Best Push/Fold App in 2026 — an honest comparison

Published 2026-07-16 · Updated 2026-10-20

If you play tournaments or SNGs and keep finding yourself short-stacked with a decision that boils down to shove-or-fold, this comparison is for you. Short-stack push/fold spots are the single most common leak we see in tournament study — players either punt stacks by shoving too wide, or bleed equity by folding hands that the 10BB push/fold chart marks as a clear push. Studying a Nash push/fold chart ahead of time is the fix, and there are a handful of apps built specifically for that. Below is an honest look at five of them: what they cost, what platform they run on, what the free tier actually gives you, and who each one is really built for.

At a glance

Competitor prices and tiers are read off each vendor's own site and were checked on 2026-10-20. Where a number is not on the vendor's page, the cell says to see the site. Sources are linked in each section below.

RangeMyHand

RangeMyHand's case is simple: unlimited free Nash range lookup, plus 20 free trainer hands to test your recall, right in the browser. The iPhone app gives 20 free hands and then 3 a day. No install, no account wall for the lookup. PRO is a $9 one-time unlock on the web — not a subscription — and there's a Chrome extension if you want the lookup tool available while browsing. On iPhone it's also a native app: RangeMyHand on the App Store, free to download with a $9.99 one-time Pro unlock. It's a study tool, not a live-play aid: it's built for memorizing charts and drilling decisions ahead of the table, not for referencing mid-hand.

The limits are worth stating up front. The ranges are chip-EV Nash solutions for 6-max and 9-max, from 1 to 25BB, with and without a big blind ante. There is no ICM mode, so bubble and final-table pay jumps are outside what it answers.

The free lookup works from both ends. Pick a stack and one page shows every seat: the 5BB chart, the 12BB chart, or the 20BB chart at the deep end. Pick a hand and you get its answer at every seat and stack. In 6-max, ace-five suited shoves from the button at every one of those stacks, ace-deuce offsuit shoves there at 8BB but folds by 12BB, and king-nine offsuit is a button shove at 8BB but a fold from under the gun.

SnapShove

SnapShove was founded by poker player Max Silver, and its site says the ranges are based on a ChipEV Nash Equilibrium solution. Its free Starter plan gives you 1 shove, call or reshove calculation per day, which is enough to try the app but not to study a range set, though the training simulations are unlimited. Core is $3.99 a month ($34.99 a year) for unlimited shove calculations, and Unlimited is $9.99 a month ($99.99 a year) once you also want call and reshove. Prices as shown on snapshove.com/subscriptions. If you want the call and reshove side, that is where SnapShove goes further than a shove-only chart.

ICMIZER alternative

ICMIZER is the tool to pick if you need ICM. Its own pricing page describes ICM and Nash equilibrium calculations for SNG, MTT and Spin & Go tournaments, plus a hand-history Replayer and an SNG Coach for push-or-fold drills on desktop and mobile. RangeMyHand does none of that: it is chip-EV only and has no ICM mode.

Where RangeMyHand is the better fit is the narrower job. If you want to look up a chip-EV shove range or drill it without a subscription, the lookup is free and Pro is a one-time $9. ICMIZER sells subscriptions with a free plan limited to one calculation a day, and its pricing page runs a countdown sale, so we are not quoting a number that would be out of date by next week. See icmizer.com/icmizer/pricing for current plans.

HoldemResources (HRC) alternative

The HoldemResources Calculator is a different kind of product: a solver you run yourself. Its homepage describes preflop and postflop analysis for tournaments and cash games. HRC Classic is the entry-level preflop solver for short-stacked tournament work, listed as best for stacks up to 30 big blinds, at $16.66 a month on the monthly plan with a free trial that needs no payment details. HRC Pro is listed for any stack size, with postflop solving, at $49.99 a month. Longer terms and a one-year licence cost less per month. Pricing is on holdemresources.net/hrc/pricing, and the site also offers free online tools including a Nash calculator and an ICM equity calculator.

If you need ICM or your own trees, HRC does what a lookup table cannot, and it is the stronger tool. RangeMyHand is the alternative when you just want the solved chip-EV answer for a seat and stack in a browser or on your phone, with nothing to install and nothing to set up.

pushfoldtrainer.com

This is the closest direct competitor, and on several points it is ahead. Its pricing page lists every chip-EV push/fold range, 6-max and 9-max, open-shove and facing an all-in, as free and unlimited, with a free account tracking your accuracy. Pro adds unlimited ICM training and exploit profiles against tight and loose opponents, at $15 a month or $150 a year, and the monthly plan starts with a 7-day trial that needs a card. The home page lists stack depths of 5 to 30bb. The app is Android only for now; the vendor says the iOS app is not out yet. See pushfoldtrainer.com/pricing.

If you want ICM and exploit drilling, use it. RangeMyHand's edge is narrower: there is an iPhone app today, there is a Chrome extension, and Pro is a one-time purchase rather than a subscription.

Push/fold app for iPhone

RangeMyHand's iPhone app is free to download, with a $9.99 one-time Pro unlock and 31 languages. The iPhone page has the details, or open it directly on the App Store. SnapShove is also on the App Store, with the daily cap on its free plan. pushfoldtrainer.com lists iPhone as coming soon, and HoldemResources is a desktop program.

How to choose

If you just want to look up chip-EV push/fold ranges without a subscription, start with RangeMyHand: the lookup is uncapped, Pro is a one-time purchase, and it has an iPhone app today. If you want a free trainer with no daily cap and ICM and exploit drills as an upgrade, pushfoldtrainer.com is worth a look. If you want a single-purpose mobile shove, call and reshove calculator and don't mind a small monthly fee, SnapShove's paid tiers deliver that. If you're past push/fold basics and studying ICM across bubble, final table and satellite spots, ICMIZER or HoldemResources are the tools built for it, and HoldemResources is the one to pick if you want to solve your own spots.

Related reading

Specifically comparing to SnapShove? See SnapShove Alternatives in 2026. New to push/fold entirely? Start with Push or Fold? How to Play a Short Stack in Poker Tournaments. Want the ranges broken out by seat? See push/fold by position.

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