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Originally Posted by Richard Parker
I was comparing apple to apple, RunGood to Poker Journal.
That's fair. I was commenting on apps in general, including other tracking apps.
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And you're also a late entry. So either you didn't do the necessary research ahead of time, or you miscalculated cost.
I did zero research – because my reasons for making RunGood aren't primarily financial – but, as a player, I downloaded every tracking app on the App Store looking for one to use. I decided to make RunGood when I couldn't find a single tracking app that I liked using. Having an app for my own personal use was motive enough for me to start building it.
I realize I probably won't make much money out of it, and that's fine. I'm a poker player first, and a developer second (which I believe is an advantage for RunGood). I'm content to have an app that suits my needs, and I'm happy that the community seems to really like it, including many pros that I looked up to when starting out in poker (Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem, Prahlad Friedman among the ones that I know of).
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What does RunGood offer that Poker Journal doesn't?
To name a few...
- Readability + intuitive interface
This might not be a "feature" in the traditional sense, but it's very important to many users, especially iOS users.
- Currency support
RunGood supports multiple currencies and gets the latest exchange rates online. It's all done seamlessly in the background, and very convenient if you travel to play.
- Meaningful graphs
Poker Journal graphs provide little to no information, because the axes do not have standard increments. This makes it hard to precisely estimate the value of each data point. Once you have a profit of 5-figures, the numbers also start overlapping onto the graph.
RunGood graphs have axes with standard increments, and you don't need to estimate at all – simply tap on a session and view its details. Your exact total profit at the time, along with the session date, game, and other info are shown below.
- Tags
RunGood was the first tracking app to implement tags (some other apps might have also added them now). Tags make the app immensely flexible, because players can use them according to their own needs.
Some users stake players and tag sessions with the player name. Some use tags to rate their own play or mark sessions with "high rake", "soft table", etc. You can filter using tags, and the stats and graphs will update accordingly.
- Goals
Set poker goals you'd like to reach and track your progress.
- Compatibility with the latest versions of iOS
RunGood has had smooth transitions to both iOS 7 and 8. I also try to keep RunGood backward compatible with older versions of iOS, even if it's sometimes a bit more work.
I don't want to sound like I'm bashing Poker Journal, but the first sentence of the app description reads: "WARNING: Poker Journal is not
comparable with iOS 8." There are also numerous other typos in the description and within the app itself that have never been corrected for years. I like products that are well-crafted, and this seems really sloppy to me. When I tried using the app, it made me wonder about the quality of behind-the-scenes details that I couldn't see.
However, I think it's totally fine for some players to prefer Poker Journal or disagree with some of the implementations in RunGood. In the end, having different apps to choose from is good for the community, and you being a fan of one takes nothing away from my use of another. I'm just trying to build a tracking app according to my own vision of how a tracking app should be made – for myself, and for those who share that vision.