Comparison

ChampDex 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

ChampDex

Build competitive Pokémon teams, calculate damage, and analyze the meta with this comprehensive offline-ready tool. Access detailed Pokémon stats, type matchups, and speed tiers to prepare for tournaments.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive Pokémon database
  • Competitive team builder with stat system
  • Advanced damage calculator
  • Interactive type chart
  • Speed tier calculator
  • Offline-ready functionality
  • Automatic data updates
Features
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ChampDex is the ultimate companion app for competitive Pokémon Champions players. Build teams, calculate damage, analyze the meta, and prepare for your next tournament — all in one fast, offline-ready app. **DEX** Browse every Pokémon in the Champions regulation with full base stats, abilities, types, weaknesses, and move pools. Toggle between base and Mega Evolved forms to compare stats instantly. **TEAM BUILDER** Build competitive teams with the Champions stat point system (66 points, max 32 per stat). Set natures, abilities, items, and moves. Import teams directly from PokePaste URLs or export your builds to share with friends. **DAMAGE CALCULATOR** Powered by the Smogon Pokémon Showdown damage engine. Calculate exact damage ranges with full support for abilities, items, weather, terrain, stat boosts, Mega Evolutions, and every competitive edge case. **TYPE CHART** Interactive type matchup reference. Select one or two types to instantly see weaknesses, resistances, and immunities with clear multiplier labels. **SPEED TIER CALCULATOR** Compare Pokémon speeds with natures, stat points, Choice Scarf, Tailwind, weather abilities, paralysis, and stat boosts. See exactly who moves first. **ALWAYS UP TO DATE** ChampDex data updates automatically in the background — no app update needed when regulations change. Powered by PokéAPI and Limitless TCG tournament data. **PRO FEATURES** Upgrade to ChampDex Pro for the full competitive toolkit: • Unlimited teams • Meta Dashboard — tournament usage stats from 3,800+ real teams • Sample competitive sets with natures, items, and stat spreads • Speed Tier Calculator • Pokémon Comparison — side-by-side stat analysis • Matchup Notes — save game plans per team • iCloud Sync — access your teams on all your devices Legal and Terms: This app is an unofficial app and is NOT affiliated, endorsed or supported by Nintendo, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon company in any way. Some images used in this app are copyrighted and are supported 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 the laws of Fair Use, for the United States of America, or of the intellectual property code, for France. Pokémon and Pokémon character names are trademarks of Nintendo. No copyright infringement intended. Pokémon © 2002-2018 Pokémon. © 1995-2018 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. 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

ChampDex4 screens
missingno.run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: missingno.run at none against ChampDex's 1. missingno.run also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). ChampDex's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ChampDex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. missingno.run 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 ChampDex against 5.0 for missingno.run. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ChampDex versus missingno.run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChampDexmissingno.run
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB33 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAaron TreinishJan-Niklas Wolff

Customer experience

ChampDex

All ratings4 ratings
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

1 purchases

ChampDex

One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
None

missingno.run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChampDex free?
ChampDex 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, ChampDex or missingno.run?
ChampDex and missingno.run are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ChampDex or missingno.run have ads?
Neither ChampDex nor missingno.run shows ads.

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