Pick Poker Skill to learn poker and play full hands against AI opponents in Practice vs AI, with Coach Max grading each decision, in a free app on your phone. Pick GTO Wizard if you already study with a solver and want its library of solved spots, with a free plan and paid plans from $49 a month.
Choose Poker Skill or GTO Wizard
The two are built for players at different stages, so the choice turns on how much of the game you already know.
Choose Poker Skill if
- You want to play full hands against AI opponents and see each decision graded
- You’re learning Hold’em or rebuilding the basics
- You want short sessions on your phone, free
Choose GTO Wizard if
- You already read ranges and want a solver’s answer for the spots you play
- You’ll study solved spots for hours at a time
- You’ll pay $49 to $359 a month for one Hold’em format, or start on the free plan’s daily sample
Side by side
Both have a free version and both grade your decisions. Poker Skill teaches the game, while GTO Wizard is built for studying it with a solver.
| Poker Skill | GTO Wizard |
|---|---|
| Free forever. Poker Skill Plus is optional | Free plan; paid plans $49 to $359 a month, less billed yearly |
| Grades your decisions as you practice | Grades your moves in its Trainer |
| Practice vs AI: full hands against AI opponents | A Trainer that deals spots from its solved library |
| Lessons from hand rankings up, plus the Daily Puzzle | Weekly live coaching and recorded videos on paid plans |
| No solver library in the app | A library of solved spots for cash, tournaments and PLO4 |
| No hand-history upload | Analyzes the hand histories you upload |
| Texas Hold’em only | Hold’em and PLO4 |
| Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android, with no browser version | Any browser, on a computer or phone, with no study app in either store |
Prices and features checked October 2026.
What each costs
GTO Wizard prices each game format separately, so a player who studies both cash games and tournaments pays twice. Every plan and the Ultra change on October 15 are in GTO Wizard pricing.
Poker Skill and GTO Wizard in detail
Poker Skill
Learn Hold'em and play coached hands
Free forever.
Best for Newer and returning Hold'em players who want to learn the game and play full hands with feedback, a few minutes at a time.
Skip if You already study with a solver and want solved spots, hand-history analysis or a game other than Texas Hold'em.
Free version Every lesson, the Daily Puzzle and one Practice vs AI game a day. Poker Skill Plus is an optional subscription.
Where it runs iPhone, iPad and Android
We make Poker Skill. Its Practice vs AI mode deals full hands against AI opponents at a heads-up or three-player table, and Coach Max grades each of your decisions. Lessons teach one concept at a time with hands that test it. The Daily Puzzle asks for one decision a day and grades every option. It teaches Texas Hold'em only, and the app doesn't solve spots or keep a library of solved ones.
GTO Wizard
Solver study in your browser
$49 to $359 a month per Hold'em format, or from $39 a month billed yearly
Best for Players who already know the fundamentals and study solver strategy every week, especially online regulars.
Skip if You're new to the game. Solver output assumes you already read ranges and frequencies, and a beginner learns little from a chart of percentages.
Free version A free plan with 100 preflop solutions and 1 postflop solution a day, 10 Trainer hands a day and 10 analyzed hands a month.
Where it runs A web browser on a computer or phone, where it can be installed as a web app. There's no study app in the App Store or Google Play.
GTO Wizard pairs a library of solved spots for cash games, tournaments and PLO4 (four-card Pot-Limit Omaha) with a Trainer that grades your moves against the solution and an analyzer for the hand histories you upload. Elite and Ultra add custom solving with GTO Wizard AI for spots you set up yourself: heads-up on Elite, multiway on Ultra. Each game format is a separate subscription.
Compared with Poker Skill: GTO Wizard is the better pick once you study solver strategy, with solved spots and hand-history analysis in a browser, while Poker Skill teaches the game from hand rankings up on iPhone and Android.
Can you use both?
Yes, and they rarely get in each other’s way. Poker Skill covers the ground a solver assumes you already stand on: hand rankings, position, starting hands and how a hand plays out street by street. Our free solver answers for heads-up pots sit in between: 50 spots players search for, each with the why in plain words, on pokerskill.com rather than in the app. Once ranges and frequencies read naturally, GTO Wizard’s free plan lets you find out whether solver study suits you, and trainer vs solver explains when a solver starts to pay off.
How we compared
- What each one is for
- What it costs
- Who it fits
Poker Skill and GTO Wizard were compared on what each one is for, what it costs and who it fits. GTO Wizard’s prices and plan limits come from its plan menu, read signed in on October 2, 2026, and its features from its own site. Poker Skill’s come from its store listings and the app itself. Which reader each one fits is our judgment, and we make Poker Skill.
Where this fits in your decision
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Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Poker Skill or GTO Wizard?
Poker Skill, while you're still learning Hold'em: full hands against AI opponents in Practice vs AI, plus lessons, in a free app. GTO Wizard, once you study with a solver: solved spots, a Trainer and hand-history analysis, with a free plan and paid plans from $49 a month.
Is Poker Skill a solver?
No. Poker Skill is a learning app: Practice vs AI, where you play full hands against AI opponents and each decision is graded, plus lessons and the Daily Puzzle. It doesn't solve spots you set up, and the app has no library of solved spots. Solver study is what GTO Wizard is built for.
Is Poker Skill free?
Poker Skill is free. Forever. Every lesson, the Daily Puzzle and one Practice vs AI game a day cost nothing, and Poker Skill Plus is an optional subscription. GTO Wizard has a free plan too, with 10 Trainer hands a day, and its paid plans start at $49 a month, or $39 a month billed yearly.
Is GTO Wizard good for beginners?
GTO Wizard says it suits every level, and its free plan is a fair way to test that. Its study tools show how often a solver takes each action, which pays off once ranges and position come naturally. Before that, a beginner spends most of a session working out what the chart means.
Can you use Poker Skill and GTO Wizard together?
Yes. Learn the basics and play hands in Poker Skill first, then add GTO Wizard's free plan once you want a solver's answer for the spots you play. The two overlap very little, and using both costs nothing until you choose a paid GTO Wizard plan.