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Preflop+ vs Push Fold Trainer
Pick Preflop+ if you want Nash charts with the EV of every hand, on your phone and offline. Pick Push Fold Trainer if you want to Practice spots and get scored, with ICM and exploit ranges as well as ChipEV. Preflop+'s charts are ChipEV only - it has no ICM mode.
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Both give you push/fold ranges for tournament short stacks. Preflop+ is a phone app from Crafty Wheel (the ThinkGTO team) with Nash charts, an equity calculator and poker math drills, all working offline. Push Fold Trainer deals you solved spots one at a time, scores every answer and tracks where you leak.
Disclosure: Push Fold Trainer is our own product. The “Choose Preflop+ if” list below is where it is the better choice, and we mean it.
Choose Preflop+ if
- You want charts on your phone, even with no signal
- You want to see the EV of every hand in the chart
- You'd like an equity calculator and poker math drills in the same app
- You'd rather pay once - it has a lifetime option
Price from: Free · $9.99/mo
Choose Push Fold Trainer if
- Your costly spots are bubbles and final tables, where ICM changes the range
- You want to answer first and get scored, with your accuracy tracked by position and stack depth
- You have reads on opponents and want ranges solved against them
- You want to start for free - every ChipEV range and Practice is free, with no daily limit
Price from: Free · $15/mo
Side by side
| Capability | Preflop+ | Push Fold Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free · $9.99/mo | Free · $15/mo |
| Runs on | iOS and Android apps | Web app in any browser; Android app on Google Play |
| Drills you | Nash + math drills | Scored, every spot |
| Solved ranges | Nash ChipEV | 4-30bb, 6 & 9-max |
| ICM | ChipEV only | Included |
| Exploits | No opponent profiles | Chip-EV + ICM, both |
| Short-stack focus | 5BB-25BB+ | Only thing it does |
Where they differ
Charts vs Practice
Preflop+ is built around its charts and poker math, with a Nash trainer and drills on equity, pot odds and combos. Push Fold Trainer is built around Practice - you decide first, then see the solved range, and every answer is saved so you can see which seats and stacks you're missing.
ICM
Preflop+'s charts are Nash ChipEV, which treat every chip the same, and the app has no ICM mode. Push Fold Trainer has ICM spots for bubbles and final tables, solved with the real payouts.
Opponents who don't play GTO
Push Fold Trainer has opponent profiles from very tight to very loose, with ranges solved against each one. Preflop+ lets you build your own ranges and drill them, but its charts assume everyone plays Nash.
Phone vs browser
Preflop+ is on iPhone and Android and works fully offline. Push Fold Trainer runs in any browser and has an Android app. Our iPhone app is coming soon.
The button at 10bb, chip-EV and bubble ICM
On the left is the solved chip-EV open-shove range from the button at 10bb, the kind of answer a chip-EV tool gives. On the right is our solved range for a 10bb button shove on a money bubble, with the payouts included. The right-hand chart marks where it differs from the left.
Hero has 10bb in both, but the chip-EV solve puts every seat on 10bb while the bubble solve uses a real stack distribution with 5 places paid, so the gap is not the payouts alone. The 10bb push/fold guide lists the exact stacks, ante and payouts behind the bubble chart.
Tiers and prices
The cheapest tier is rarely the one with the feature you came for, so here is each tier and what it unlocks.
| Tier | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | The core features, with daily limits. |
| Pro | $9.99/mo or $79.99/yr | Every Nash chart at every stack and position, unlimited training, all the calculators and trainers, and no ads. |
| Pro Lifetime | $129.99 one-off | The same as Pro, paid once. |
US App Store prices. Every Preflop+ chart is ChipEV Nash - there's no ICM mode or opponent profiles.
| Tier | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Chip-EV push/fold ranges from 4bb to 30bb, shoving and calling, with no account. A free account adds 10 ICM and 1 exploit practice questions a day, and the ICM, bubble factor and satellite calculators are free. |
| Pro | $15/mo or $150/yr | Unlimited ICM and exploit practice, the full ICM range library, along with leak reports and missed-hand review. |
Source for Preflop+: Preflop+, checked .
Preflop+ vs Push Fold Trainer: common questions
- Is Preflop+ free?
- The download is free, with daily limits. Pro is $9.99 a month, $79.99 a year or $129.99 once for lifetime access (US App Store prices). Push Fold Trainer's ChipEV ranges and Practice are free with no daily limit, and Pro is $15 a month or $150 a year.
- Does Preflop+ have ICM?
- No. Its charts are Nash ChipEV, which treat every chip the same. Near a pay jump that's no longer true - that's where ICM ranges come in.
- Can I use both?
- Yes! Preflop+ is handy for a quick look at a chart on your phone, and Push Fold Trainer is for study sessions where you Practice spots and track your misses.
The chip-EV push/fold ranges here are free with no account, from 4bb to 30bb in 6-max and 9-max, and so are the ICM, bubble factor and satellite calculators.