Chip Runner vs STACK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chip Runner
Easily track poker chips for home games without physical chips. Create tables, share codes, and let players manage their chips in real-time from their phones, or use a single phone for pass-and-play.
- Real-time multiplayer chip tracking
- Single phone pass-and-play mode
- Customizable chip values and colors
- Automatic blind posting and dealer rotation
- Side pot calculator
- End of night player statistics
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Chip Runner is the poker chip counter for your home game. No more missing chips, bank math, or arguments over the pot. Just tap your chips, and Chip Runner keeps track of every stack, blind and bet. PLAY YOUR WAY • Everyone on their own phone: one person creates a table and friends join with a 5-character code. Each player sees only their own controls and cards. • One phone for the whole table: pass it around, and Chip Runner shows whose turn it is. OPTIONAL DIGITAL DEALER No cards handy? Turn on the digital dealer and it deals each hand on the phones. The flop, turn and river appear on every screen, and each player peeks at their own cards in private. Prefer real cards? Leave it off and just track the chips. BUILT FOR REAL HOME GAMES • Blinds, with optional level-ups as the night goes on • Side pots and split pots handled correctly, automatically • Choose your own starting stack, chip values and chip colors • Turn order that keeps everyone from acting out of turn • Set the seating order, and remove a player or leave the table any time • If the host's phone drops out, the next player takes over so the game keeps going • Closed the app or lost signal? Rejoin your seat right where you left off • Your screen stays awake during play • Works on iPhone and iPad SETTLE UP IN SECONDS When the night is over, Chip Runner shows final chip counts, who owes whom, and fun stats like the biggest pot and most raises. Share the results with the group and look back at past games in History. NO ACCOUNTS, NO FUSS No sign-up, no email, no password. Just a name and a table code. Chip Runner uses virtual chips only. It never handles real money, and it is not a gambling app. It's a scorekeeper for your friendly game. Free to download with occasional ads. A one-time purchase removes them for good, and if the host owns it, the whole table is ad-free.
STACK
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STACK is a chip tray for a real poker game. You deal real cards; STACK keeps the money straight. Everyone at the table opens the app, types the same four-letter code, and sees the same chips. Nothing to buy, nothing to count, nothing to lose down the side of the sofa. WHAT IT DOES • Tracks every stack, the pot, and the blinds • Knows whose turn it is, so nobody has to ask • Handles side pots when someone is all in — the part everyone gets wrong • Works out who owes who at the end, in the fewest payments possible • Re-buy any time; it all gets counted at settle-up BUILT FOR A REAL TABLE The app never sees your cards. You shuffle, you deal, you read each other across the table. STACK holds the chips and does the arithmetic, so the game stops pausing while five people argue about the maths. DROPPED SIGNAL? NO PROBLEM Phones lock and wifi drops. STACK puts you straight back in your seat, mid-hand, with your stack intact. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS No sign-up, no email address, no advertising, no tracking. Open it, type a code, play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: STACK at none against Chip Runner's 1. STACK also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Chip Runner's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price and device support 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. Chip Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. STACK asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chip Runner ships an update every 3 days, STACK fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chip Runner | STACK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Parker | Wen-Jen Chen |
In-app purchases
Chip Runner
- Remove Ads$2.99
STACK
No in-app purchases







