Comparison

VGC Stats vs missingno.run

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

Head to head
About

VGC Stats

This app provides comprehensive battle statistics for competitive video game players. Access data from multiple sources, including rental teams, to research and prepare for battles more effectively. Visualize stat spreads and EV allocations to understand common builds and optimize your own teams.

Highlights
  • VGC battle statistics lookup
  • Data from multiple competitive sources
  • Rental team data access
  • Detailed Pokémon stats (usage, abilities, moves)
  • Clear stat spread and EV visualization
  • Team synergy rankings
Features
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VGC Battle Statistics is a data lookup tool for VGC (Video Game Championships) players, designed to make team research and battle preparation faster and easier. Explore battle statistics under the current VGC ruleset from multiple competitive data sources, including Pokémon HOME, Showdown, Limitless, and Championship events. You can also access the latest rental team data in one place. For each Pokémon, the app provides detailed data such as: • Usage rates • Abilities • Natures • Tera types • Items • Moves • Team synergy rankings • Related Open Team Sheet (OTS) data One of the app’s standout features is its clearer visualization of stat spreads and EV allocations, helping players understand common builds more intuitively and build their own teams more efficiently. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

missingno.run

This mobile toolkit helps competitive players, event viewers, and tournament organizers manage and research competitive gaming events. It allows browsing tournament details, searching player histories, and organizing community tournaments.

Highlights
  • Browse live, upcoming, and archived tournaments
  • Review standings, pairings, and player lists
  • Search player profiles and tournament history
  • Create and manage community online tournaments
  • Track personal events and players
  • Use mobile calculation and event-planning tools
Features
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xNo is a mobile toolkit for competitive players, event viewers and online tournament organizers. The Tournaments area focuses on major competitive events. Browse live, upcoming and archived tournaments, open standings and pairings, review player lists, check usage stats and revisit event results from your phone. Player Search is built for research. Look up competitors, review tournament history and explore records based on the event coverage database. Play is a separate space for community online tournaments. Players can register and play online tournaments. xNo also includes mobile utilities for event preparation, tracked players, notifications and calculation workflows. Key features: - Browse coverage for major live, upcoming and archived tournaments - Review standings, pairings, player lists, team sheets and usage stats - Search player profiles and tournament history - Create and manage community online tournaments - Join tournaments, check in and submit required team information - Track personal events, players and notifications - Use mobile calculation and event-planning tools DISCLAIMER xNo is an unofficial, fan-made Pokémon app created exclusively for informational and educational purposes. This app is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or supported by Nintendo, GAME FREAK, or The Pokémon Company in any way. Pokémon names, images, and related content are trademarks & © of Nintendo, GAME FREAK, Creatures Inc., and The Pokémon Company 1996-2026. Images and information used in this app are intended under Fair Use guidelines. No copyright infringement is intended.

Screenshots

VGC Stats4 screens
missingno.run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: missingno.run at 5.0 against VGC Stats's 4.3. missingno.run also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). VGC Stats's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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. VGC Stats sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. missingno.run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

missingno.run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VGC Stats has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VGC Stats versus missingno.run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVGC Statsmissingno.run
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB33 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFeng WangJan-Niklas Wolff

Customer experience

VGC Stats

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

missingno.run

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

VGC Stats

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Support Plan$0.991 Month
  • Quarterly Support Plan$1.993 Months
  • Yearly Support Plan$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Buy the Developer a Coffee$0.99
None

missingno.run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VGC Stats free?
VGC Stats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is missingno.run free?
missingno.run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VGC Stats or missingno.run?
missingno.run is rated higher. VGC Stats averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while missingno.run averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VGC Stats or missingno.run have ads?
VGC Stats shows ads; missingno.run does not.

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