Blackjack Trainer 101 vs Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice
Master blackjack's basic strategy with this game. Learn the optimal moves (Hit, Stand, Double Down, Split) based on your cards and the dealer's. Compete on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Basic strategy training
- Optimal move guidance (Hit, Stand, Double Down, Split)
- Basic strategy table display
- Leaderboard integration
- Achievements system
- Casino game simulation
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Want to improve your blackjack skills? Make a big killing in your next casino trip? This is a game to train you to be proficient in the basic strategy table of blackjack. This strategy is the most important thing that you should know about blackjack before playing. Following the table will give you the best move (Hit, Stand, Double Down or Split) statistically, given you do not have any knowledge on the distribution of the rest of the cards in the decks. The strategy is only based on the dealer's card and your cards in a round. You will not need to count or memorize cards (Counting cards or memorizing cards will be a more advanced strategy). Inside the app, there is a "Show Strategy Table" button which shows the basic strategy table. We also have added a leaderboard and some achievements in the Play Center, so play hard and try to be the number one among your friends or in the world! This basic strategy is for the most common settings you will find in casinos - 4-6 decks of cards, dealer stands on soft 17, double allowed after split. There are variations to this basic strategy, depending on the number of decks used, whether the dealer hits or stands on a soft 17, and whether double down is allowed after split or not, whether surrender is allowed or not, etc. If this app is popular, we will definitely include these variations in the next update. The free version will have ads popping up from time to time. The in-app purchase of the app will disable the ads. Hit! Stand! Double Down! Split! Hope you would enjoy this game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blackjack Trainer 101 at 93% against Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice's 20%. Blackjack Trainer 101 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Blackjack Trainer 101 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Blackjack Trainer 101 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blackjack Trainer 101 has 6.8K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Blackjack Trainer 101's written reviews are positive against 20% of Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice's.
Blackjack Trainer 101 ships an update every 3 weeks, Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blackjack Trainer 101 | Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6.8K ratings) — better | 2.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.8K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | David Richmond | KBIC International Ltd |
Customer experience
Blackjack Trainer 101
Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice
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
Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Blackjack Trainer 101
- BlackJack 101 Upgrade to Pro$2.99
Blackjack Basic Strategy Practice
- Ad Free Upgrade$2.99
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