Cinnabar Lab vs The Type Chart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cinnabar Lab
This comprehensive Pokémon companion app offers an offline Pokédex, team builder, and type calculator. Track your progress, test your knowledge with quizzes, and access detailed information for any Pokémon game.
- Offline Pokédex with stats and move learnsets
- Game-specific filtering for regional Pokémon
- Living Dex tracker for completion progress
- Advanced team builder with type coverage analysis
- Type calculator for matchups
- Offline database for moves, items, and abilities
- Pokémon knowledge quizzes
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Cinnabar Lab is your all-in-one Pokémon companion — a fast, beautiful Pokédex, Living Dex tracker, and Team Builder backed by a complete offline database. POKÉDEX • Browse all Pokémon with instant search by name or number • Filter by multiple types at once and by generation • Pick your game to see its regional dex, sub-dexes, and catch locations • Full detail pages: base stats, abilities, evolutions, moves, type matchups, and alternate forms • Shiny toggle and Mega Dex LIVING DEX TRACKER • Track every Pokémon you've caught, per game or nationally • Multi-select type and generation filters • Live progress as you complete your collection TEAM BUILDER • Build and analyze teams with full type-coverage and weakness/resistance breakdowns • Import a team instantly from a plain text list • Add Megas, filter to final forms, exclude legendaries, and sort by base stats GAME CHALLENGES • Name That Pokémon, Type Challenge, Type Effectiveness, and Battle Challenge Everything works offline. No account required.
The Type Chart
This app is an unofficial Pokémon companion offering a comprehensive Pokédex, team building tools, and guided learning modules. It provides detailed type matchups, stats, and battle analysis, with an Apple Watch companion for quick reference. The core features are free, with an optional one-time purchase for advanced functionalities.
- Comprehensive Pokédex with game-specific data
- Detailed type matchup analysis
- Team building and battle strategy tools
- Guided learning modules and puzzles
- Offline functionality
- Apple Watch companion app
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The Type Chart is an unofficial Pokémon companion for iPhone and iPad, bringing type matchups, a detailed Pokédex, team building, and guided learning together in one focused app. Know the matchup. Build your team. Master the chart. [EXPLORE] Browse Pokémon in a streamlined list or adaptive grid, with National or game-specific Dex Scopes for supported main series games. Explore forms, evolutions, stats, abilities, type effectiveness, moves, natures, items, and more. Base stats reflect changes across the main series games, using the data appropriate to your selected game. Want to explore your options? Open Compare from a Pokémon’s profile or the Dex Hub to examine two Pokémon’s stats, abilities, moves, type matchups, and species information side by side. Switch between base stats and level 50 or 100, and explore shared moves or moves unique to each Pokémon. [BATTLE] Check weaknesses, resistances, offensive and defensive matchups, and type combination breakdowns. Champions mode is designed for use alongside Pokémon Champions, with singles and doubles recommendations plus optional regulation guidance for evaluating and preparing teams. [BUILD] Create teams for supported games and formats, including Pokémon Champions. Record moves, abilities, natures, held items, and training details, then review Attack Coverage and Defensive Gaps. Go deeper with Pro analysis to explore shared weaknesses, move recommendations, and how configured transformations affect your team. [LEARN] Learn the type chart step by step through guided lessons in Type Academy, quick Practice sessions, and Victory Road challenges with unlockable ranks, badges, and accuracy tracking. Put your matchup knowledge to work with Type Circuit, a daily logic puzzle. Arrange the type icons so every connection matches the damage multiplier shown. A new puzzle arrives at midnight in your local time zone, and the calendar archive lets you revisit past circuits. [APPLE WATCH] Check type matchups at a glance with a simplified calculator for Apple Watch. Choose one or two types, select Attack or Defense, and see effectiveness with familiar type icons and damage multipliers. Works offline and independently of the iPhone app. [FREE AT THE CORE] The Pokédex, Compare, matchup tools, Team Builder, Type Academy, Practice, Victory Road, Type Circuit, and Apple Watch calculator are free. The Type Chart Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It adds deeper team analysis and offline sharing tools, expanded Champions recommendation breakdowns, saved Pokédex search presets, alternate app icons, and deeper learning statistics. [PRIVATE BY DESIGN] No account. No ads. No tracking or third-party analytics. Your data stays stored locally on your device, and the app is designed to work offline. The Type Chart is independently developed and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., or The Pokémon Company.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Type Chart at Free against Cinnabar Lab's $0.99. Cinnabar Lab's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
The Type Chart is free to download; Cinnabar Lab costs $0.99 up front. The Type Chart sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Cinnabar Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cinnabar Lab against 5.0 for The Type Chart. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Cinnabar Lab ships an update weekly, The Type Chart every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Cinnabar Lab | The Type Chart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 375 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Randall Proulx | Julian Velasquez |
Customer experience
Cinnabar Lab
The Type Chart
In-app purchases
Cinnabar Lab
No in-app purchases
The Type Chart
- Poké Tip$0.99
- Great Tip$2.99
- The Type Chart Pro$4.99
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- Ultra Tip$4.99
- Master Tip$9.99







