Comparison

Blackjack Trainer 101 vs Liars Poker SLIPS

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

Head to head
About

Blackjack Trainer 101

This app is a practice tool designed to help users learn and master basic strategy for the card game Blackjack. It offers various training modes and customization options to improve decision-making in different scenarios. While it doesn't simulate a full game, it focuses on teaching optimal play.

Highlights
  • Four learning modes (random, soft, pairs, custom)
  • Customizable house rules (decks, soft 17, doubling, surrender)
  • Skill levels for focused practice
  • Interactive strategy guide
  • Hint button for strategic analysis
  • Left/right-handed layouts
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Blackjack Trainer 101 is a basic strategy trainer. NOTE: This is *not* a Blackjack game, it is a practice aid for learning basic strategy in Blackjack, and it assumes you already are familiar with the basic rules of the game.  Using this app will *not* guarantee winning in real play, but it will help you play the best possible strategies in any situation. Features: • Four learning modes: random hands, soft hands, pairs, and a custom mode: choose any combination of hands to practice (requires paid upgrade). • Customize the house rules: number of decks in the shoe, hit vs. stand on soft 17, doubling rules and surrender • Skill levels: Higher levels concentrate your training on the harder-to-memorize hands • Strategy guide shows all the best moves and highlights the strategy for the current hand and dealer card • Hint button shows a strategic analysis of the current hand • Left-handed and right-handed playing layouts • Many different rule configurations (1-4 decks, dealer hits/stays on soft 17, double after split, early/late surrender)

About

Liars Poker SLIPS

Engage in a sophisticated multiplayer game of wits and strategy. This app offers a pure competitive experience focused on numbers and bluffing, perfect for honing skills in trading, poker, and more. It's designed for players who enjoy strategic challenges and testing their ability to read opponents.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer cloud-based gameplay
  • Pure competition, no ads or in-app purchases
  • Tracks action and profit/loss
  • Randomly generated hands
  • 2nd Bid option and progressive stakes
  • History window and detailed scorekeeping
Features
Currently charting
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!!!! OUTBID OUTBLUFF OUTPLAY !!!! Invite Friends to a sublime multiplayer game of wits and skill. A one-time fee buys SLIPS for life, exclusively on the App Store. Sans cartoon animation, ads or in-app purchases. Find refuge in pure competition, numbers with friends. A great way to hone trading/poker/craps/chess/bridge skills. See who's the best liar in the bunch! Liar's Poker is easier to learn than card poker or craps. But winning consistently requires insight, patience, and discipline. 2nd Bid option and the stakes multiple supercharge the contest. SLIPS tracks the action and profit/loss in units, players decide their worth. !!!! IMPORTANT !!!! - SLIPS is a multiplayer cloud-based game so WIFI OR CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY IS REQUIRED - Players need access to an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Apple Mac silicon - Game Center, iMessage, and iCloud are also necessary - When starting a Session use Invite Friends - For now you pretty much must bring your own friends - Auto-Match is unlikely to get a game going until we get bigger Onward and Upward.... How many of a number are out there across all player's hands? It's that simple and that hard How good a liar are you? Is your opponent telling the truth or bluffing? Is the risk worth the reward? Test your mettle with the ultimate version of Liar's Poker. This is the one, as played on Wall Street and dramatized in a best-selling book, supporting Sessions between 2 and 12 players. At the close of trading or on a slow day, the call for “SLIPS” or “PLAYERS” rang out and select participants would gather round, grab printed sheets of paper containing hands and attempt to outfox each other for fun and profit. Now it's all here on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Apple silicon Mac, way easier than paper and available anywhere you're connected: * Randomly generated Hands * 2nd chance Bid * Level/Value driven multiple * Progressive stakes * None Bid/Hero * Sheet and Settlement SLIPS features a history window that tracks all the action, Slip PL (Profit/Loss), an annotated Slip popup, plus a Sheet that keeps score in Detail and Summary views. It manages multiple Sessions and iMessage text invites make playing with Contacts a snap. In SLIPS your decisions are simply BID (Raise) or CHALLENGE (Call), then COUNT or BID if your 1st Bid is challenged around. Sounds easy but winning might be a bit harder! Comprehensive How To sections cover game mechanics and rules. Settings toggles, including a Bid Probability Gauge, further enhance play. Your Bonus? SLIPS is a sanctuary - FULL PRIVACY, NO ADS, NO IN-APP PURCHASES. !!!! Have Fun and Good Luck !!!! Note: iOS 12 or above only.

Screenshots

Blackjack Trainer 1014 screens
Liars Poker SLIPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Blackjack Trainer 101 at Free against Liars Poker SLIPS's $9.99. Blackjack Trainer 101 also leads on ratings volume (6.9K vs 25) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Liars Poker SLIPS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating and review sentiment 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

Blackjack Trainer 101 is free to download; Liars Poker SLIPS costs $9.99 up front. Blackjack Trainer 101 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Liars Poker SLIPS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Blackjack Trainer 101 against 4.7 for Liars Poker SLIPS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackjack Trainer 101 has 6.9K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 93% and 93% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackjack Trainer 101 ships an update every 3 weeks, Liars Poker SLIPS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Blackjack Trainer 101 versus Liars Poker SLIPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackjack Trainer 101Liars Poker SLIPS
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.8 (6.9K ratings) — better4.7 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.9K — better25
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#101 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB10 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperDavid RichmondFabForeDev Inc

Customer experience

Blackjack Trainer 101

All ratings6,766 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews172 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.7%

Liars Poker SLIPS

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

Bugs and requests

Blackjack Trainer 101

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or performance issues
  • Discrepancies in basic strategy recommendations

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to play out split hands
  • Ability to adjust volume
  • Inclusion of full hand history and dealer's final hand

Liars Poker SLIPS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Blackjack Trainer 101

One-time1
  • BlackJack 101 Upgrade to Pro$2.99
None

Liars Poker SLIPS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blackjack Trainer 101 free?
Blackjack Trainer 101 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liars Poker SLIPS free?
Liars Poker SLIPS costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blackjack Trainer 101 or Liars Poker SLIPS?
Blackjack Trainer 101 is rated higher. Blackjack Trainer 101 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.9K ratings, while Liars Poker SLIPS averages 4.7 from 25 ratings.
Do Blackjack Trainer 101 or Liars Poker SLIPS have ads?
Blackjack Trainer 101 shows ads; Liars Poker SLIPS does not.
Which is updated more often, Blackjack Trainer 101 or Liars Poker SLIPS?
Blackjack Trainer 101 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Liars Poker SLIPS every 4 months. Most recently, Blackjack Trainer 101 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Liars Poker SLIPS on October 29, 2026.

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