Update — November 4, 2026: Blackjack Coach! is live on the App Store. Read the launch post for the download link and what’s in 1.0.
Blackjack Coach! is the blackjack companion to Hold’em Coach: a practice trainer with a live basic-strategy coach on every decision, four full game modes, and Daily Stars to climb — all with virtual chips only.
We originally published this while version 1.0 was in App Store review. The notes below still describe the launch build.
Four games, four charts
Basic strategy is not one chart. Free doubles, a shoe without 10s, or a one-card start change the best play, so each mode has its own coach:
- Classic Blackjack — Vegas-common rules with Perfect Pairs and 21+3
- Free Bet Blackjack — free doubles and splits; dealer 22 pushes
- Spanish 21 — no 10s, Match the Dealer, late surrender and rescue
- Double Down Madness — one-card start, multi-double, Push 22
The coach names the play and the reason — for example Spanish strategy: double hard 11.
Coach on every hand, then the debrief
Before you act, the coach pill shows Hit, Stand, Double, Split or Surrender with a one-line reason. Soft and hard totals are labelled on the felt so the chart zones match what you see. After the hand, the Hand Debrief grades each decision against basic strategy.
Coach Academy has seven short lessons (2,350 practice chips) on the rules, the chart, each mode and side bets. Coach Report tracks alignment, insights, hands and sessions over time.
Daily Stars and Suena casinos
Coach-aligned hands earn Daily Stars on Daily, Weekly and Lifetime boards. Natural blackjacks and a few other landings add bonus stars. The top three on the Daily board can claim practice-chip rewards after the day ends, and lifetime stars unlock the same ten prestige badges as Hold’em Coach (Fortuna through Ra — prestige only, no chip rewards).
You practise at the same three Suena casinos — Lucky Palms, Reno Grand and Vegas Royale — with free chips every four hours, daily streak check-ins and optional chip packs.
Coach+ and Ask Coach
Everything that teaches you the game is free. Coach+ ($1.99 a month or $11.99 a year in the US, with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers) adds:
- Ask Coach on every coached hand (10 messages a day)
- 50,000 practice chips every day
- 2× chips on chip packs and 1.5× streak check-ins
- A Coach+ badge on the leaderboards
- No interstitial ads while active
Ask Coach is a chat about one completed hand — soft totals, doubles, splits and what-ifs.
Details on what Ask Coach sends (hand facts, your nickname, your question) are in the privacy policy. Subscription terms are on the support page.
iPhone first
Blackjack Coach! is built for iPhone (iOS 17 or later), including layouts for iPhone Duo. It runs on iPad as an iPhone app, but it is not designed for iPad. There is no Android version at launch.
Thirteen Game Center achievements pay practice chips, and your bankroll, history and settings sync through your private iCloud account.
While you wait
- Browse the Blackjack Coach! overview, strategies and Academy pages
- Read the 1.0 release notes
- Practise Ultimate Texas Hold’em today with Hold’em Coach, out now on iPhone and Android
Virtual chips only — no real-money gambling.