# Hone - Poker Trainer — Learn no-limit hold'em cash

> Interactive poker trainer for no-limit hold'em cash games with AI opponents. (iPhone/iPad app by Enclave HK Limited.)

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- Developer: [Enclave HK Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1748522765)
- Category: Education, Games, Card
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-11
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hone-poker-trainer/id6792246009/reviews.md

## What is Hone?

Hone teaches you to play winning no-limit hold'em cash games — not by making you memorize charts, but by grading every decision you make and explaining, in plain English, what the better play was and why.

FIND YOUR LEVEL
A 20-hand assessment puts you in real spots — preflop, flop, turn, river — and rates your game. You get a skill rating and a leak radar showing exactly where you're losing money.

LEARN THE GAME
Seven modules of short, illustrated lessons cover everything from how a hand works to preflop ranges, pot odds, bet sizing, bluffing, reading opponents, and the mental game. Every concept is shown with live, tap-to-run examples — not walls of text.

DRILL YOUR LEAKS
Focused drills target the exact spots you get wrong. Every answer is graded by a real poker engine: equities are simulated on the spot, EV is computed, and the coach tells you what the best line was and what cue to look for next time.

PLAY REAL HANDS
Sit down at a full 6-max table against opponents with genuinely different styles — tight, loose, aggressive, passive — and play complete hands with real betting, side pots, and showdowns. After any hand, step through a street-by-street review with your actual equity at every decision point.

HONEST MATH, NO GIMMICKS
All grading is done by a deterministic poker engine running on your phone — hand evaluation, Monte Carlo equity simulation, range modeling, and EV analysis. Nothing is hand-waved.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account. No ads. No tracking. Your progress stays on your device.

Hone is an educational training app. It uses play money only — there is no real-money gambling, no prizes, and no way to wager anything.

## Key features

- 20-hand skill assessment
- Leak radar for identifying weaknesses
- Seven illustrated lesson modules
- Targeted drills with poker engine grading
- Practice hands against AI opponents
- Street-by-street hand review
- Private, no-account design

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hone-poker-trainer/id6792246009/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Perfect app for beginners and pros alike

*2026-08-16*

Step by step lessons on the nuances of poker hands and how you can quantify your risk to get a great outcome.

## Frequently asked questions about Hone

### What is Hone's learning methodology?

Hone teaches no-limit hold'em cash games by grading your decisions in real spots and explaining better plays. It uses illustrated lessons and targeted drills powered by a poker engine for EV analysis.

### How does Hone track progress?

Hone provides a 20-hand assessment to rate your game and identify leaks. You also receive focused drills targeting your specific weak spots, with progress tracked privately on your device.

### Does Hone offer certifications?

Hone is an educational training app focused on skill development in poker. It does not offer formal certifications upon completion of its modules or drills.

### What devices does Hone support?

Currently, Hone is available on iPhone. The app's latest version is 1.2, last updated on August 20, 2026.

### What is the age rating for Hone?

Hone has an age rating of 17+, indicating it is intended for mature audiences due to the complexity of poker strategy.

### Does Hone have ads?

No, Hone is designed to be private by design and does not include any advertisements.

### Is Hone free to use?

Yes, Hone is available for free. The app's pricing is listed as 'Free' and it does not have in-app purchases.

### How often is Hone updated?

Hone was last updated on August 20, 2026, with version 1.2. The release date was August 13, 2026, suggesting relatively recent development activity.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-08-20

Better advice, and a table that tells the truth.

STRONGER PREFLOP ADVICE
• Fixed the biggest strategy error in the app: it folded far too much to
  re-raises. From the button it kept only 18% of the hands it told you to
  open, which is little enough that an opponent re-raising with any two
  cards profited. Every seat now defends properly, and out of position it
  four-bets rather than calling.
• Advice facing a re-raise now accounts for who re-raised you and whether
  you'll play the rest of the hand in position. It previously ignored both.
• Bets are no longer priced against chips your opponent doesn't have.

RANGE CHARTS, ANY TIME
• A new reference in Learn: opening, three-betting, calling, and facing a
  three-bet, for every seat. The same charts the engine grades you against,
  so what you study and what you're scored on cannot drift apart.

MORE HANDS, FEWER QUIZZES
• Added playable spots to the lessons that only had multiple choice. Pot
  odds now has two hands rather than none, deliberately opposite: one where
  the draw is the reason to call, one where it isn't and the price decides.
• Expected value, reading boards, and blockers now ask you to use what they
  just taught.

THE TABLE NOW SHOWS WHAT'S TRUE
• Practice and Assessment hands show every seat's real state: who folded,
  who hasn't acted yet, and what the blinds have posted. Nobody folds ahead
  of the first player to act any more.
• The opponent's chips show what THEY bet, not what it costs you to call.
• Every spot now shows stack depth. A call that's routine 100bb deep can be
  most of a short stack, and you couldn't see which you were in.

SIZING YOU CAN READ
• Raise buttons say "to 57", because that's what a raise is: a total, not an
  amount added on top. Facing a bet, a pot-size raise is always bigger than
  the pot, and now it looks like it on purpose.
• Added a 2x pot size at the table, and the coach can now recommend an
  overbet. It used to stop just above pot size, which quietly capped how hard
  it would ever tell you to apply pressure.
• It bets bigger for value against players who never fold, and still won't
  bluff them.

CORRECTIONS
• Fixed a preflop hand whose pot was half a big blind short.
• Fixed the setup text on two hands that claimed players had folded to you
  from seats that act after you.
• You can now rate Hone from inside Hone.

Sharper math, straighter answers.

GRADING YOU CAN TRUST MORE
• The fold model now works from the correct break-even point and respects
  what's actually in each range, so bluffs and hero-folds are judged fairly.
• Aggression is no longer graded as if it were free: raises are checked
  against what they risk, not just what they might win.
• Equities are computed by exact enumeration instead of sampling, verified
  against published tables.
• Fixed a case where a refunded bet was graded as if it had been lost.

SMARTER ADVICE
• Advice now accounts for who you're facing: the better play against a
  calling station isn't the better play against a nit.
• Preflop three-bet guidance considers the position you'd play the rest of
  the hand from.

BETTER LESSONS
• The lesson reader is redesigned: cleaner frames, clearer typography, and
  visual hand diagrams.
• Corrected several content errors found in a full cross-check, including
  an inconsistent pot-counting convention.

A FAIRER FIRST ASSESSMENT
• The ten-hand assessment now draws a balanced mix of spots, so your
  starting level reflects your actual game.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-13

No release notes.

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