Comparison

Torn PDA vs Pocket ZONE

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

Head to head
About

Torn PDA

This app enhances the Torn City gaming experience by providing quick access to game data, notifications for important events, and tools for trading and combat. It helps players manage their in-game resources, track progress, and strategize effectively.

Highlights
  • Profile page with status data and cooldowns
  • Travel status and arrival notifications
  • Foreign stock market analysis
  • User script support
  • YATA mobile interface integration
  • Quick item management and trade calculator
  • Automatic city item finder
  • Faction chain watcher and target lists
Features
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Torn PDA has been developed as an assistant for players of Torn City (www.torn.com). It was conceived to enhance the experience of playing Torn from a mobile platform, and other already existing applications, such as YATA, have been a great influence. * Profile page with shortcuts to you preferred sections, access to basic status data, recent events, cooldowns and net-worth calculation. You can also manually activate notifications so that you don't waste any energy, nerve, or miss any cooldown expiry. * Check your travel status and configure notifications just before you arrive. No more forgetting and being mugged abroad. Also, configure the notification shown so that it is safe to use even at work or in other public environments. * Have a look at foreign stocks directly in the Travel section. Filter and sort items at your convenience, including profit based on item capacity. Also, by using the in-app browser, you are contributing by sending stock data automatically to the shared database! * User scripts support. * YATA mobile interface: new sections (e.g. Awards) that constitute the first official YATA mobile interface. Data comes straight from your YATA account. * Ability to fill max items on arrival to destination, based on current capacity and money available. Then, use the quick home return button in the top bar to make your stay quicker and safer. * Quick crimes option when you visit the crimes section. Just set up your preferred crimes and they'll appear in the top bar. * Quick Items: browse to the items section in Torn with the full browser and add your prefer items for a quick access later on. * Trade calculator with total price calculation for cash, items and shares, plus the ability to copy total figures for a quick trading. If you are a professional trader, you can also synchronize with Torn Trader and the Arson Warehouse. * Automatic city items finder in the map. * Automatic alerts for travel, energy, nerve, hospitalization, drugs, racing, messages, events, trades and stocks. * Torn chat: options to highlight your name or hide the chat completely if you wish. * Follow your faction's chain live from the app, with instant energy updates. Use the chain watcher feature to avoid surprises. * Create your own target list, adding your own comments and many other details. Import and export your targets to/from YATA. While chaining, automatically skip targets that can't be attacked (hospitalised/jailed or in a different country). Get optimal targets directly from Torn Attack Central, included in the Chaining section. Chaining has never been easier. * Have a look at your last few attacks, with simple statistics so that you can decide when/who to add to your common chaining targets. * Export targets as a backup or share them with other players. * When in hospital, send Nuclear Central Hospital a revive request by clicking a button. * Create a friends list, with quick access to in-game messaging, trading and other important details. Also, add note to your friends' profiles. Backup functionality included. * Activate alerts for NPC loot. * Dark mode.

About

Pocket ZONE

Embark on a co-op survival adventure in a post-apocalyptic Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This text quest and RPG hybrid features character customization, a detailed map, and a hardcore survival system. Trade with players and uncover the Zone's secrets.

Highlights
  • Co-op survival gameplay
  • Text quest and RPG mechanics
  • Character customization
  • Detailed Zone map
  • Player trading
  • Hardcore survival simulation
  • Random events and loot system
Features
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New co-op survival game from the developers of Pocket Survivor, Pocket Survivor 2, Pocket Survivor: Expansion has reached an unprecedented level of nuclear addicting mix in the direction of text quest and RPG, event visualization and hundreds of different character animations! A burning cocktail of unusual gameplay from the symbiosis of the Unique survival setting of the stalkers of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and the Role-playing System, a classic RPG in the spirit of the world of Fallout and the Wasteland! Artifacts and mutants, adventurers and bandits, endless generated events in the game with a well-thought-out role-playing system of classes and skills, as well as an indescribable atmosphere of loner survival in the brutal world of the Zone! - The zone challenges you! Can you survive in her strong embrace even for a day? - Your goal is to survive and become fabulously rich! - See the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and achieve your innermost dream with the help of the legendary Wishmaster. Or maybe you just want to get away from the gray and boring life of megalopolises and just wander through the wastelands of the earth, where a person is again left alone with an aggressive environment that dreams of devouring him? Features of the game: Create your own Hero from hundreds of visual body parts and high-quality RPG - role-playing system of character classes and their skills and abilities Large detailed map of the Zone with ten unique locations. Ability to exchange and trade found items between real players and friends. A hardcore real-life mobile survival system with the best RPG component inspired by the Fallout and Stalker series Interesting random text events, the outcome of which depends only on your choice and on external factors that directly affect your chances of survival. A complex and well-thought-out loot system, and more than a hundred random events while searching for and confronting the aggressive environment of the anomalous world of the Zone. Over 100 different types of weapons, armor, helmets, backpacks and costumes, including legendary and mythical items! Artifacts and the ability to equip them will add variability to the gameplay. Real radio stalkers in the spirit of the previous parts will help raise morale and survive in this abnormal world! Real survival simulation. You need to eat, drink, rest, sleep, and heal injuries and illnesses. Lack of a direct, linear plot, and the ability to study the world of the Zone and stalkers by indirect events. If you are a fan of games such as STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl, Call of Pripyat, Clear Sky, Metro 2033, Fallout, Exodus, then this game is definitely for you! Play as a stalker - the Hero of the Chernobyl Zone, who found himself in harsh post-apocalyptic conditions and help him survive in a world unfit for existence! We use the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Torn PDA4 screens
Pocket ZONE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Torn PDA at none against Pocket ZONE's 11. Torn PDA also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Pocket ZONE's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 273) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pocket ZONE sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Torn PDA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket ZONE holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket ZONE has 3.8K ratings behind it against 273, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 80% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Torn PDA ships an update every 11 days, Pocket ZONE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Torn PDA versus Pocket ZONE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTorn PDAPocket ZONE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (273 ratings)4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews79.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2733.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB228 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperManuel OrtegaAPPWILL COMPANY LTD

Customer experience

Torn PDA

All ratings273 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral7.3%
Negative13.3%

Pocket ZONE

All ratings3,758 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews412 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.8%

User reviews

Torn PDA

From 273 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Streamlined mobile experience
  • 🔒 Robust security features
  • 🔋 Helpful notifications
  • 👍 Customizable scripts and tools
  • 💡 Integrated Torn browser

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Confusing UI navigation
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🤔 Compatibility issues with updates

Pocket ZONE

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great pocket version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games
  • 👍 Friendly community
  • 🤝 Supports developers
  • 🕹️ Unique and immersive gameplay
  • 🌆 Atmospheric and well-designed

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive and grindy progression
  • 🐛 Bugs causing loss of items
  • 🔍 Unclear tutorial and lack of guidance
  • 🔫 Unbalanced difficulty scaling
  • 💰 Premium currency tied to characters

Bugs and requests

Torn PDA

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Blank screen after full-screen mode
  • Unable to log in with Google
  • Travel stock updates not working

Requested features

3 requests
  • Hospital timer for warring
  • Live widgets for travel and energy
  • Automatic cache clearing

Pocket ZONE

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing items in storage
  • Weapons getting deleted after repairs
  • Anomaly damage being inconsistent
  • Accuracy and hit chance issues
  • Language translation problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More quests and story content
  • Ability to change character class
  • Improved inventory management
  • Multiplayer and co-op features
  • Ability to save progress across devices

In-app purchases

None

Torn PDA

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Pocket ZONE

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 Week)$2.997 Days
One-time10
  • Buy 500 Neuro$0.99
  • Buy 50000 Bruble$0.99
  • Buy 1000 Neuro$1.99
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  • Buy 2000 Neuro$3.99
  • Buy 5000 Neuro$5.99
  • Buy 10000 Neuro$8.99
  • Buy 1000000 Bruble$8.99
  • Buy 50000 Neuro$64.99
  • Buy 100000 Neuro$99.99
  • Buy 10000000 Bruble$99.99

Questions

Is Torn PDA free?
Torn PDA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket ZONE free?
Pocket ZONE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Torn PDA or Pocket ZONE?
Pocket ZONE is rated higher. Torn PDA averages 4.5 out of 5 from 273 ratings, while Pocket ZONE averages 4.7 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Torn PDA or Pocket ZONE have ads?
Pocket ZONE shows ads; Torn PDA does not.
Which is updated more often, Torn PDA or Pocket ZONE?
Torn PDA ships an update every 11 days, and Pocket ZONE every 2 months. Most recently, Torn PDA was updated on October 15, 2026 and Pocket ZONE on October 19, 2026.

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