IITC vs Pocket Center
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IITC
Enhance your Ingress intel map experience with this powerful tool. It offers a faster, more feature-rich alternative to the standard intel map, providing advanced functionalities for gameplay.
- Faster intel map loading
- Expanded feature set
- Customizable map overlays
- Improved performance
- Enhanced gameplay tools
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IITC is a browser add-on that modifies the Ingress intel map. It is faster than the standard site, and offers many more features.
Pocket Center
Enhance your device experience with firmware updates and setting adjustments. Connect your compatible device to manage its functions and improve gameplay. Updates are automatically downloaded for seamless operation.
- Device firmware updates
- Change device settings
- Improve user experience
- Automatic update downloads
- Connect to compatible devices
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Only Pocket Auto Catch Reviver Plus、Pocket Auto Catch Reviver Dia Plus Use Download the《Pocket Center》App for even more features including device firmware update and changing your settings to improve the user experience. To connect your Pocket Auto Catch Reviver Plus or Dia Plus to the《Pocket Center》App, you must close the Pokémon Go App. Press the button on the Pocket Auto Catch Reviver Plus or Dia Plus to wake the screen and it will automatically connect to the open《Pocket Center》App. Updates will be downloaded automatically.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IITC at 3.5 against Pocket Center's 2.1. IITC also leads on ratings volume (72 vs 16). Pocket Center's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IITC holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 72 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of IITC's written reviews are positive against 22% of Pocket Center's.
IITC ships an update every 3 months, Pocket Center every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IITC | Pocket Center |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (72 ratings) — better | 2.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.9% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yangkun Zhang | Brook Design, LLC |
Customer experience
IITC
Pocket Center
Bugs and requests
IITC
Reported bugs
92 issues- Login issues
- App doesn't let users in
- Bugged and needs fixing
- Login doesn't work
- Double-tap zoom no longer works
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- User scripts do not work
- Machina portals not differentiated
- Search function not working correctly
- App not functioning
- Blank screen on login
- Login through Google goes to blank screen
- Old version worked fine
- App says unavailable
- Maps littered with Machina portals
- User scripts do not work
- iPadOS 16 doesn’t show portals, links, fields
- Incorrectly display all links
- Not rendering portals, links, or fields on iPad
- Cannot see portals, links, and fields
- Suddenly stopped being able to log in through Facebook
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Blank screen, cannot sign in
- Blank screen and cannot log in to Google
- Issues with CE release for Apple devices
- Fields aren’t drawn
- Cannot turn off comm view
- Comm overlay prevents viewing portal info
- Doesn’t confirm to install user scripts
- Clicking 'info' makes everything disappear
- Latest update messed up map view
- Map view seems to be in desktop mode
- Desktop view is on all the time
- Cannot turn off desktop view in settings
- Draw tools and cross links plugin not working
- Link maker pops up but nothing happens
- Cannot see if links are blocking planned field
- Google changed authentication methods
- Intel for Ingress automatically fails
- Google removed support for authentication method
- Details of portals inaccessible
- Google login failure
- App needs to be recompiled with latest Auth versions
- ERROR 403 when trying to login with Google
- Login issues after updates
- Error: disallowed_useragent
- Google sign-in not supported inside the app
- Google login not working
- 403 error on Google login
- Draw tools not showing on maps
- Cannot move tables around
- Problem loading map tiles
- Map tiles not working
- Vector layer floating on grey-blue sea
- App mostly un-usable after iOS updates
- Intel updates pause and freeze display
- COMM chat overlays map and can’t be cleared
- Panning can freeze the app
- Draw Tools Export Doesn’t Work on iPhone X
- Copy code section doesn't work
- Bookmarks won’t work on the go
- Cannot bookmark new portals
- Copy/paste/select all problem in draw tools
- Sync plugin authorization issue
- Authorization quit working for syncing
- Cannot click authorize for Sync plugin
- Draw tools export needs fixing
- Cannot select entire string for draw tools export
- Game plugin issues
- Cannot connect through G+ account
- Map doesn't load behind portals
- Add-ons/plugins stop displaying altogether
- Battery drain
- Uses more battery than Ingress
- Freezes when zooming out
- Update freezes map
- App is very slow
- Map isn't working
- Latest version has a bug
- Puts user in the middle of an ocean
- Requires force close to reset/refresh map
- Latest version freezes when loading map
- Fields and portals data not loading
- Status 'map: pauses'
- Zooming out takes user to North pole
- Mostly non-functional
- Stuff is broken
- Ingress Intel updates not allowing things to work
- This is not IITC
- Draw tools don't work at all
- Randomly turning addons on/off
- Features that simply don't work
- Freezes regularly
Requested features
7 requests- Add search bar in plugins list
- Ability to generate Google Maps links
- Fix copy/paste/select all in draw tools
- Fix authorization for syncing
- Fix draw tools export
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- Fix game plugin issues
- Fix draw tools
Pocket Center
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IITC
No in-app purchases
Pocket Center
No in-app purchases
