Comparison

Stack Trainer vs Fastcruise

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

Head to head
About

Stack Trainer

This app provides a realistic card deck experience for close-up magicians to train their memory of card stacks. It offers various challenge modes and filters to aid learning and practice, with a focus on a clean, distraction-free interface.

Highlights
  • Realistic card deck simulation
  • Multiple mnemonic training approaches
  • Customizable stack filters
  • Lorrayne's peg words integration
  • Interactive quick-touch analyzer
  • Display and whisper modes
Features
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Stack Trainer forms part of a comprehensive suite of apps that dedicate to technical learning tools for Close-up magicians. Stack Trainer addresses those who are familiar with the concepts related to Aronson, Tamariz, Nikolas. If you know what these names relate to, and you apply the according techniques, then this app will help you stay tuned and inspired.  Stack Trainer provides a most realistic card deck experience. It sets the golden standard for mnemonic deck training. A radical slim design. Cycle through the logical phases of the challenges at hand. Name it the "virtual spectator" concept. Approaches: - Next Card: Sequentially displayed, name the next card - Each Card: Name each card's position in a shuffled stack - Each Position: Name each position's card in a shuffled stack - Get Position: Name the position of a given card - Get Card: Name the card at a given position - Next Suit: Name the distance to the next of the same suit - Wrong Card: Identify the one card that is displaced in the face-up spread stack - Missing Card: Find the missing card in the face-up spread stack - Spot: Spot a specific card in the face-up spread stack - Highest Card: Identify the high and low cards of a random sub-stack - Four of a Kind: Name the distance to the next of the same kind Filters: Filters can be set to reduce the actual stack to a substack of lower size addressing and supporting the gradual progress during the early learning phase of a stack. Filters also provide different perspectives onto a stack to inspire and engage expert users. These filters, applied to the chosen approach, can be set: - ranges 1-13, 14-26, 27-39, 40-52, and a custom range - pair and impair positions - red and black cards - any of the four suits - court and number cards Some Features: - Aronson, Tamariz and user defined stacks - Lorrayne's peg words for the 52 cards and 52 positions, plus 3 user defined sets - display and whisper modes - includes the quick-touch interactive analyser visualising the solution path and allowing for self imposed problem statements with decadic and tridecadic layouts - feedback driven development - feels almost like a true deck of cards. Practicing card magic you don't want no complicated, overloaded and distracting user interface. Less is more. - probably the most complete, and straightforward solution available. A card, the one downwards (or upwards), maybe its mates, maybe the next one of the same suit. Either on random walk, or deliberate choices on the complete map. Touch swipe, swipe. Swipe and again. To experience the look and feel of 'Stack Trainer' load the free 'Random Input' app available by this developer. Additional information: - License agreement - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy policy - https://yeahgic.com/pge_PrivacyStack.htm

About

Fastcruise

Access your self-hosted TeslaMate analytics natively on your iPhone. View real-time vehicle status, drive history, charging data, and share trip details. Your data remains private on your server.

Highlights
  • Real-time vehicle status
  • Drive history with route maps
  • Charging session analytics
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Share My Trip feature
  • GPS distance to car
  • Location sharing
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Your TeslaMate data, beautifully native on iPhone. Fastcruise connects directly to your self-hosted TeslaMate instance and puts your Tesla analytics in your pocket — with zero subscriptions, zero data mining, and zero compromises on privacy. PAY ONCE, OWN FOREVER One purchase of $9.99 gives you lifetime access. No monthly fees. No recurring charges. Compare that to $60–180/year for Tessie, TezLab, or TeslaFi. Free 3-day trial included — try before you buy. WHAT YOU GET - Real-time vehicle status: battery level, range, location - Complete drive history with route maps and efficiency metrics - Charging session analytics: energy added, duration, cost tracking - Home Screen widgets for last drive and last charge - Share My Trip: generate beautiful trip images for social media - GPS distance to your car with live map - Share your car's location via Apple Maps or Google Maps PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your data stays on YOUR server. Fastcruise never touches, stores, or shares your Tesla data. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. REQUIREMENTS - A running TeslaMate instance with TeslaMateApi - Setup guide: fastcruise.app/blog/teslamate-fastcruise-setupguide Built by a Tesla owner, for Tesla owners. Questions or feature requests? contact@fastcruise.app Not affiliated with TeslaMate. This is an unofficial client for TeslaMate.

Screenshots

Stack Trainer4 screens
Fastcruise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fastcruise at 67% against Stack Trainer's 0%. Fastcruise also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.5 vs 1.0). Stack Trainer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Fastcruise is free to download; Stack Trainer costs $3.99 up front. Stack Trainer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months and Fastcruise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fastcruise holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Stack Trainer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Fastcruise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack Trainer ships an update every 3 months, Fastcruise every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Stack Trainer versus Fastcruise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack TrainerFastcruise
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRalph CosDario Mader

Customer experience

Stack Trainer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Fastcruise

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stack Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • 3 Months Subscription7 Days trial$1.993 Months
  • Annual Subscription$2.991 Year
1 purchases

Fastcruise

One-time1
  • FastCruise Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Stack Trainer free?
Stack Trainer costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Fastcruise free?
Fastcruise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stack Trainer or Fastcruise?
Fastcruise is rated higher. Stack Trainer averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Fastcruise averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Stack Trainer or Fastcruise have ads?
Neither Stack Trainer nor Fastcruise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stack Trainer or Fastcruise?
Stack Trainer ships an update every 3 months, and Fastcruise every 3 weeks. Most recently, Stack Trainer was updated on October 7, 2026 and Fastcruise on October 8, 2026.

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