Comparison

PMBattle vs Pocket Gallery App

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
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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

Pocket Gallery App

Organize and manage your photos with this sleek and elegant tool. It offers multilingual support for a global user base, making it easy to navigate and use in your preferred language.

Highlights
  • Sleek and elegant design
  • Photo organization
  • Multilingual support
  • Unofficial tool application
Features
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Explore more. Build smarter teams. Pocket Gallery brings creature reference data, battle calculators and interactive maps together in one companion for iPhone and iPad. • Explore 1,000+ creatures. Browse stats, forms, evolution paths, moves and abilities. • Understand your matchups. Check type strengths and weaknesses, and spot gaps in attack and defense coverage. • Compare battle scenarios. Use damage and stat calculators to see how different builds and conditions affect your options. • Build your lineup. Create and edit teams, choose moves, abilities and held items, and refine your strategy. • Plan your next adventure. Look up encounter information and explore interactive maps for supported games. No ads. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, French, Spanish and Italian. Pocket Gallery is an independent, unofficial reference companion. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the developers or publishers of the games it covers.

Screenshots

PMBattle4 screens
Pocket Gallery App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pocket Gallery App at none against PMBattle's shown. PMBattle's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and review sentiment (94% vs 85%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Pocket Gallery App 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 4.7 for Pocket Gallery App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PMBattle has 150 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of PMBattle's written reviews are positive against 85% of Pocket Gallery App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PMBattle ships an update weekly, Pocket Gallery App monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PMBattle versus Pocket Gallery App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPMBattlePocket Gallery App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (150 ratings) — better4.7 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews93.9% of reviews — better84.6% of reviews
Number of ratings150 — better27
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB295 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer云良 姚耀晨 刘

Customer experience

PMBattle

All ratings150 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive93.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.1%

Pocket Gallery App

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

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

Pocket Gallery App

One-time1
  • Buy me a coffee$2.99

Questions

Is PMBattle free?
PMBattle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Gallery App free?
Pocket Gallery App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PMBattle or Pocket Gallery App?
PMBattle is rated higher. PMBattle averages 4.8 out of 5 from 150 ratings, while Pocket Gallery App averages 4.7 from 27 ratings.
Do PMBattle or Pocket Gallery App have ads?
PMBattle shows ads; Pocket Gallery App does not.
Which is updated more often, PMBattle or Pocket Gallery App?
PMBattle ships an update weekly, and Pocket Gallery App monthly. Most recently, PMBattle was updated on October 29, 2026 and Pocket Gallery App on October 27, 2026.

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