Pokodex vs RouteDex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pokodex
This companion app helps players of a popular building game by providing detailed information on creatures, crafting recipes, and habitat requirements. It tracks player progress, manages multiple profiles, and works entirely offline with automatic community-verified updates.
- Creature information (types, abilities, locations)
- Habitat details (blocks, items, weather, time)
- Crafting recipes search
- Tamed creature checklist
- Unlocked recipe tracker
- Multiple profile support
- Offline functionality
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Pokodex is the companion Pokopedia app designed for Pokopia players who want to do less guessing and more building. Learn about types, rarity, the useful abilities they teach Ditto, and the exact location where they appear. Then discover how to actually obtain them: every habitat in the game is detailed with the blocks, items, layouts, weather, and times of day that trigger each appearance. Need to craft something? Search by item or ingredient and go directly to the recipe. No more digging through menus or wasting resources. As you play, check off the creatures you've tamed, the habitats you've built, and the recipes you've unlocked. Pokodex automatically tracks your progress—and manages multiple profiles, so everyone on the same Switch has their own save file. Everything works offline. The complete database is included in the app, and community-verified updates arrive automatically as players make new discoveries. Free download. Just Pokopia. Pokodex is released alongside Pokopia and is updated regularly as soon as new discoveries are confirmed by the community. -- Legal Disclaimer This app is an unofficial fan application and is NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, GAME FREAK, or The Pokémon Company. Some images used in this app are copyrighted and used under fair use. Some images used in this app are copyrighted and belong to Nintendo, GAME FREAK, or The Pokémon Company. They are used in this app in accordance with Fair Use laws in the United States of America or the French Intellectual Property Code. Pokémon and the names of Pokémon characters are trademarks of Nintendo. No copyright infringement is intentional. Pokémon © 2002-2026 Pokémon. © 1995-2026 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK Inc. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/pokodex-privacy/inicio Terms and Conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/pokodex-terms/inicio
RouteDex
This app serves as a comprehensive companion for all mainline Pokémon games, offering detailed information on wild encounters, Pokémon stats, evolution, and trainer rosters. It helps players track their progress, plan teams, and access a vast reference library for all in-game elements.
- Wild encounter tracking by route and location
- Game-specific Pokédex with detailed stats
- Trainer roster and battle planning
- Team builder with move, ability, and nature assignment
- Comprehensive reference library for items, types, and abilities
- Progress tracking for living Dex and Nuzlocke challenges
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Catch everything, game by game, route by route! RouteDex is the playthrough companion for every mainline Pokemon game from Red and Blue to Scarlet and Violet. While playing any game, while on a route or in a location, see every wild encounter and its data. Mark what you have caught, and your progress updates everywhere instantly. Whether you're completing a living Dex, running a Nuzlocke, shiny hunting, or just trying to catch em all and complete your pokedex, every piece of information you need is in one place across all games. TRACKER Every game from Generation I through Generation IX is included. Pick a game to see your overall progress, then dive into any section or tool. Your catch data syncs across the Pokedex and route list in real time. ROUTE & LOCATION GUIDE Every route and location in every game is mapped with complete wild encounter data. See which Pokemon appear in tall grass, water, fishing, caves, headbutt trees, as gifts, and through special methods. Each encounter shows its encounter method and rarity. Tap to mark any Pokemon as caught without leaving the screen. Routes are sorted numerically. Locations are sorted alphabetically. POKEDEX PER GAME Browse the complete Pokedex for each game. View base stats, typing, abilities including hidden abilities, evolution chains with trigger conditions, level-up moves with levels, TM and egg moves, and full type effectiveness. Types are generation-accurate, and you can filter and sort by type, caught status, name, Dex number, or any individual stat. GYM LEADERS & LEAGUE Review every Gym Leader, Elite Four member, and Champion's full roster before your battles. Each trainer shows their Pokemon's types, levels, abilities, and moves. Track which leaders you have defeated. TEAM BUILDER Plan and save multiple named teams per game. Assign up to four moves, an ability, a nature, and a held item to each of your six team slots. Each move shows its type, category, power, accuracy, and PP. REFERENCE TAB A full reference library, all filterable by game: • Pokedex: global and game specific Pokemon database with stats, moves, abilities, egg groups, growth rates, locations in all games, and more • Type Chart: interactive type effectiveness grid • Natures: all natures with stat increase and decrease at a glance • Abilities: every ability with descriptions and full lists of which Pokemon can have them • Moves: complete move database with type, category, power, accuracy, PP, and which pokemon can learn them • Items: categorized item reference covering Pokeballs, held items, berries, TMs, key items, and more • Growth Rates: full experience tables for every leveling curve • Breeding: egg group lookup and full breeding compatibility finder TOOLS TAB • Compare: put any Pokemon side by side with stat bars and higher stats highlighted • EV Training: find which Pokemon give which EV yields, filterable by stat and type • Gym Leaders & League: review trainer rosters filtered to any game • Team Builder: manage and plan teams filtered to any selected game • Breeding: plan breeding chains and find compatible partners SEARCH Search across all Pokemon, moves, items, and more from anywhere in the app. GAME FILTER Every reference and tool screen filters to your selected game. Moves, abilities, items, and Pokemon shown all adjust to match that game's generation and data. Set a default game in Settings. DATA TRANSFER Export your tracker progress to another device to restore all of your caught data. Whether you are a first-time player or a veteran trainer working through every game, RouteDex keeps every piece of data you need close at hand. Stop switching between guides, spreadsheets, and tabs when all you need is in one spot! DISCLAIMER: This is an unofficial app that is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokemon Company. Pokemon and all Pokemon character names are trademarks of Nintendo. No copyright infringement intended.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pokodex at 67% against RouteDex's 0%. Pokodex also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (60 vs 2). RouteDex's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pokodex sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and RouteDex sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pokodex holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pokodex has 60 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pokodex's written reviews are positive against 0% of RouteDex's.
| Parameter | Pokodex | RouteDex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (60 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Plata | GTechnologies LLC |
Customer experience
Pokodex
RouteDex
In-app purchases
Pokodex
- Premium weekly$1.997 Days
- Premium monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium annual$12.991 Year
- Tiny Tip$1.99
- Small Tip$3.99
- Medium Tip$6.99
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- Big Tip$12.99
- Legendary Tip$19.99
- Premium lifetime$29.99
RouteDex
- Pro$2.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Ultimate$4.99









