I realize there's an entire forum for software but I am not at all tech savvy and find that forum intimidating and hard to navigate. This is intended to be a beginner's software question, so hopefully the mods will let it be and I can get some helpful responses.

I know about PT and HEM - at this point I'm not interested in spending $50 on a program, and I'm also not interested in stealing software. Plus I think those programs are more complicated than what I need at this point.

Last night I downloaded hold em wingman, which appears easy to use and slightly useful (plus its free).

I am thinking about downloading the following programs and was wondering if anybody had any opinions:

hold em radar (freeware)
donkey tracker ($20)

I am also looking for recommendations on freeware and shareware that a beginner might find useful.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Certain sites offer a sign up bonus where if u earn X amount of points u get a PT3 licence for free.

Also pokerstove is useful and free to download

make sure these programs are allowed by the sites you are playing on.

i have never heard of the programs you mentioned but some of them may not be allowed by certain sites..


also +1 for pokerstove

I looked them up and they are all fine on Stars ,although I don't know why Holdem Radar and Wingman are as they seem to provide real time advice on actions according to their websites.