Poker Analytics Blog

What do we do with your data?

“My data must be automatically saved somewhere right?”

The answer is no.

When designing Poker Analytics, we made the choice to build an offline first app. We want you to be able to access your data at any time, even if you have no network. For us, that means that the data is yours and that we cannot access it. It means that we don’t know how much you win or lose, what notes you have on other players, or how you play your hands.

It also means that you’re in charge of your data. You have to make sure to backup your data and that’s very important. You lose your device, you lose your data…unfortunately we cannot help you. However there are ways to fix this:

iCloud backups: You can activate your data being saved on Apple servers. You can do this under More > Settings.
XML backups: Manual data saving from the app. You should regularly send yourself backups.
Device backups: You can save the whole content of your device, including Poker Analytics, either on iCloud or directly on your computer.

Also, we don’t own any servers. If your data is stored on iCloud, please note that we still have no access to it.

That said, we want to be fully transparent and say that we do collect some data, but more precisely anonymous data only. We use Google Analytics to learn about the general app usage. With this service, we can learn the number of users we have each day, or how much time is spent in Poker Analytics on average, and more useful information like crashes. (Side note: When setting up your device or installing a new iOS version, Apple asks you whether you’d like to give developers crash data, please say yes, we like crash data!)

Additionally, on some occasions, we log events to learn more about specific usages. For example, we wanted to learn the ratio of live & online use, or how often sessions are logged in the app. Please understand that this is all anonymous and grouped data so it’s really impossible to track anything back to specific users.

Your data is in your hands.

Currencies

In Poker Analytics, since a long time ago, you have the ability to use multiple currencies.

Here is how it works:

You have a default display currency. When we calculate results from multiple bankrolls with different currencies, we use your default currency. For example, when looking at your Stats screen, we use that one. To change it, go in More > Settings > Currency. (see first screenshot)
When you create a session, you specify its bankroll. Each bankroll has its own currency, so the session will use your bankroll currency. If you want to change it, when looking at a specific bankroll, tap on Edit to change its currency. If the currency used is different from your main, you’ll be able to specificy the conversion rate with the main currency. (see second screenshot)

That’s it! You can contact us if you have more questions on the subject!

First screenshot shows how to edit your default currency. The second one where to edit your bankroll currency.

Poker Analytics 5

It’s finally here, freshly released on the App Store!

First of all, we’d like to thank all beta testers! We’ve fixed a lot of bugs thanks to you, and all your comments has been very helpful.

This version is the result of all the feedback accumulated through the years. We know some features has been asked since a long time and we’re very happy to finally bring them to you. We’ve tried to bring you a fastest, clearest, more comprehensive and more complete app to show you the most meaningful poker statistics we can. There are changes on all sides: user experience, graphics, and of course lots of features.

Poker Analytics 5 is a free update. If you use automatic updates, maybe the app has already been downloaded on your device! Otherwise, rush the App Store and update the app now!

Feed

We’ve completely redesigned the History tab for a better user experience. In this brand new tab, you can add your sessions, hands and transactions in one tap, bringing you a much faster experience for your most frequent needs.

You’ll now see not only a list of sessions as before, but we’re also showing your hands and transactions. And if by any chance you just want to see sessions, you can filter by data type, and have a view similar the previous version.

All your sessions, hands and transactions in one place

Calendar

We’re introducing a brand new tab, the amazing Calendar. In this new view, you’ll be able to quickly compare different stats by month and by year.

Select a month, a year and the stat of your choice!

After spending a lot of time playing with stats, like us, you will want to tap on any row to have a detailed report of the time period you’ve selected. Lots of new stats and graphs just for you!

Select one row and get access to this georgeous report!

New stats like longest win & lose streaks, days played, number of locations played, the beautiful new distribution graphs, you’ll get a detailed view of each of month and year you played! Tap on the graphs to get a full screen view!

Stats trends

We’ve made a great addition to the Stats tab. You’ll now be able to see how you perform on the short and long term with new dynamic filters which will show you the variation of your stats!

Bankroll

We’ve added the heavily requested bankroll graph: check the evolution of your bankroll using your sessions and transactions. Tap on it to get it full screen.

Graphs

We’ve improved the look and behavior of graphs, most graphs to be more precise.

You can now zoom inside a graph using the pinch gesture
You can rotate your screen when looking at a full screen graph
Line graphs are getting an X-axis for your readability comfort

Player

The player view has been refactored for better ease of use. Comments, hands and sessions are now put in separate tabs so you can better search for what you’re looking for.

Top 10

The cells have been redesigned to beautifully display your best performances.

Graphic changes

More change on the graphical side. Colors, fonts, background, everything has been fine tuned to make your data look great!

You’ll find a few more changes here and there, but that’s it for the main changes! Now it’s your job to tell us what you think, please take the time to write us a word on the channel of your choice to give us your feeling about this version. We also want you to know that seeing screenshots of the app on the various social networks we follow make us very pleased and very proud each time we have the chance to find them!

Thanks again for being part of the community!

Custom fields

In Poker Analytics you can create your own custom sessions fields!

If you feel we’ve missed something in the app, or if you have some specific needs, you can create additional fields that will be displayed in your sessions.

There are 3 different types of custom fields:

List: specify your own values
Number: enter any number you want
Amount: enter any amount of your choice

The most used is the list type which let you create a field with predefined values. For example, you could create a “Physical Shape” field, with several values like: Great, OK, and Bad. Afterwards, using the amazing custom reports, you can create a report showing your Net Result, or Hourly Rate, or Win Ratio, or whatever, using the comparator “Physical Shape”, and see the statistics for each data set.

Check out the steps below:

In More > Settings, add a custom field. Then tap on “**plus”** to add items.

Create a new report (Reports > **plus**). Give a name and select a statistic.

In comparators, scroll at the bottom to see your custom field

Tap on your custom report and enjoy the results!

Custom fields also have an interesting option that we’ve added recently, which is Copy on duplicate (see first screenshot). Enable this option, and whenever duplicating a session, the value of the custom field will be copied in your new session.

That ends the custom fields documentation! If you have questions, contact us, otherwise, good luck at the tables!

Sessions default parameters & Geolocation

From time to time we’re being asked how to change the defaults of each session.

When talking parametrization of the app, adding options, our answer is often “meh…”. We’d rather not add more buttons, more stuff in the user interface.

1. Automatic defaults

So how does this translate to the default values of your session when you create a cash game session or a tournament?

The way this work is that we’re grabbing a number of your latest sessions from your current location and looking at your preferred style of play. What’s important there is the current location. We’re using geolocation to find where you find where you’re located when starting a session. Note: geolocation data are stored only on your device, we do not store any geolocation on our servers. Actually, you might not be aware but we do not own any servers.

So, if you haven’t enabled geolocation when you were first asked to, you should really activate it as it will give you way better results for your default parameters!

To do that, go on your device and then Settings > Privacy & Security > Location services.

Now the “little” issue is that all your older locations aren’t geolocated. So next time you go at your favorite casino, edit that location and update its geolocation! Go in More > Settings > Locations to do that.

Side note: Having geolocated location will open you the world of the beautiful Reports > Locations report, where you’ll see each location played on a map!

2. Duplicates

You might not be aware of this but it’s possible to duplicate sessions in the app. Simply long tap on a session row, that’s it!

We feel this dual system should cover most of your needs. If you have any questions or feedback, contact us!