GoMessenger vs PokeRAIDchat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoMessenger
Connect with other Pokemon GO players in your local area. Join group chats with trainers nearby or within your team to share experiences and make new friends. Easily add contacts to your friends list for continued communication.
- Local Pokemon GO player connection
- Group chat by region
- Team-specific chatrooms
- Add friends for direct messaging
- Easy to use interface
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GoMessenger helps you meet new people in your city or neighbourhood who also play Pokemon GO! GoMessenger is extremely easy to use. Choose your team (yellow, blue or red), select region and chat in a group conversation with anyone in 40 km (25 miles) range. You can choose between two chatrooms: one is for all trainers in the area and second shows only nearby players from your team. You can also add people you met on the group chat to your friends list in order to talk with them any time you want! This is useful when you want to keep in touch with someone even if you’ll be out of specified range and therefore cannot see each other messages inside the chat room. Exchange experience, make new friends and have fun - download now and use for free! DISCLAIMER: GoMessenger for Pokemon GO is in no way affiliate with or endorsed by the Pokemon brand, Niantic or Nintendo. This app has been built by fans, for fans who love the Pokemon GO game and wanted to create this separate assistant app to support it's community.
PokeRAIDchat
This app acts as a real-time radar and information tool for popular game raid events. It provides notifications for live raids and specific bosses, allows users to create their own events, and offers anonymous chat features with other players.
- Real-time raid event notifications
- Specific boss notifications
- Create custom raid events
- Anonymous chat with users
- Group chat functionality
- Send media and voice messages
- Available in 11 languages
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Standing at the gym with an empty lobby? PokeRAIDchat is the lightweight crew tool for local raiding — built for the 2–20 trainers you actually play with. Since Max Battles went local-only, the best raids happen face to face again — but coordinating them still means buried Discord channels and group chats that scroll away. PokeRAIDchat keeps it simple: QUICK RALLY "Gigantamax boss at the park, 3 spots, starting in 30 min — who's in?" One tap to post, one tap for your crew to answer. Live countdown, spot tracking, and a chat for each rally. YOUR CREW A private group with a 5-letter invite code. Trainer cards with team colours and friend codes — copy a code with a single tap when someone new joins the lobby. PLAN AHEAD Raid Hour on Wednesday, Max Monday, Community Day — plan events with RSVP so you actually know who's showing up. ANONYMOUS BY DESIGN Just your trainer nickname. No game login, no email, no tracking. Everything stays within your crew. Content filter, one-tap reporting and blocking keep things friendly. Round up your crew and never raid alone again. — PokeRAIDchat is an independent, fan-made coordination tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Niantic, Scopely, The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures Inc., or Game Freak Inc. It does not access any game servers or accounts. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoMessenger at none against PokeRAIDchat's 3. GoMessenger also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. PokeRAIDchat sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. GoMessenger asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for GoMessenger against 3.0 for PokeRAIDchat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoMessenger has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GoMessenger ships an update every 2 weeks, PokeRAIDchat every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoMessenger | PokeRAIDchat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (21 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | GoApps Sp. z o.o. | LineSpotting AB |
Customer experience
GoMessenger
PokeRAIDchat
In-app purchases
GoMessenger
No in-app purchases
PokeRAIDchat
- Monthly subscription$1.99
- Remove ads in the app$2.99
- Permanent Subscription$16.99
