PokerCruncher vs Poker Range Painter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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). ***
Poker Range Painter
Visualize and analyze poker hand ranges by coloring them in. This tool helps players understand opponent ranges, preflop strategies, and value bet limits on the river. Improve your poker game by thinking in ranges.
- Color-code poker hand ranges
- Visualize opponent ranges
- Learn preflop ranges
- Analyze river value limits
- Improve range-based thinking
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This is a simple application that allows you to color in a range. There are endless ways to use it, depending on your ideas. For example, your opponent called on your double barrel on the turn. You can think about your opponent's expected range in this case by coloring. ==Recommended for situations like this== You want to learn the preflop range by coloring. You want to visualize your opponent's expected range by coloring. To visualize where the lower limit of value is on the river Visualize the lower limit of value on the river with a range chart. Think in ranges and stand out from your rivals in the world of poker.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Poker Range Painter at Free against PokerCruncher's $12.99. Poker Range Painter also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 92%) and device support (3 vs 1). PokerCruncher's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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 Range Painter is free to download; PokerCruncher costs $12.99 up front. Poker Range Painter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PokerCruncher asks for nothing beyond the download.
PokerCruncher holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PokerCruncher has 253 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of PokerCruncher's written reviews are positive against 100% of Poker Range Painter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PokerCruncher ships an update every 2 months, Poker Range Painter every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PokerCruncher | Poker Range Painter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (253 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 253 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #24 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PokerCruncher, LLC | WEB CLAP, K.K. |
Customer experience
PokerCruncher
Poker Range Painter
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
Poker Range Painter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PokerCruncher
No in-app purchases
Poker Range Painter
- Unlock functional restrictions$1.99
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