Poker Power Play vs ShellRef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poker Power Play
This app offers a women-centric environment to learn and play poker, focusing on developing life skills like negotiation and strategy. Engage in practice, open, or community games led by experts, and access interactive lessons to master Texas Hold'em.
- Women-centric poker environment
- Practice games against bots
- Open Texas Hold'em games with other women
- Expert-led community games
- Interactive poker lessons
- Focus on life skills like negotiation and strategy
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Poker Power turns poker into a tool for building confidence — at the table and in life. Every hand you play teaches you to read the room, size up risk, and make a decision under pressure. Those are the same skills you need in a negotiation, a job interview, or a hard conversation. Read the room. Own the table. Choose Practice Games to refine your skills against bots, providing a secure space for experimentation and growth. Play live, multiplayer Texas Hold'em against real opponents and bots with our Community Games. Track every player's stack, watch the action unfold hand by hand, and build the instincts that come from real reps at the table. Your game, your people. Create a private lounge and invite friends with a join code or QR code. Set up upcoming games, chat with your table, and build a poker community that's yours. Bet on yourself. Daily. Daily 10 gives you a fresh set of hands every day to sharpen your play — no pressure, just practice against the bots whenever you have a few minutes. Mini games for the long game. Pocket Pick and Complete the Hand break strategy down into bite-sized lessons. See your starting hand strength score, get an explanation of the best pick, and build real poker fundamentals one hand at a time. Whether you're brand new to poker or looking to sharpen your edge, Poker Power meets you where you are — and helps you leave the table more confident than you sat down. Download Poker Power and place your bet on yourself. Legal: https://pokerpower.com/terms-of-service/ https://pokerpower.com/privacy-policy/
ShellRef
This app provides an offline reference for Bash, Zsh, and terminal editors, mimicking a retro technical manual. It's ideal for quickly looking up commands, syntax, and scripting practices without needing an internet connection. Features include search, bookmarks, and customizable display themes.
- Offline Bash and Zsh reference
- Terminal editor guides (Nano, Vim, Emacs)
- Quick command lookup
- Searchable content
- Customizable themes
- Adjustable text size
- Bookmarks
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ShellRef is an offline reference for Bash, Zsh, and terminal editors, presented as a focused CRT console reference manual. It’s designed for quick lookup while you work—whether you’re writing your first shell script, checking quoting rules, reviewing Zsh behavior, or trying to remember a Vim command without opening a browser. The app includes reference sections for: • Bash fundamentals, control flow, functions, strings and arrays, file I/O, processes, and scripting practices • Zsh differences, globbing, arrays, and configuration • Common command-line tools for text processing, file operations, and system tasks • Terminal editors including Nano, Vim, and Emacs Topics are organized as short reference entries with examples, notes, warnings, and tables where they help clarify syntax and behavior. ShellRef also includes: • Offline access to the full reference library • Search across commands, topics, examples, and notes • My Quick Refs for saving frequently used entries • A CRT-inspired interface with White, Green, and Amber phosphor display modes • Optional scanlines and adjustable display glow • Reduced-effects controls for a cleaner reading experience • Adjustable text size for easier reading on iPhone and iPad ShellRef is intended for developers, sysadmins, students, and anyone who wants a readable shell reference without ads, accounts, or an internet connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Poker Power Play at Free against ShellRef's $0.99. Poker Power Play also leads on ratings volume (123 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). ShellRef's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads and device support 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
Poker Power Play is free to download; ShellRef costs $0.99 up front. Poker Power Play sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per month. ShellRef asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShellRef holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poker Power Play has 123 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Poker Power Play ships an update every 2 weeks, ShellRef every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poker Power Play | ShellRef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (123 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Poker Powher LLC | Andrew Bacon |
Customer experience
Poker Power Play
ShellRef
Bugs and requests
Poker Power Play
Reported bugs
19 issues- App freezes frequently during games
- App crashes
- White screen on app open
- App doesn't register moves
- App randomly says 'game over'
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- Cards not showing
- Incorrect winner calculation
- Buttons not working (e.g., raise)
- Login/signup issues
- App crashes and causes phone to crash
- Stats not updating correctly
- Chat feature disappears quickly
- Call button placement obstructs prefold
- Confirm button for raising bids is hard to tap
- Game restarts without signaling winner
- Contact support button does nothing
- App marks user as away/waiting unexpectedly
- New update is awful/nothing works right
- Updated app shows no cards, players, or chips
Requested features
8 requests- Add more poker game variations (e.g., Blackjack)
- More real users/players
- In-game tips and lessons
- Larger font sizes for numbers
- More content on life/business skills correlation
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- Improve chat feature visibility
- Fix button placement for raising bids
- Revise basic instructions (e.g., about limping)
ShellRef
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Poker Power Play
- Silver$29.991 Month
ShellRef
No in-app purchases
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