Blackjack Trainer vs CountEdge
CountEdge is a card counting app with a free Hi-Lo trainer and session tracker. Its paid Elite tier adds a larger deviation library and cover coaching, and the company sells 12-week human coaching programs. Blackjack Trainer is a free web app with graded Courses, a training table, a betting calculator, and Ranked Play. Premium adds the other seven counting systems, the trip planner, the Coach, and the session logbook.
Comparison
| Feature | Blackjack Trainer | CountEdge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39/year or $4.99/month, founding price (2026-09-12) | Elite $97.95/month or $970/year with a 14-day trial. Coaching $8,000 group or $14,000 one-on-one for 12 weeks (2026-09-12, pricing) |
| Free tier | Everything Hi-Lo: the Basic Strategy and Card Counting Courses, Counting Exercises, the training table, the betting calculator, strategy charts, and Ranked Play | Full Hi-Lo trainer, Illustrious 18, Fab 4, AP Analyzer, and a session tracker with a cumulative earnings chart |
| Courses | Basic Strategy and Card Counting Courses. Each Lesson ends in a graded Checkpoint that records the EV Delta of every mistake | Not listed as a course |
| Trainer and exercises | Training table with a persistent shoe, bots, count spot-checks, and bet-ramp grading. Counting Exercises | Hi-Lo trainer |
| Counting systems covered | Hi-Lo free. KO, Red 7, Hi-Opt I, Hi-Opt II, Omega II, Zen, and Wong Halves with Premium, each with its own Course, exercises, and validated Index Plays | Hi-Lo |
| Index Plays | Illustrious 18 and Fab 4 for Hi-Lo, graded at live in-hand counts. Validated Index Plays for the other seven systems | Illustrious 18 and Fab 4 free. Expanded deviation library in Elite |
| Betting math (EV/hr, SD, risk of ruin, N0, optimal spread) | Betting calculator with EV/hr, SD/hr, risk of ruin, N0, optimal spreads, SCORE, Desirability Index, and Certainty Equivalent across a 256-config rule grid. Methodology published | AP Analyzer |
| Simulations | House edge measured at 20M rounds per config. Back-Counting profiles at 20M rounds per config. Custom rules run in the browser at 2M rounds | Not listed |
| Trip planning | Trip planner with P(profit), P(down half), Trip Ruin, Walk-away Goal probability, and a P5 to P95 band (Premium) | Not listed |
| Back-Counting | Path-simulated Back-Counting for all eight systems with Entry and Exit Thresholds and Shoe Abandonment | Not listed |
| Session logbook | Casino session logbook with expected-vs-actual analysis, career and game ranking views, trips, expenses, and CSV export (Premium) | Session tracker with a cumulative earnings chart and hand-level logging in the app (free) |
| Coach and mistake analysis | EV Delta on every graded decision. Coach with casino readiness, error-adjusted real EV, weekly trends, a leak list, and session debriefs (Premium) | Cover Coach (Elite) |
| Community, video, and coaching | None | 12-week group and one-on-one coaching |
| Platform | Web, no install | Web app and iOS app |
What they have that we don't
CountEdge logs at the hand level inside its own app, so a session record can carry every hand instead of a session total. Its Elite tier includes Cover Coach, which advises on camouflage, and its expanded deviation library goes past the Illustrious 18 and Fab 4. CountEdge also sells human coaching, 12 weeks in a group for $8,000 or one-on-one for $14,000 (2026-09-12). We do not offer hand-level casino logging, cover coaching, or human coaching.
What we have that they don't
We cover seven counting systems beyond Hi-Lo, each with its own Course, exercises, and validated Index Plays. Back-Counting is path-simulated at 20M rounds per config. The engine, charts, and Courses handle full-loss ENHC and double restrictions. Ranked Play deals from a server-held shoe and keeps weekly and all-time leaderboards. Courses grade each Checkpoint and record the EV Delta of each mistake. The betting calculator publishes its methodology and runs across 256 rule configs. The trip planner reports Trip Ruin and Walk-away Goal probabilities. The logbook compares each session's result with its expected value for the rules and spread played.
Who should pick which
Pick CountEdge if you want hand-level logging of real sessions, cover advice, or a human coach, and the Elite price of $97.95/month or $970/year (2026-09-12) fits. Pick Blackjack Trainer if you want Hi-Lo Courses, a training table, and betting math for free, or the other seven counting systems, the trip planner, the Coach, and the logbook for $39/year (2026-09-12). Both have a free Hi-Lo tier with the Illustrious 18 and Fab 4. Neither changes the odds of the game.
Sources
- pricing (reviewed 2026-09-12)
Prices checked 2026-09-12.