Heyo, this is Straco. Below, I will be going over the use of my app, troubleshooting some technical issues, and answering frequently asked questions. Lets get started!

What the purpose of this app?

This app was made for card counters and aspiring card counters to be able to practice every part of counting cards. I tried to find something like this on the app store, and while there were some decent card counting trainers, nothing was as in depth as I wanted, so I decided to make my own.

The user should be able to toggle the settings to create an experience custom fit for them to practice counting, as well as betting.

Content Description

Play

This will open up the main game of Blackjack, with a deck and penetration amount that you define in your settings.

Settings

The settings page allows you to customize your game to fit what you want. Below is a brief description of what each option does.

• Play assist – Highlights the correct play to make
• Bet assist – If on, gives a choice between three different bet assists
  • Manual – The player will get a pop up telling them to change their bet if it is incorrect
  • Auto – The players bet will automatically change to the “correct” bet based on their settings
  • Soft assist – Red text will appear above your bet if it is not currently correct.
• Decision Time limit – if on, the game will automatically deal or stand if time runs out, depending on what is applicable. You can change the time you have.
• Show Counts after Play – The true and running count will appear as a tappable popup prior to dealing
• Menu Decorations – Will toggle any extra decorations on the menus.
• Starting Amount – How much money the player starts with
• Unit bet amount – This is the lowest amount you plan to bet.
• Max bet(Units) – This is the maximum amount of units you plan to bet
• True count for max bet – At what true count do you plan to have your maximum bet out? (I.e, if you set this to 4, when the true count is four, you will be expected to bet the max unit bet set above)
• A.I Players – Will add up to two extra players at the table. This is mostly to make counting more difficult
• Deck Amount – How many decks of cards your game will be played with
• Penetration amount – How many of the decks of cards will be played before the shoe of cards is reshuffled.

Store

The store is the place to spend your count coins. Currently it only has new backgrounds. Once you purchase a background, you can switch to it whenever you would like.

Tutorial

A collection of tutorials that will guide a player through everything they need to know to begin learning counting

Extra Modes

Any modes outside of the base game. These are mostly ways to practice counting with some of the complexity of a full game removed.

Known Issues

• Users who use accessibility options for text size may have some content overlap. Can be fixed by decreasing text size
• Simulator not running asynchronously. Temporarily reduced max simulated hands at a time to 2000 to prevent crashes and app hanging for extremely long times

What if I have technical issues?

The app was designed using Swiftui, and makes no external calls. This means any technical issues are either bugs, or an issue with the hardware.

If there’s a display issue or something works unexpectedly, please reach out to me using the contact page, and let me know what device you are running the app on, as well as a brief description of the problem, and I’ll be sure to respond as soon as possible.

There is no need for any set up or settings changes for the app to run, although those who use large text accessibility may have some text be slightly cramped.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: Does this app use real money?
• A: No.

• Q: Can I purchase count coins with real money?
• A: I currently have no plans to make in app purchases.

• Q: Can you actually win money playing Blackjack?
• A: Before you go and bet it all, gambling is still a risk, and it’s never a good idea to gamble with money you don’t have. Counting cards may give you a slight advantage, but it will take thousands upon thousands of hands to see the uptrend in money for most people. If you can’t afford that, I recommend playing for fun, and treating counting cards as a personal challenge to try and increase your chances of winning.

• Q: How does the simulator work?
• A: Using your settings, it will play out hands while keeping perfect count and always following basic strategy.

Planned Features

This section is just a loose list of the planned updates for the future

Next Release

• Add a Glossary to the tutorial page containing Definitions for any blackjack or card counting Term
• Make it possible to change the rules so that the dealer hits on a soft 17. Update strategy accordingly

Near Future

• Add The Illustrious 18 Deviations, with an indicator when one used that explains why exactly it was used
• Add user statistics and a page to view them. The architecture for this is done, but implementing will still take a bit of time
• Update the look of the app to be a bit better for mobile, and significantly better on Ipad