RA Tracker vs ChampDex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RA Tracker
This native iOS app allows users to view and track their RetroAchievements.org account. It provides detailed insights into game completion, earned awards, and recent achievements, enhancing the overall gaming experience.
- Track completion progress
- View game awards
- See recently earned achievements
- Discover users with specific achievements
- Get Achievement of the Week notifications
- View user leaderboards
- Manage game backlog
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RA Tracker for RetroAchievements.org is a native application for users to view and track their RetroAchievements account. RA Tracker has many capabilities, all designed around maximizing the RetroAchievements experience and feeling right at home on your iOS Device. - View your completion progress for all games you are earning achievements for - View awards for mastering a game - View all of your recently earned achievements - See users that have earned specific achievements - View the Achievement of the Week and get a notification when a new one is posted! - View the top ten user leaderboard - Add games to the Backlog to keep track of what you want to play - Search for games by console to see what games currently have Achievements to earn - Create a list of games to track completion progress - Follow other RetroAchievements.org users and track their progress and recently earned achievements - Read RANews As the RetroAchievements.org public API evolves, so will RA Tracker. Stay tuned for updates on what is to come next by following iOSLife on Mastodon.
ChampDex
This app helps Pokémon trainers strategize by building teams, calculating damage, and tracking the current meta. It offers tools for both casual play and competitive ranked battles, including team analysis and opponent previews.
- Team builder with type coverage and meta threat analysis
- Game-day mode for opponent previews and recommendations
- Damage and survival calculator with stat point allocation
- Live meta data with usage rankings and EV spreads
- Full Pokédex with all forms and competitive movesets
- Battle journal to track win rates and matchups
- Rental teams with proven competitive strategies
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ChampDex is a free competitive companion for Pokémon Champions. Build teams, run the numbers, and walk into ranked knowing your matchups. DAMAGE CALCULATOR Champions-accurate damage with full Stat Point support, Megas, weather, terrain, items, abilities, and spread reduction. Every formula is checked daily against Smogon's calculator so the KO ranges you see are the ranges you get. TEAM BUILDER The 66 Stat Point budget and 32-per-stat cap are enforced as you build, so you cannot ship an illegal spread. Allocation sliders, move coverage analysis, type weakness reporting, and Showdown import. LIVE META Usage rankings, tier lists, team archetypes, and the cores that actually appear together, all pulled from current tournament results rather than guesswork. You can see when the data was last updated. REPLICA TEAMS Real teams from real Champions tournaments, with the player, event, and placement attached. Load one and start playing instead of staring at an empty box. FULL POKÉDEX 309 Pokémon including all 75 Mega Evolutions, with base stats, abilities, movepools, and speed benchmarks. 675 moves with accurate type, power, and category data. TOOLS Speed tier charts, EV to Stat Point converter, VP cost planner, spread solver, threat cards, box triage, and a daily speed quiz. Built by one developer who plays the format. Data comes from PokéAPI, Serebii, Pikalytics, and Limitless, and refreshes itself automatically. Not affiliated with Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RA Tracker at 85% against ChampDex's 0%. RA Tracker also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). ChampDex's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. RA Tracker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ChampDex asks for nothing beyond the download.
RA Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RA Tracker has 50 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of RA Tracker's written reviews are positive against 0% of ChampDex's.
RA Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, ChampDex every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RA Tracker | ChampDex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (50 ratings) — better | 3.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iOSLife | Ahmed Elsayed |
Customer experience
RA Tracker
ChampDex
In-app purchases
RA Tracker
- Small Tip$0.99
- Nice Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
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- Out of this World Tip$9.99
ChampDex
No in-app purchases









