgames.io
A big free games site with about 45 card, solitaire and board games, including cribbage against the computer and online.
3. cribbage-online.net
A cribbage-only site against the computer, with three levels and a discard analyzer.
Side by side
| Feature | Cribbage JD | Play Card Games Online(this site) | cardgames.io | cribbage-online.net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play the computer | Yes: Easy, Medium, Hard, Crazy, Ninja, Insane, Monkey, Impossible (higher levels unlock as you win) | Yes, 4 levels: Beginner, Casual, Skilled, Expert | Yes (an opponent called Bill); we found no difficulty setting on its cribbage page | Yes, 3 levels: Easy, Standard, Pro |
| Play people online | Yes: casual and rated games, a leaderboard, and live tournaments with a host on tournamentjd.com | Not yet | Yes: a multiplayer lobby with chat messages and emoji | No; the game is against the computer |
| Play a friend | Invite code (your Cribbage ID) or a private room | On one phone or tablet (pass-and-play, hands hidden between turns) | Private table you join with a code or a link | No |
| Ratings | Elo rating starting at 1000, ranks from Bronze to Grand Master | Not yet | None found; it keeps statistics | None; it keeps statistics (wins, skunks, average hand and crib) |
| Text and card size | No text-size setting found; it advertises large, easy-to-read cards | 4 text sizes (A to A+++); the cards grow with the text | No text-size setting found | No text-size setting found |
| Help while you learn | Rules, strategy articles and a scoring calculator | Hints, a review of your throw to the crib every hand, every hand counted out point by point, rules and a hand calculator | A rules page and statistics; scores shown on a scorecard, with a board view | Hints, a discard analyzer that flags sub-optimal plays, a tutorial and strategy guides |
| Sign-up | Online play uses a profile with a Cribbage ID | None | None; multiplayer asks for a display name | None mentioned |
| Cost | Free; an in-game store sells coins and ad removal, and you can watch ads for coins | Free, paid for by ads | Free, with ads (an option turns interstitial ads off) | Free, with ads |
Which one fits you
- You want the simplest game, nothing to sign up for or buy: Play Card Games Online or cribbage-online.net. Neither has a store, coins or a profile.
- You want to choose your own text size: Play Card Games Online, with four sizes and cards that grow with them.
- You want to play people online without an app: cardgames.io has a multiplayer lobby and private tables by code.
- You want to study your discards: our throw review after every hand, or cribbage-online.net’s discard analyzer.
Where we fall short
We don’t have online play yet. Today you can play the computer or a friend on the same device; playing people online, friend rooms and ratings come with accounts, and until then the sites that have them are the better pick for that. We have four computer levels to Cribbage JD’s eight, no app, and no tournaments.
Who should stay with Cribbage JD
- You want a rating and a rank, and to climb a leaderboard against real people.
- You like live tournaments with a host.
- You want an app that plays offline, on iPhone, Android or Windows.
- You want a computer that gets harder than Expert.
For the feature-by-feature version, see Play Card Games Online vs Cribbage JD.
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Sources
Facts about other sites come from their own pages, checked October 29, 2026. Sites change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it. Facts about Play Card Games Online are from the live game.
- cardgames.io cribbage page and its Options and Multiplayer menus (checked October 29, 2026)
- cribbage-online.net home page (the game, its menus and its ad slots) (checked October 29, 2026)
- Cribbage JD page on cardsjd.com (features and FAQ) (checked October 29, 2026)
- Cribbage JD game (levels, online menu, rating system, store) (checked October 29, 2026)