Aether vs Quick Type Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Quick Type Check
Quickly determine type advantages and disadvantages for Pokémon battles. This tool provides fast and simple lookup of Pokémon type effectiveness, helping trainers strategize effectively. It's designed for ease of use during gameplay.
- Fast type effectiveness lookup
- Simple interface
- Strategic battle planning
- Pokémon type advantages
- Type disadvantages
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Fast and simple Pokémon type effectiveness lookup. LEGAL INFORMATION: Copyright © 2016-2023 Bence Feher. All Rights Reserved. http://bencefeher.com © 2023 Pokémon. © 1995–2023 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. Pokémon and Pokémon character names are trademarks of Nintendo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Quick Type Check at Free against Aether's $1.99. Quick Type Check also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Aether's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Quick Type Check 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 Aether against 5.0 for Quick Type Check. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Aether ships an update every 2 months, Quick Type Check daily. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aether | Quick Type Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben McCarthy | Bence Feher |
Customer experience
Aether
Quick Type Check
In-app purchases
Aether
No in-app purchases
Quick Type Check
No in-app purchases
