GO Field Guide vs PokéBase GO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GO Field Guide
Enhance your augmented reality monster-catching game experience with up-to-date event information, raid guides, and research task details. Track your progress with checklists and stay informed about Pokémon evolutions and egg hatches.
- Event countdown timers
- Complete Pokedex with search
- Raid Boss and Shadow Counter guides
- Research task and reward lists
- Egg hatch lists
- Checklists for achievements
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GO Field Guide is a perfect tool to enhance your Pokemon GO Experience! GO Field Guide tool is made to assist you in playing Pokemon GO, It has up-to-date information for all Events along with local time, Raid Guides, Research task and rewards, Egg Hatch list, Checklist and much more... ---------------------------- Features: - Event Countdown Timer with Local event - Complete Pokedex along with Search by Type and Evolution Family - Add Event to the calendar - Push Notification Reminders - Checklist - Raid Boss List and Counters - Shadow Counters and Grunts Lineup - Egg Hatch List - Research Encounters - Special Research Tasks and Rewards - Special Evolutions lists - Buddy Distance List - Trainers Code - Type Effectiveness - Regional List - Search String Builder All of these in a compact size app of just less 30MB! --------------------------- Countdown Timer: Go Events tend to end without much fanfare. Whether it’s Community Day, the GO Fest or the soon-to-be-over Legendary Events, it can be easy to forget when these special events come to a close. If you just want to see how many hours are left before the event ends and event end time in our local time, the GO Field Guide may suffice — as long as you don’t mind popping open an App. Don't worry even if you forget we send Push notifications for important events! Dex: Complete Dex with complete details about the Pokemon along with Gym, PvP Movesets and CP Range for all levels. This does not stop here, you can even search Pokemon by Type, Moves, Weather Boost and much more. Add Event to calendar: With this feature, you can easily add the event details along with event start and end time to your calendar with just one tap! Checklists: Mark all your little achievements, GO Field Guide provides you with different Checklists to mark and share it with friends (especially for trading) From Regional Checklist to Lucky Checklist. Raid Boss Guide: Up to date list of current Raid Bosses along with all the information for the best counters, perfect IV, weather boost, type effectiveness and Raid Advice Shadow and Rocket Leaders Guide: Up to date list of Shadow Pokemon and Rocket Leaders lineup along with best counters to stop them. Field Research Task Rewards: Complete list of all research encounters, along with CP range, shiny chance. It also has a search feature so you can directly search for the reward of the required task ;) Special Research Tasks and Rewards: Complete list of Special Research Tasks and Rewards. Egg Hatch: Check the up-to-date list of the Pokémon you can get by hatching an egg, you can also filter by 2 Km, 5 Km, 7 Km or 10 Km. Special Evolutions: Want to find out which Pokemon evolves by which stone or lure module? GO Field Guide lists all the different Special Evolutions Trainers Code: Trainer Code section lists all the active trainers with which you can become friend, send and receive gifts daily. if you're active you can even get your trainer code listed! Type Effectiveness: Get the type effect information such as Super Effective, Weak to, not effective against! Regional List: List of all the Regionals and where can they be obtained ---------------------------- If you find any error or have anything to say. Let us know: randomwreck2016@gmail.com DISCLAIMER: GO Field Guide is a third-party app made by fans and players of Pokemon GO and is not affiliated with the Pokemon brand, Niantic, Pokemon Go, or Nintendo. Privacy Policy - https://sites.google.com/view/poketimer/home Terms of Service - https://sites.google.com/view/go-field-guide-tos/home
PokéBase GO
This app helps trainers plan battles and optimize their teams. It provides a searchable database of Pokémon stats, moves, and matchups, along with calculators for various battle formats and tier lists.
- Searchable Pokémon database
- Type, stat, and move analysis
- Battle calculators (DPS, PvP, Dynamax)
- Ratings and tier lists
- User Pokémon integration
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Plan battles, compare stats, and find your best attackers. - Searchable database with types, stats, moves, and matchups - DPS, PvP, and Dynamax calculators - Ratings and tier lists - Use your own Pokémon in the tools
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PokéBase GO at none against GO Field Guide's 2. PokéBase GO also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). GO Field Guide's advantage is ratings volume (464 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. GO Field Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. PokéBase GO asks for nothing beyond the download.
PokéBase GO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GO Field Guide has 464 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of GO Field Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of PokéBase GO's.
GO Field Guide ships an update every 3 months, PokéBase GO every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GO Field Guide | PokéBase GO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (464 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 464 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sagar Vaghela | Limu Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
GO Field Guide
PokéBase GO
Bugs and requests
GO Field Guide
Reported bugs
3 issues- Checklists not saving properly
- Ads with unresponsive close buttons
- App crashing or freezing frequently
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to link Pokémon GO account for automatic checklist sync
- More detailed Pokédex with actual Pokémon images
- Customizable event notifications and reminders
- Improved friend code management and raid invites
PokéBase GO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GO Field Guide
- GOFieldGuide Premium (1 Month)$1.491 Month
- GOFieldGuide Premium (3 Month)$2.493 Months
PokéBase GO
No in-app purchases
Questions
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