Poker Notepad vs PocketSolver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poker Notepad
This app offers tools to analyze poker hands, including equity calculations, betting strategy insights, and detailed hand tracking. Improve your game by understanding win/loss percentages and optimizing your betting decisions with advanced analytics.
- Equity/win percentage calculation
- Betting profitability analysis
- VOA hand tracking and analytics
- Opening and Push/Fold range tools
- Detailed hand history and insights
- Win/loss percentage by position
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Poker Notepad is a poker utility App with multiple tools to help you get better at poker. Poker Notepad provides you with critical information to help you get better at Poker. Getting data when you win and lose is the best way to improve your game. Tools Included ============================== Situational: * Poker Notepad provides free tools to see equity/percentages (win/tie percentage) of a hand pre-flop or when in a specific situation. You can provide an exact hand and board or a range of hands. Allows up to nine opponents. Betting: * Includes tools to help you understand the math behind betting, what makes a bet profitable. Additionally, how often your opponent needs to fold for your bet to be profitable. These tools can help improve your bluffing and help maximize the value of your hands. VOA (Value over Average) Tracking/Analytics: * Poker Notepad allows you to Track hands in a few taps. Capture the critical hand information including position, cards, bet action, number of players, and pot size. Poker Notepad is the perfect App for tracking live poker hands. Look at the Analytics of your hands played to see how to improve. Analytics provides insights into which hands you're winning with and which hands you're not! Filter hands based on Betting or the number of opponents. Or filter hands based on range. All of this will allow you to better understand how to improve your game. Detailed Tracking and Analytics (In-App Purchase): * Capture your hand, your opponents' hands, the board cards, your position, how you bet on each street, even notes. * Analytics provides your win/loss percentage by position and by street. * See hand history and analytics by date. Range Tools: * Opening ranges based on the number of opponents left to act. * Push/Fold Ranges by position and remaining Big Blinds * 3-Betting ranges based on your position and the position of the player who opened.
PocketSolver
This app analyzes Texas Hold'em post-flop situations for heads-up play. It offers instant strategic insights, customizable game trees, and detailed equity breakdowns to help users master GTO strategy.
- True GTO Post-Flop Solver
- Lightning-Fast Performance
- Comprehensive Strategy Insights
- Customizable Game Trees
- Hand Matrix View
- Range vs Range Comparison
- Equity Charts
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PocketSolver — Post-Flop GTO Poker Solver PocketSolver is the ultimate Texas Hold’em post-flop GTO (Game Theory Optimal) poker solver, built for speed, accuracy, and simplicity. Study optimal heads-up play across flop, turn, and river situations. Designed for both professionals and dedicated learners, PocketSolver delivers instant strategic insights through a clean, modern interface and fully customizable game trees. Whether you’re reviewing equity breakdowns, visualizing range matchups, or optimizing bet sizing, PocketSolver puts elite-level GTO study tools used by pros and enthusiasts worldwide at your fingertips. Master post-flop Texas Hold’em strategy with professional precision. Key Features: - True GTO Post-Flop Solver – Analyze any heads-up post-flop scenario with game-theory precision. - Lightning-Fast Performance – Solve complex flops, turns, and rivers in seconds. - Comprehensive Strategy Insights – Review EV, equity, and equity realization for every hand. - Customizable Game Trees – Adjust bet sizes, stack depths, and player ranges to fit any situation. - Hand Matrix View – Study all 169 isomorphic hands with heat maps and strategy visualization. - Range vs Range Comparison – Compare IP and OOP ranges side-by-side with full metrics. - Equity Charts – Visualize equity flow to see which player’s range dominates the board. Terms of Use: https://pocketsolver.com/eula Privacy Policy: https://pocketsolver.com/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Poker Notepad at monthly against PocketSolver's every 6 months. Poker Notepad also leads on ratings volume (48 vs 2). PocketSolver's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Poker Notepad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and PocketSolver sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PocketSolver holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poker Notepad has 48 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Poker Notepad ships an update monthly, PocketSolver every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poker Notepad | PocketSolver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UsefulChaos | Elliot Dunk |
Customer experience
Poker Notepad
PocketSolver
In-app purchases
Poker Notepad
- Tournament Level Test$0.99
- Hand Tracking and Analytics$2.99
PocketSolver
- Standard14 Days trial$9.991 Month
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