Comparison

PMBattle vs MHR Guide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PMBattle

This app provides comprehensive data and tools for Pokémon trainers. It offers popular battle teams, move look-ups, and an integrated database with real-time information from PGL and Smogon. Enhance your Pokémon battling skills with detailed strategies and team-building calculators.

Highlights
  • Popular Pokémon battle data
  • Rentable teams with usage stats
  • Move look-up functionality
  • Integrated Pokémon database
  • Real-time PGL and Smogon data
  • Team building and analysis tools
  • Community interaction
Features
Read full description

PMBattle is a 20th Anniversary Gift for all Pokémon lovers. We support data of the Sword and Shield timely. The latest battle data can make you enjoy Pokémon battle. It can enable you to master entire databases and achieve your goal to be Pokémon master. Including: 1. Popular Pokémon to battle 2. Renting teams any time 3. Moves look-up 4. Integrated database 5. Real time data from PGL and Smogon Module descriptions: 1. Popular matches are divided into Singles, Doubles, WCS, etc. and can be configured in settings to suit your preferences. 2. The QR team contains the current hot team, with usage and winning rates as references. The team is divided into Singles, Doubles. In team details, you can choose to open the team in an external browser for 3DS scanning and click on the “copy team" to collect the team locally. It is noted that the team's information(Natutre,EVs,IVs,Item and Ability)needs to be configured by yourself due to the different battle formats. 3. The Information from Smogon contains the big data of the battle platform. There are many top players who recommend strategies to direct you,especially if you are layman, how to play excellently. 4. The Pokémon zone includes boxes and team’s space. Boxes are where players collect Pokémon and can save the matching moves of different PM. The team’s space is a collection of Pokémon in boxes. To build a better team, the team details have joint anti-blind spot calculation and strike surface calculator, which easily find team’s drawbacks. 5. The toolbox currently contains information such as character / egg set / skill acquisition and various calculators. Meanwhile, the damage calculator have two languages, and you choose English or Chinese. 6. There are also Treasure Hunts, Quest, maps and recipes. 7. Finally, you can interact with other Pokémon trainers by our community to talk and share your topic.

About

MHR Guide

This fan-made guide provides comprehensive data for MH Rise, including monsters, weapons, and armor. It features tools to manage your equipment, suggest builds based on skills and owned items, and track your progress in quests and collections.

Highlights
  • Equipment suggestions based on skills
  • Build and manage custom equipment sets
  • Track owned talismans, armors, and decorations
  • Detailed monster, weapon, and armor information
  • Quest and material data
  • Map information with mining positions
Features
Read full description

MHR Guide is a fans made guidebook for 「 MHR / MH Rise 」. This program provides data of MH Rise / MHRise / MHR. Come and join us. Let's enjoy the fun with MH Rise. Special Features: 「Equipment Suggest」- Check out equipment suggestions based on your selected skills, your owned/not owned armors, talismans and decorations. 「Manage Equipment」- Build your own equipment set and check out the skill and stat. 「Talismans」- Record your owned talismans. You can use it in the「Equipment Suggest」function. Game information. You can check out all the information and mark as collected / owned / clear: 「Monsters」- List all monsters information including ecology, aliments, materials and quests. You can record your gold crown records. 「Weapons」- List all weapons information including attack,sharpness, slots etc. And you can record your 'owned' weapons. 「Armors」- List all armors information including skills, craft materials. And you can record your 'owned' armors. 「Skills」- List all skills information including related armors and decorations. 「Decorations」- List all decoration information including slots, skills and craft materials. And you can record your 'owned' decorations. 「Rampage Skills」- List all rampage skill information including related weapons. 「Quests」- List all quests information including related monsters and monster status. And you can record your 'cleared' quests. 「Materials」- List all material information including source info and usage. 「Maps」- List all maps information including mining position and related quests *DISCLAIMER* This is an unofficial app for MH Rise. This app is not affiliated with the Capcom brand.

Screenshots

PMBattle4 screens
MHR Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

PMBattle and MHR Guide both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of PMBattle's written reviews are positive against 82% of MHR Guide's. MHR Guide's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PMBattle sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and MHR Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PMBattle against 4.8 for MHR Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 277 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of PMBattle's written reviews are positive against 82% of MHR Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PMBattle ships an update weekly, MHR Guide every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PMBattle versus MHR Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPMBattleMHR Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (146 ratings)4.8 (277 ratings)
Positive reviews93.1% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings146277 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB139 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer云良 姚Lung Kin Cheng

Customer experience

PMBattle

All ratings146 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.9%

MHR Guide

All ratings277 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral7.6%
Negative10.6%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

PMBattle

One-time6
  • Chips$0.99
  • AI Chat Weekly Pass (7 Days)$0.99
  • Coffee$2.99
Show 3 more
  • AI Chat Monthly Pass (30 Days)$2.99
  • Remove ad$3.99
  • AI Chat Yearly Pass (365 Days)$19.99
1 purchases

MHR Guide

One-time1
  • Remove ads$3.99

Questions

Is PMBattle free?
PMBattle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MHR Guide free?
MHR Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PMBattle or MHR Guide?
PMBattle and MHR Guide are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 146 and 277 ratings respectively.
Do PMBattle or MHR Guide have ads?
Both PMBattle and MHR Guide show ads.
Which is updated more often, PMBattle or MHR Guide?
PMBattle ships an update weekly, and MHR Guide every 3 days. Most recently, PMBattle was updated on September 28, 2026 and MHR Guide on September 18, 2026.

Other comparisons