Best Hold vs Practice Video Poker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Best Hold
Optimize your video poker strategy with this app. Select your game variation, input your starting hand, and instantly discover the best cards to hold for the highest expected value.
- Select game variations (Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, etc.)
- Input starting hand cards
- Instant best hold recommendations
- Optimizes for highest expected value
- Easy-to-use interface
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If you're a video poker player and want to optimize your play, you need the Best Hold app. Within seconds, you can determine the best hold for any dealt hand. It's brought to you by the experts at videopoker.com and is as easy to use as 1-2-3: 1. Select the game variation (i.e. Jacks or Better, Double Double Bonus, Deuces Wild, etc.) 2. Tap the cards for the starting hand 3. Tap the Check Hold button and the app tells you which cards to hold for the highest expected value
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 review sentiment: Practice Video Poker at 74% against Best Hold's 0%. Practice Video Poker also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months). On price, ads, 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. Best Hold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Practice Video Poker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Practice Video Poker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Practice Video Poker has 740 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Best Hold's written reviews are positive against 74% of Practice Video Poker's.
Best Hold ships an update every 18 months, Practice Video Poker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Hold | Practice Video Poker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (740 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 740 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +17 |
| Developer | VideoPoker.com | JGOmnimedia LLC |
Customer experience
Best Hold
Practice Video Poker
Bugs and requests
Best Hold
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Best Hold
- Ad Free$4.99
Practice Video Poker
- 1000 extra funds$1.99
- Ad-free gameplay$3.99
Questions
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