Pick Poker Bankroll Tracker if “free” is the priority and you don’t mind ads. Pick StackWise if you’d rather pay a little for no ads, no account, and stats that are honest about how big your sample needs to be.
Where Poker Bankroll Tracker is genuinely strong
Credit where it’s due: Poker Bankroll Tracker (PBT) has been around a long time, runs on both iOS and Android, and is free to use — a low-friction way to start logging sessions without spending anything. It covers cash and tournaments and has a large existing user base. If a zero up-front cost is the single most important thing to you, that’s a real point in its favour, and StackWise won’t pretend otherwise.
Where StackWise is different
The way PBT stays free is advertising, and players have raised privacy questions about ad-supported trackers on the forums. Some features, like CSV import, have historically sat behind a paywall. StackWise is built on the opposite trade on every count.
| StackWise | Poker Bankroll Tracker | |
|---|---|---|
| Ads | None, ever | Yes (free tier is ad-supported) |
| Account | No account · on-device sessions | App-managed |
| Honest variance stats | Confidence ranges + sample-size labels | Standard win-rate stats |
| Cash & tournaments | Yes — distinct models for both | Yes |
| Headline price | Free tier · Pro $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr · Lifetime $74.99 | Free with ads · ~$10/yr |
| Platforms | iOS & Android | iOS & Android |
The honesty difference
Like most trackers, PBT shows you a win rate and leaves it at that. StackWise won’t display a headline rate your sample can’t support — it pairs every figure with a 95% confidence range and a sample-size label, and withholds the number until the data earns it. You can see exactly how that works on the win-rate confidence calculator.
If the ads grate, or you’d rather skip creating an account and keep your sessions on your device — and you want stats that admit when your sample is too small — that’s the player StackWise is built for. The price is modest and there’s a free tier to start on.
Switching doesn’t mean starting over. A Poker Bankroll Tracker export is recognized automatically — no mapping, no setup. Import is free on every tier, you preview exactly what will be created before anything is saved, and your insight layer picks up with your full history behind it. The walkthrough takes about five minutes: how to switch to StackWise.
Lose the ads. Skip the account. Track honestly.
No ads, no account, sessions on your device, and a win rate that’s honest about your sample. Free to start on iOS and Android.
Sources
Features and pricing as listed on pokerbankrolltracker.net and discussed on the Poker Chip Forum (store pricing and features can change; check current listings).