Comparison

Poker Skill vs The Phantom Grid

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

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About

Poker Skill

Learn Texas Hold'em with interactive lessons, daily puzzles, and AI opponents. Get personalized feedback on your moves to improve your poker strategy and win more games.

Highlights
  • Interactive Texas Hold'em lessons
  • Daily poker puzzles
  • AI opponents that play to win
  • Post-game move analysis
  • Progress tracking
  • League play
Currently charting
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Poker Skill is a free app to learn poker and get better at it, from your first hand to winning your home game. Learn Texas Hold'em in short lessons, solve a new Daily Puzzle every day and play against AI opponents that play to win, while Coach Max shows you the best play after every move and explains why in plain words. PLAY TEXAS HOLD'EM AGAINST AI - Play heads-up against one AI opponent, or take on two at once - Play a Sit & Go against the AI as the blinds go up - The AI plays to win: it bluffs, it folds and it makes you pay for mistakes - Coach Max reviews every move as you play, so you know at once whether a call, fold or raise was right - After each game, Coach Max sums up how you played LEARN POKER FROM ZERO - Lessons take a few minutes and teach one decision at a time - Start with the rules and hand rankings, then position, outs, preflop, bet sizing and bluffing - Get one wrong and you see the better play, and why A NEW POKER PUZZLE EVERY DAY - One poker hand a day, with every option graded, so you see how close your instinct was - Daily Missions, streaks and weekly Leagues keep the habit going New to poker? Start with the first lesson, then sit down against the AI. Already play? Use the AI games and the Daily Puzzle to find the leaks in your game. QUESTIONS PLAYERS ASK Is Poker Skill free? Yes. Poker Skill is free. Forever. Is it good for beginners? Yes. The first lesson starts with the cards. Who do I play against? AI opponents that play to win. No waiting for other players. How does it make me better? Coach Max grades every move you make against the AI and explains the better play. Poker Skill Plus adds unlimited lessons, puzzles and games against the AI. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

The Phantom Grid

Navigate challenging levels by collecting orbs and trapping enemies in holes. This arcade game features modern controls and 15 unique stages, each with increasing difficulty and new layouts. Compete for high scores on per-level leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Collect gold orbs to unlock exits
  • Dig holes to trap enemies
  • 15 hand-crafted levels
  • Modern drag-anywhere touch controls
  • Per-level leaderboards
  • Speed bonus for fast completion
Features
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The Phantom Grid is a native iOS arcade game built from the ground up with modern controls, smooth performance, and 15 hand-crafted levels. COLLECT. DIG. TRAP. ESCAPE. Run across platforms, climb teal-glowing ladders, and collect every gold orb to trigger the teleport exit. But enemies are hunting you. Dig holes in the floor to trap them, walk over them safely, and move on — before the hole fills back in. HOW TO PLAY - Drag anywhere on screen to move left, right, up and down ladders - Double tap the left half to dig left — double tap the right half to dig right - Collect every gold orb on the level to unlock the exit - Trap enemies in holes and walk over them for bonus points - Finish fast for a speed bonus — every second counts 15 LEVELS From THE GATE to THE NEXUS — each level introduces new layouts, tighter spaces, and faster enemies. THE LABYRINTH will test your patience. THE FORTRESS will test your nerve. THE NEXUS will test everything. FEATURES - Smooth 60fps fixed-timestep game loop - Drag-anywhere touch controls — no virtual joystick - Interactive tutorial level — learn by doing - Per-level leaderboard with initials entry - Speed bonus timer — finish fast, score big - Soft respawn — keep collected gold when you die - Haptic feedback on every game event - Background music with cinematic credits theme - Synthesized sound effects - Dev mode for power users BUILT BY ONE PERSON Every line of code, every level layout, every sound effect, and every pixel of art direction — by one developer. The Phantom Grid is a complete one-person studio project shipping its first title. Coming soon: Sunken Market theme, Game Center leaderboards, and more levels.

Screenshots

Poker Skill4 screens
The Phantom Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Phantom Grid at none against Poker Skill's 10. The Phantom Grid also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Poker Skill's advantage is ratings volume (461 vs 1) and chart position (#168 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Poker Skill sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. The Phantom Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Phantom Grid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poker Skill has 461 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Poker Skill versus The Phantom Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoker SkillThe Phantom Grid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (461 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings461 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#168 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFuncoJaami Hasan

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Poker Skill

Subscriptions8
  • Poker Skill Plus, Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Poker Skill Plus, Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Poker Skill Plus, Yearly1 Year trial$64.991 Year
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  • Poker Skill Plus, Yearly7 Days trial$64.991 Year
  • Poker Skill Plus, Yearly$89.991 Year
  • Poker Skill Plus, Yearly1 Year trial$89.991 Year
  • Poker Skill Plus, Yearly1 Year trial3 variants$99.991 Year
  • Poker Skill Plus, Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

The Phantom Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poker Skill free?
Poker Skill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Phantom Grid free?
The Phantom Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Poker Skill or The Phantom Grid?
The Phantom Grid is rated higher. Poker Skill averages 4.7 out of 5 from 461 ratings, while The Phantom Grid averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Poker Skill or The Phantom Grid have ads?
Neither Poker Skill nor The Phantom Grid shows ads.

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