WinPoker vs Practice Video Poker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WinPoker
This app is a video poker trainer that allows users to learn and practice various video poker games. It offers multiple play modes, customizable game options, and detailed statistics to track performance and identify errors.
- Video poker trainer
- 31 video poker variations
- Single, triple, 5, and 10 play options
- Customizable pay tables
- Auto-hold, Warn, and No modes
- Detailed statistics tracking
- Analyze any hand feature
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WinPoker a video poker trainer for the iPhone. Learn how to correctly play video poker. Use WinPoker to play while you learn! Single play, triple play, 5 play and 10 play options that can be played with all of the 31 included video poker games!. Change modes from the options screen, or just swipe up to pull up 3, 5 or 10 hands or swipe down to take it back down. You can also create any game you want by changing the pay table of one of the built in games. You can also run a game analysis for any pay table created. 31 video poker variations – Highlighting some best known video poker games like: All American, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus, Double Double Bonus, Double Jackpot, Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Joker Poker - Kings or Better, Joker Wild - (Atlantic City) 5K Jackpot, just to name a few. Three Different Modes of Play **Auto-hold** WinPoker holds the correct play for you. **Warn** You hold the cards and WinPoker alerts you if your hold is not the play that has the highest expected return, or **No mode** Use this mode to duplicate the Casino experience. You play just as you would in a casino only now, you can stop and view the session and check to see if you made any errors. (You don't have that luxury in a Casino) Statistics show your wins, losses, total hands played, errors, the magnitude of those errors and what those errors potentially could cost you in cash! We give the game return for the 31 included games. Analyze Any Hand lets you enter the hand and peruse the detail analysis for the hand.
Practice Video Poker
Practice various casino-style video poker games to hone your strategy. Receive real-time feedback on your decisions and track your performance with detailed statistics. Enjoy free credits and learn optimal play for popular game variants.
- Strategy feedback and hints
- Statistics tracking
- Free credits every 2 hours
- Multi-play up to 100 hands
- Multiple popular video poker variants
- Casino-style gameplay
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Play casino-style Video Poker games for fun and practice your perfect strategy. * Strategy feedback to point out correct decisions and errors * Get strategy hints as you play * Track your statistics across multiple games * Free credits every 2 hours * Multi-play games up to 100 hands Includes the most popular casino video poker games: * Jacks or Better * Bonus Poker * Double Bonus Poker * Double Double Bonus Poker * Triple Double Bonus Poker * Aces and Faces * Double Double Aces and Faces * Deuces Wild (original and DW44) * Deuces Wild Bonus Poker * Joker Poker (Kings or Better)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Practice Video Poker at Free against WinPoker's $9.99. Practice Video Poker also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (740 vs 92). WinPoker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, update cadence 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
Practice Video Poker is free to download; WinPoker costs $9.99 up front. Practice Video Poker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. WinPoker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Practice Video Poker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Practice Video Poker has 740 ratings behind it against 92, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of WinPoker's written reviews are positive against 74% of Practice Video Poker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WinPoker ships an update every 3 months, Practice Video Poker every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | WinPoker | Practice Video Poker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (92 ratings) | 4.7 (740 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.6% of reviews — better | 73.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 92 | 740 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +17 |
| Developer | Kaffer Enterprises, Inc. | JGOmnimedia LLC |
Customer experience
WinPoker
Practice Video Poker
User reviews
WinPoker
From 92 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent training tool
- 🚀 Improves gameplay significantly
- 💡 Allows custom pay tables
- ✅ Teaches correct strategies
- 💰 Worth the price
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 📉 Lost in-game money
- 🐛 Freezes and becomes unresponsive
- 👎 Outdated interface/graphics
- 🔊 Uncontrollable volume
Practice Video Poker
From 740 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📚 Excellent strategy training and discard decision guidance
- 📊 Detailed probability breakdowns and expected value analysis
- ⚡ Fast gameplay with smooth performance
- 👍 User-friendly interface and simple design
- 📈 Comprehensive session and lifetime statistics tracking
Room to improve
- 🔇 No sound effects or audio feedback
- 📢 Intrusive ads that cause app crashes and reboots
- 💰 Aggressive in-app purchase model despite paid version
- 🐛 Pay table calculations display incorrect payouts
- ❌ Ad-free purchase option doesn't work properly
Bugs and requests
WinPoker
Reported bugs
25 issues- Joker Wild flush detection incorrect
- Cannot change pay table on built-in games
- Cannot change games after update
- Update broke the app
- App crashes frequently
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- Lost all in-game money after crashes
- Analyze hand feature is useless after update
- Set cash only in large increments
- Cannot set cash to realistic amounts
- App freezes and crashes
- Money resets to zero on resume
- Statistics tracking causes crashes
- Volume control issues
- iPad version not working with new iOS
- Set cash feature broken since iOS 10.0.2
- WinPoker 2.1 problem with IOS 12.2
- Cannot SET CASH on WinPoker game
- Button to enlarge on iPad doesn't work
- Analyze hand feature crashes app
- RNG and strategy are off for DDB bonus
- Crashes when checking statistics
- Crashes when trying to look at odds
- Resets dollar amount and statistics after crash
- App hasn't been updated in a while
- WinPoker HD disappeared from App Store
Requested features
25 requests- iPad version optimization
- Bring back iPad version
- Allow changing games after update
- Fix button to change game
- Explain instructions better
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- Add newer games like Ultimate X
- Enhance the app
- Add drill mode for difficult plays
- Track cost of initial decisions
- Track frequency of mistakes
- Add 'Fast Track' training mode
- Allow playing hands from error record
- Adjust sound volume
- Update sound effects for quads
- Offer landscape iPad version
- Make it a universal app for iPhone and iPad
- Allow adjusting pay tables to lower percentages
- Add pickem
- Allow modification of pay scales in games
- Show pay tables
- Offer to view strategies for memorization
- Add more details on math involved
- Better explanations of statistics
- More info on penalty card situations
- HD version for iPad
Practice Video Poker
Reported bugs
5 issues- Ads cause app crashes and require constant reboots
- Ad-free purchase doesn't remove advertisements
- Pay table settings don't apply correctly to payouts
- iOS 15.1 compatibility broken - game credit feature no longer works
- Inconsistent timer functionality for hourly bonuses
Requested features
8 requests- Sound effects and audio environment to mimic casino atmosphere
- Detailed explanations of why certain plays are wrong (e.g., 'Suited KQ beats Suited AK')
- Ability to track accuracy by strategy level (basic, intermediate, advanced) instead of just perfect play
- Option to exclude minor errors from streak tracking
- Graphics that mimic real casino machines
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- Easy mode with auto-highlighted best cards for beginners
- Ad-free option as standalone purchase without monthly subscription
- Separate game modes for different video poker variants
In-app purchases
WinPoker
No in-app purchases
Practice Video Poker
- 1000 extra funds$1.99
- Ad-free gameplay$3.99
Questions
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