5 Best Pokemon Applications for Pokemon Fandom
Pokemon revolves around its own gameplay. There are several digital games, the physical card game, and also mobile games. Apart from this, you will also find some decent Pokemon applications out there not games. These apps help you keep track of your physical or digital Pokemon collection. It also guides you for various digital games and otherwise helps you interact with the game at large. Here are the 5 best Pokemon Applications for Android users.
1. Reddit
Price: Free / $3.99 per month / $29.99 per year
It is an excellent source of information for Pokemon enthusiasts. There are subreddits for the card, the show, the digital games, the mobile games, and everything between. You will also find even find forums for wallpapers and other subsidiary stuff if you want.
Also find some downsides like most public spaces on the Internet but these are wholly unavoidable. You just need to deal with them as best as you can. You can even search for information, ask questions, and get advice about builds, teams, and planning. The app is free (with ads) but you can also find the subscription option in the form of a premium version to add extra features. You can even see a lot of walkthroughs, guide videos, and let’s play videos on Twitch and YouTube.
2. DataDex
Price: Free / Up to $2.99
It is the most competent Pokedex app on Android. It is packed with all stuff that you might think of from a Pokedex app. There is comprehensive information about each Pokemon for every game in the series including the latest four for the Nintendo Switch i.e., Let’s Go Eevee, Let’s Go Pikachu, Shield, and Sword.
The app can also tell you where Pokemon are available to catch, what moves they can all learn. You will also find a list of all items from each game and more. The premium version even has a team builder option. Although this is not expensive you can also get it free if you use Google Play Pass.
3. Pokemon Home
Price: Free trial / $2.99 per month / $15.99 per year
Pokemon Home is one of the best for keeping your Pokemon. It allows you to upload Pokemon from most of the recent games, and lets you transfer them to other games. You will find some restrictions. For example, Shield and Sword don’t have support for all Pokemon. Still, it’s a great way to organize your collection otherwise. The app also lets you trade with people, keep track of the national Pokedex, and even receive Mystery Gifts. They too have some limitations, but it’s the best way to swap Pokemon between games.
4. Bulbapedia
Price: Free / Up to $6.99
Bulbapedia is one of the largest and most popular websites in the Pokemon ecosystem. It has tons of information about each game, each game’s Pokemon, and various guides and how-to articles.
It has a collection of 31,000 entries across all games, various walkthroughs, and guides, and it works offline. Some other details include a multi-tab mode for viewing multiple guides at once and a history function to quickly recall something you viewed. It’s free to use on its own but you can pay to remove ads and get other features. It’s quite informative aside from some intrusive ads and some freezing issues.
5. TCG Hub
Price: Free with in-app purchases
TCG Hub is an app for Pokemon card collectors. The Pokemon Company has an official app for this kind of thing, but it’s honestly not that great. It allows you to scan your cards in and keep track of them. You can compare your collection to the national Pokedex to see the gaps in your collection. Additionally, the app lets you sync your collection to the cloud, develop a wishlist for cards you want, simulate trades, and you can also join the app’s Discord server. You will find all the features are available in the free version and the pro version is entirely optional.
5. Bonus: 1000+ Poke Wallpapers by Fans
Price: Free
As the name suggests, it is a wallpaper app. It features about 1,000 Pokemon-inspired wallpapers from fan submissions and other sources. The app tries to give credit whenever it can and some wallpapers are specific only to this app. Some other features include the ability to auto-change wallpapers, the ability to save wallpapers, and more. Some of the designs are legitimately good and most of them would work on most devices. There are even some AMOLED-friendly ones.
The app is entirely free with ads. If this one isn’t working for you, there are at least a dozen others on the Play Store and probably a couple of subreddits for it.