Comparison

Stack Trainer vs Tip Split Plus

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

Tip Split Plus

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Four ways to split: Even — Divide the total equally among however many people you need. By percentage — Slide each person's share to reflect who had what. By person — Assign specific dishes to each person. Shared dishes split their cost automatically. By dish — Add every item on the bill and assign it to whoever ordered it. Perfect for large groups with complex orders. • Tip selector with quick-pick buttons (10%, 15%, 18%, 20%, 25%) and a custom slider • Optional tax field • Rounding modes: none, round up, or round to the nearest dollar • Bill history — save up to 50 past splits and restore them in one tap • Shareable summary — send a clean breakdown to your group via any app Clean, fast, and focused

Screenshots

Stack Trainer4 screens
Tip Split Plus3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tip Split Plus at Free against Stack Trainer's $3.99. Tip Split Plus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Stack Trainer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On ads 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

Tip Split Plus 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. Tip Split Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stack Trainer ships an update every 3 months, Tip Split Plus monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stack Trainer versus Tip Split Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStack TrainerTip Split Plus
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRalph CosRoi Karuel

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stack Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • 3 Months Subscription7 Days trial$1.993 Months
  • Annual Subscription$2.991 Year
None

Tip Split Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stack Trainer free?
Stack Trainer costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Tip Split Plus free?
Tip Split Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stack Trainer or Tip Split Plus have ads?
Neither Stack Trainer nor Tip Split Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stack Trainer or Tip Split Plus?
Stack Trainer ships an update every 3 months, and Tip Split Plus monthly. Most recently, Stack Trainer was updated on September 20, 2026 and Tip Split Plus on September 13, 2026.

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