Max Moves vs Aether
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Max Moves
Instantly discover effective and ineffective move types against specific monster types. Simply select the opponent's types at the bottom to get immediate insights.
- Type effectiveness lookup
- Instant combat insights
- Intuitive type selection
- Monster battle strategy tool
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Don't dig for another chart on the weaknesses of a specific type of mon again! Select the types of the mon you're facing at the bottom and get instant information on which move types will be effective or not!
Aether
This app helps players quickly determine type effectiveness in battles by setting attacking and defending types. It offers a clean, simple interface with support for light and dark modes, and dynamic type sizing. The app provides a one-time purchase for full access without any tracking or subscriptions.
- Type effectiveness calculator
- Set attacking and defending types
- Clean and simple interface
- Light and dark mode support
- Dynamic Type support
- One-time purchase
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Aether is a Type Calculator that helps you quickly check type effectiveness. Aether is clean, simple, and easy to use. There are just three dials, used to set the attacking type, and one or two defending types. Aether has no tracking or analytics, no upsells or subscriptions. You just pay once to get the app. Couldn’t be more simple. Aether supports light and dark mode, and has app icons to match. It also supports Dynamic Type. --- Aether is not affiliated with Nintendo, Game Freak or The Pokémon Company. Pokémon content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc, The Pokémon Company, and their licensors. All rights reserved. Aether is intended only as a reference to those materials under Fair Use policies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Max Moves at Free against Aether's $1.99. Aether's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 50 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Max Moves is free to download; Aether costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Max Moves against 5.0 for Aether. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Max Moves's written reviews are positive against 100% of Aether's.
Max Moves ships an update every 50 months, Aether every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Max Moves | Aether |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 50 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Forrest McDaniel | Ben McCarthy |
Customer experience
Max Moves
Aether
In-app purchases
Max Moves
No in-app purchases
Aether
No in-app purchases
