Comparison

GO Raiders vs ShinyPokes

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

Head to head
About

GO Raiders

Coordinate with other trainers for legendary boss battles. See who's joining live raids, get real-time updates, and access up-to-date raid boss lists. Plan your teams with type matchup info and spend less time organizing and more time raiding.

Highlights
  • Live raid lobby
  • Current raid boss list
  • Real-time coordination
  • Type matchup info
  • Simple and fast design
Features
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GO Raiders is the ultimate raid coordination app for trainers who want to team up and take on legendary bosses together. FEATURES: • Live raid lobby — see who's joining and when they're ready to battle • Current raid boss list — always up-to-date with the latest 5-star, Mega, and standard raids • Real-time coordination — instant updates so your group stays in sync • Type matchup info — know which team to bring before you arrive • Simple and fast — designed for on-the-go use so you spend less time planning and more time raiding Latest rotation, GO Raiders helps your crew coordinate effortlessly. Stop missing raids — start winning them. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ GO Raiders Elite is a recurring auto-renewable subscription. Elite Monthly is $12.99/month. Elite Annual is $129.99/year. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate above. You can manage and turn off auto-renewal at any time in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Remove Ads is a one-time non-consumable purchase of $4.99. Privacy Policy: https://web-production-cce91.up.railway.app/privacy

About

ShinyPokes

Track your shiny Pokémon hunts, manage your collection, and view in-game locations. Features include encounter counters, timers, and a Shiny Dex. Connect with a community of fellow hunters.

Highlights
  • Shiny hunt counter
  • Encounter timers
  • Shiny Dex and collection management
  • In-game location data
  • Multi-hunt support
  • Community feed and chat
Features
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ShinyPokes is an unofficial fan made tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or associated with Nintendo, Game Freak or The Pokemon Company. Pokemon and Pokemon character names are their trademarks. The app contains no assets from any Pokemon game. ShinyPokes is a shiny hunting tracker. It counts your encounters, keeps your timers honest, logs every shiny you find and gives you one place to look back on all of them. Free, no ads, made by one person who hunts shinies too. WHAT IT DOES Hunt counter. Pick the Pokemon, the game and the method, and the app checks the combination is actually possible before you start. Count with a tap, watch the timer, and see your odds update as you go. Run up to four hunts at once in multi hunt. Put a hunt on hold and pick it up later. Shiny found. When it happens, log the catch with the ball, the gender, marks and a nickname. The hunt moves to your collection and your Shiny Dex fills in. Collection. Every shiny you have caught, with the game, the encounters and the time it took. Edit them, log past catches you found before the app, import a list, and share a card for each one. Shiny Dex. All 1025 Pokemon, with the ones you own lit up. Dex and Living Dex views. Locations. Where a Pokemon shows up in each game, and where the items are. Gen 1 shiny check. Enter the stats from a Generation 1 catch and see whether it will be shiny when it comes forward. Hunter levels. Encounters give a little XP, shinies give a lot. Your level shows as a border around your avatar. Turn it off if you would rather not. Community. A feed of recent finds, live hunts happening right now, leaderboards, community stats and a chat with channels for hunting, trades and showing off. Community events like the Bank Run, where you fill a bingo card of shinies before the old transfer service closes. Notifications. A mention in chat or a reply to your message reaches your phone. Same account everywhere. Sign in with Apple, Google, Discord or an emailed link. Everything you track in the app is on shinypokes.com too, and the other way round.

Screenshots

GO Raiders4 screens
ShinyPokes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShinyPokes at none against GO Raiders's 3. ShinyPokes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). GO Raiders's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. GO Raiders sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. ShinyPokes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GO Raiders against 5.0 for ShinyPokes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShinyPokes has 5 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GO Raiders ships an update daily, ShinyPokes every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GO Raiders versus ShinyPokes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGO RaidersShinyPokes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB12 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKYREE JAVON CHINNTrevor Buchanan

Customer experience

GO Raiders

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

ShinyPokes

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

GO Raiders

Subscriptions2
  • Elite Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Elite Annual$129.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

ShinyPokes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GO Raiders free?
GO Raiders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShinyPokes free?
ShinyPokes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GO Raiders or ShinyPokes?
GO Raiders and ShinyPokes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do GO Raiders or ShinyPokes have ads?
GO Raiders shows ads; ShinyPokes does not.
Which is updated more often, GO Raiders or ShinyPokes?
GO Raiders ships an update daily, and ShinyPokes every 2 days. Most recently, GO Raiders was updated on October 31, 2026 and ShinyPokes on October 31, 2026.

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