
I’m learning to count cards so I built an app to practice hands-free. Now I can't tell if the main feature is any good.
I've been getting into counting and the part I hate is that practicing means staring at a screen. So I built a voice-first simulator that reads out the entire game while the phone stays in your pocket. This means I can practice Hi-Lo counting while I’m just walking around to build the habit.
The problem is I don’t really know any other real counters IRL, so I can't tell whether it’s actually a good idea. The people using it now are friends and family and almost all of them tap the screen instead of talking to it. They use it way more than I expected, but spoken commands are less than 3% across 43K hands played.
As a counter, would you use something you could talk to with the phone in your pocket? Or is that solving a problem you don't have? If you'd rather answer after trying it: https://pracjack.com/ (no account needed)