Comparison

PokerCruncher vs ICM Calculator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PokerCruncher

This advanced calculator helps Texas Hold'em players analyze hand ranges and flop textures. It provides detailed statistics and odds for serious strategy analysis, going beyond basic hand matchups. Improve your game with professional-level insights.

Highlights
  • Advanced hand ranges analysis
  • Flop texture analysis
  • Deal-to-Flop calculations
  • Up to 10 players
  • Specific, random, or range hands
  • Save/load scenarios and ranges
  • Detailed statistics
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The App Store’s top Texas Hold’em odds/equity calculator. (The *Advanced* version of PokerCruncher.) Take your game to the next level with PokerCruncher, an advanced professional-level hand ranges and flop texture analysis Texas Hold’em odds/equity calculator that goes well beyond the standard features. *** Pay once and enjoy forever *** No in-app purchases/fees. Continual improvement for many years. *** Tutorial and videos on our website *** *** New: Links to videos and blogs on PokerCruncher (by pros/coaches) directly inside the app. *** "... incredibly powerful tool ... must-have application." -- PokerSoftware.com "... essentially functions as an advanced version of the PC’s PokerStove application." -- Bluff Magazine Great reviews from poker experts, pros, and coaches, and on our TwoPlusTwo forum thread. (See our website.) --> Super fast and easy to use for basic hand matchups. --> Advanced features like hand ranges, Deal-To-Flop, flop texture analysis, and many stats for serious strategy analysis. --> Tutorial, videos. Most poker odds/equity calc apps are nowhere as powerful as PokerCruncher. Some don’t even support random hands (let alone hand ranges), some don’t let you enter hands for multiple players, some make an incomplete attempt at hand ranges, … PokerCruncher is the full real deal, and has a clean and easy-to-use interface. Start using PokerCruncher today to improve your game and your results! *** iPhone, iPad, and Mac(Expert) versions available *** --- Completely General --- Up to 10 players, with specific cards, random/unknown cards, or hand ranges for each player. Dead cards, %age’s or n:1 odds, … --- Fully General Hand Ranges --- Poker is a game of incomplete information; we need to think in terms of *ranges of hands*. PokerCruncher surpasses the standard features, e.g. range equity breakdown heat maps and hand combo stats. Full grid of all 169 starting hands, top x% of hands slider, select hand combos (suits and weights) in hand ranges, extensive built-in hand ranges, save/load and export/import hand ranges, … --- Deal-To-Flop and Flop Texture Analysis --- --- Many Stats --- Hand type stats (OnePair, TwoPair, etc.), flop hit stats, odds for flopping draws and combination draws, OnePair breakdown stats, … --- Save/Load and Export/Import Scenarios (Hands) and Hand Ranges --- --- Enter/Edit Scenario Notes --- --- Tutorial and Videos --- If thinking in terms of hand ranges and flop texture analysis (techniques advanced players and pros use) are new to you, no problem, see the PokerCruncher Tutorial and videos on our website. *** See our website for our strong free app update history over many years. *** GENERAL AND OTHER FEATURES: + Runs locally on device, internet connection not needed + Fast Monte Carlo simulation, complete enumeration for some common cases + Completely general tool, e.g. up to 10 players + Specific cards, random/unknown cards, fully general hand ranges, for each player + Generate random player and board cards to set up what-if and test scenarios + Dead cards + Fold/Un-Fold players + %age’s or n:1 odds Please see the PokerCruncher Tutorial and videos on our website for more information. App Store reviews are greatly appreciated, thank you. *** Also please check out our companion app Tournament Cruncher (ICM). ***

About

ICM Calculator

This tool helps poker players calculate how prize money will be distributed at a final table. It converts chip stacks into their monetary value based on the remaining prize pool.

Highlights
  • Calculates prize pool distribution
  • Uses payout and stack lists
  • Computes money equivalent of stacks
  • Determines percentage of prize pool
Features
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Use the ICM calculator to compute how the remaining prize pool will be split at the final table in a multi-table poker tournament. ICM uses the payout list and the stack list in chips to compute the money equivalent of each stack as a percentage of the remaining prize pool.

Screenshots

PokerCruncher4 screens
ICM Calculator2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PokerCruncher at 92% against ICM Calculator's 0%. PokerCruncher also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (253 vs 20). ICM Calculator's advantage is price (Free vs $12.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ICM Calculator is free to download; PokerCruncher costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PokerCruncher holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PokerCruncher has 253 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of PokerCruncher's written reviews are positive against 0% of ICM Calculator's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PokerCruncher versus ICM Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPokerCruncherICM Calculator
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (253 ratings) — better4.1 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews91.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings253 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#20 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB20 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPokerCruncher, LLCEnterra, Inc.

Customer experience

PokerCruncher

All ratings253 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive91.6%
Neutral0.6%
Negative7.7%

ICM Calculator

All ratings20 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

PokerCruncher

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Inconsistent hand rankings displayed

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for Omaha and other poker variants
  • Improve range entry and management features
  • Provide more customization options
  • Integrate with online poker tracking tools

ICM Calculator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PokerCruncher

No in-app purchases

None

ICM Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PokerCruncher free?
PokerCruncher costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ICM Calculator free?
ICM Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PokerCruncher or ICM Calculator?
PokerCruncher is rated higher. PokerCruncher averages 4.9 out of 5 from 253 ratings, while ICM Calculator averages 4.1 from 20 ratings.
Do PokerCruncher or ICM Calculator have ads?
Neither PokerCruncher nor ICM Calculator shows ads.

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