Honest comparison
Felt vs Tournament Director
Tournament Director is the long-standing Windows PC poker software: deep, scriptable, and at home on a laptop. Felt is native iOS, so the host runs the night from the phone in their pocket and an iPad on the table, with the clock AirPlayed to a TV. Different tools for different setups.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Felt | Tournament Director |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | iPhone + iPad (iOS native) | Windows PC (desktop app) |
| No laptop at the table | Yes | No |
| Multi-device sync (one game across phone + iPad) | Yes | No |
| Auto-generated blind structures | Yes | Yes |
| ICM / chip-chop payouts | Yes | Yes |
| Bounty tournaments | Yes | Yes |
| Random seat draw + manual rebalance | Yes | Yes |
| Cash-game ledger + who-owes-who settlement | Yes | No |
| Payment-app deep links (Venmo, PayPal, etc.) | Yes | No |
| AirPlay / HDMI clock to a TV | Yes | Partial |
| Scriptable / custom plugins | No | Yes |
| Updates ship to your device automatically | Yes | Partial |
Convinced? Felt is free to host, on the App Store.
When Tournament Director fits better
- You already host on a Windows laptop and have years of muscle memory in the TD interface.
- You need scriptable behaviour, custom plugins, or a multi-day event with deep config (sound packs, custom layouts, league imports).
- You exclusively run formal cardroom-style tournaments and never touch cash games.
When Felt fits better
- You host on the iPhone in your pocket, not a laptop you lug to the table.
- You run cash games as often as tournaments: Felt covers both with one ledger and a settlement that minimises transfers.
- You want the blind clock on your TV with one tap, AirPlayed from iPad.
- You want your friends to see who owes who, with a one-tap link to Venmo / PayPal / Cash App / Monzo / Interac / PayID.
Both apps are good at what they do; they’re just designed for different rooms. If you like running tournaments from a laptop next to the felt, Tournament Director earns its reputation. If your phone is already on the table, Felt was built for the way you actually host.
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