Online casinos are always thinking up new and innovative ways to reach out to their players via mobile platforms. Affiliates and news sites have yet to adopt this trend, and Poker Tube seems to be leading the way.

The popular poker news site has launched its own mobile app which allows players to watch videos and catch up on the latest gossip in the poker world.

The Look

The new Poker Tube Mobile app features a fairly minimalistic look. It has a black, white and red colour scheme with few extra design features. It is quite a clean look, making it easy to navigate and find exactly what you’re looking for.

The Purpose

The app offers up the same information and videos that are available on the Poker Tube website. While the existing Poker Tube site is mobile-compatible, the app brings everything directly to the user’s mobile phone or tablet computer. It is very convenient for poker players and poker fans who want to stay in the know about the latest industry news.

The Navigation

Overall, we’re quite impressed with the navigation. It offers up a convenient user experience, which allows them to easily find the type of content that they are after.

The categories are:

Videos

  • Latest Videos
  • Trending Videos
  • Featured Videos
  • Popular Videos

News

  • Live Poker Event News
  • Business News
  • Gossip and Opinion Blogs

At the very top of the screen, the user can choose to see only videos or only news. There is plenty of content to choose from, but it is very well-organised.

Social Features Users can interact with each other in the comments section – but, other than that, there are not very many social features available at the moment. It would be great to see a share button that would allow users to share content on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and using any other messaging services like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

It would also be quite beneficial for the app to offer users the ability to save or ‘favourite’ certain videos or news stories.

Our Verdict

The new Poker Tube app is a convenient way for poker fans to stay in touch with the poker world. However, we feel like there is much more than the developer can do to make the app more interactive.

In the future, it would be great to see more social tools available on the Poker Tube mobile app.