Choose PBT
When the bankroll tracker is the product.
PBT is the clearer choice when you want a long-established mobile session log, low-cost annual pricing, live friend sharing, a visual hand replayer, and dedicated poker calculators.
PokerReads vs Poker Bankroll Tracker
PBT tracks the roll. PokerReads remembers the lineup.
Poker Bankroll Tracker is a mature bankroll-first app with session graphs, a hand replayer, poker calculators, and live sharing. PokerReads starts from a different problem: turning years of hands, notes, and tells into a private opponent read, then keeping the session ledger underneath it.
The honest choice
Pick the center of gravity you need.
Choose PokerReads
When opponent memory is the missing layer.
PokerReads is built for the player whose evidence is scattered across old hands, texts, screenshots, table notes, and memory. It produces a readable opponent file with source receipts, then connects that file to sessions, bankroll, journal, table scans, and review.
What both can do
Do not buy PokerReads for a chip graph alone.
Both products log cash and tournament results, graph the bankroll, filter sessions, and cover many common poker bookkeeping jobs. PokerReads earns its higher price only if private opponent memory and evidence-backed reads matter to you.
What moves with you
PokerReads includes a PBT CSV import with a preview before save. Import compatibility depends on the fields present in the export, so review the preview before confirming. Keep your original export as the source copy.
- Sessions: dates, games, stakes, results, and supported rebuy fields.
- Locations and notes: imported where the source export supplies them.
- Opponent memory: becomes useful when your imported notes or separate hand sources identify the people and action behind the session.
Bottom line
Keep PBT if it already solves the problem.
If you only need a dependable bankroll tracker, there is no reason to switch for marketing copy. Try PokerReads when the costly problem is forgetting what you know about the people in the game.
Competitor features and pricing change. This comparison was checked against PBT's public manual and store listings on July 20, 2026.