Blackjack Trainer vs CountEdge
CountEdge is a card counting app with a free Hi-Lo trainer, a session tracker, and a paid Elite tier that adds a larger deviation library and cover coaching, alongside 12-week human coaching programs. Blackjack Trainer is a free web app with graded courses, a training table, a betting calculator, and Ranked Play, plus a paid tier for the other 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: Basic Strategy and Card Counting courses, Counting Exercises, training table, betting calculator, strategy charts, Ranked Play | Full Hi-Lo trainer, Illustrious 18, Fab 4, AP Analyzer, session tracker with cumulative earnings chart |
| Courses | Basic Strategy and Card Counting Courses. Each Lesson ends in a graded Checkpoint. Mistakes are priced in EV Delta | Not listed as a course |
| Drills / trainer | 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, Wong Halves with Premium, each with its own Course, exercises, and validated Index Plays | Hi-Lo |
| Index plays / deviations | Illustrious 18 and Fab 4 for Hi-Lo with 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, Certainty Equivalent, over a 256-config rule grid. Methodology published | AP Analyzer |
| Simulations | Measured house edge at 20M rounds per config. Back-Counting profiles at 20M rounds per config. Custom rules simulated 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 / results tracking | Casino session logbook with expected-vs-actual analysis, career and game ranking views, trips, expenses, CSV export (Premium) | Session tracker with a cumulative earnings chart, hand-level logging in the app (free) |
| Coach or mistake analysis | EV Delta recorded on every graded decision. Coach with casino readiness, error-adjusted real EV, weekly trends, leak list, session debriefs (Premium) | Cover Coach (Elite) |
| Community / video / 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 rather than 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. It 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
Seven counting systems beyond Hi-Lo, each with its own Course, exercises, and validated Index Plays. Path-simulated Back-Counting at 20M rounds per config. Full-loss ENHC and double restrictions in the engine, charts, and Courses. Ranked Play against a server-held shoe with weekly and all-time leaderboards. Courses that grade each Checkpoint and price each mistake in EV Delta. A betting calculator with published methodology across 256 rule configs. A trip planner with Trip Ruin and Walk-away Goal probabilities. A logbook that 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.