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SnapShove vs Push Fold Trainer
Push Fold Trainer is the better choice for bubble, final-table and exploit practice, because every SnapShove tier uses chip-EV ranges with no ICM and no opponent adjustments. SnapShove is the cheaper and quicker phone lookup when chip-EV is all you need.
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Both give you a push/fold range. SnapShove answers with the chip-EV Nash range in a phone app. Push Fold Trainer serves solved spots one decision at a time and scores you, with bubble ICM and opponents who don't play GTO included.
Disclosure: Push Fold Trainer is our own product. The “Choose SnapShove if” list below is where it is the better choice, and we mean it.
Choose SnapShove if
- You want a Nash range on your phone between hands, as fast as possible
- Most of your short-stack spots are far from a pay jump, where chip-EV is close enough
- You only need shove lookups and price matters most: its Core tier is the cheapest paid plan of the two
Price from: Free · $3.99/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 be scored, with accuracy tracked by position and stack depth
- You have reads on opponents and want ranges built to exploit them
Price from: Free · $15/mo
Side by side
| Capability | SnapShove | Push Fold Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free · $3.99/mo | Free · $15/mo |
| Runs on | iOS and Android apps | Web app in any browser; Android app in closed beta |
| Drills you | Training sims | Scored, every spot |
| Solved ranges | Nash chip-EV | 4-30bb, 6 & 9-max |
| ICM | Not in its ranges | Included |
| Exploits | Not supported | Chip-EV + ICM, both |
| Short-stack focus | Only thing it does | Only thing it does |
Where they differ
Chip-EV ranges against ICM ranges
SnapShove's ranges come from a chip-EV Nash solution, which values every chip the same. Near a pay jump that stops being true, and the correct range changes. Push Fold Trainer solves the same kind of spot with payouts included. SnapShove's website does have an ICM calculator, but it converts stacks into prize equity rather than changing the ranges the app gives you.
Answering a spot against practising it
Both have a training mode. SnapShove's simulates shove, call, reshove and fold decisions and scores each answer. Push Fold Trainer keeps a record of which positions and stack depths you get wrong and sends missed hands to a review queue, which is the part that points you at a leak over several sessions.
A phone app against a web app
SnapShove is an iOS and Android app. Push Fold Trainer runs in the browser on any device, and its Android app is in closed beta. There is no iOS app yet, so on an iPhone SnapShove is the only native app of the two.
Opponents who don't play GTO
SnapShove's ranges assume your opponent is also playing Nash, and its site suggests adjusting them yourself for an opponent's tendencies. Push Fold Trainer has preset opponent profiles, from tight to loose, with ranges solved against each one and practice scored against them.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | One shove, call or reshove calculation a day, and unlimited training simulations. |
| Core | $3.99/mo or $34.99/yr | Unlimited shove calculations and training simulations. No call or reshove calculations. |
| Unlimited | $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr | Unlimited shove, call and reshove calculations, and training simulations. |
| SnapShove Pro app | $54.99 one-off (App Store), $69.99 (Google Play) | A separate app with lifetime shove, call and training access. Its listing says reshove is an extra subscription. |
Every SnapShove tier uses chip-EV Nash ranges. None includes ICM ranges or opponent adjustments.
| 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 3 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, and accuracy stats by position and depth with a missed-hand review queue. |
Source for SnapShove: SnapShove, checked .
SnapShove vs Push Fold Trainer: common questions
- Does SnapShove use ICM?
- Not in its ranges. The app's ranges are chip-EV Nash. Its website has an ICM calculator that turns stacks and payouts into each player's share of the prize pool, which is useful on its own but does not change the push/fold ranges.
- Which is cheaper for call spots?
- Call and reshove calculations need SnapShove's Unlimited tier; its cheaper Core tier covers shove calculations only. Here, the chip-EV ranges for calling a shove are free with no account, and ICM practice has a free daily allowance that Pro makes unlimited.
- Can I use both?
- Yes. They suit different moments: SnapShove for a quick answer on your phone at the table, Push Fold Trainer for study sessions where you are scored and your misses are tracked. SnapShove's price makes running both a small decision.
- Is there an iPhone app for Push Fold Trainer?
- Not yet. The web app works in Safari on an iPhone, and the Android app is in closed beta. If a native iOS app matters to you, SnapShove has one today.
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.