Pocket Gallery App vs HMS Direct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Gallery App
This app provides a comprehensive reference for creatures, including stats, abilities, and evolution paths. It features battle calculators to analyze matchups and damage, team-building tools, and interactive maps for in-game exploration. It's designed to help players strategize and plan their adventures.
- 1,000+ creature data
- Type strength and weakness analysis
- Damage and stat calculators
- Team building and strategy refinement
- Interactive in-game maps
- Evolution path exploration
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Explore more. Build smarter teams. Pocket Gallery brings creature reference data, battle calculators and interactive maps together in one companion for iPhone and iPad. • Explore 1,000+ creatures. Browse stats, forms, evolution paths, moves and abilities. • Understand your matchups. Check type strengths and weaknesses, and spot gaps in attack and defense coverage. • Compare battle scenarios. Use damage and stat calculators to see how different builds and conditions affect your options. • Build your lineup. Create and edit teams, choose moves, abilities and held items, and refine your strategy. • Plan your next adventure. Look up encounter information and explore interactive maps for supported games. No ads. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, French, Spanish and Italian. Pocket Gallery is an independent, unofficial reference companion. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the developers or publishers of the games it covers.
HMS Direct
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Hyundai Marine Solution
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HMS Direct at none against Pocket Gallery App's 1. HMS Direct also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Pocket Gallery App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HMS Direct asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Gallery App | HMS Direct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (27 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 295 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 耀晨 刘 | HD HYUNDAI MARINE SOLUTION CO., LTD. |
In-app purchases
Pocket Gallery App
- Buy me a coffee$2.99
HMS Direct
No in-app purchases
