PokeDream Dex vs PMBattle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PokeDream Dex
Access a comprehensive offline encyclopedia of Pokémon, including their stats, abilities, and locations. This reference tool is perfect for trainers on the go, providing essential information without requiring an internet connection.
- Offline Pokémon reference
- Detailed stats
- Move lists
- Location data
- Pictures included
- No internet required
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The ultimate FREE offline Pokemon reference, featuring stats, moves, locations, pictures, and more! Dex lets you look up Pokemon any time you want, whether you're at home playing the latest games or on the road without an internet connection.
PMBattle
This app provides comprehensive data and tools for Pokémon trainers. It offers popular battle teams, move look-ups, and an integrated database with real-time information from PGL and Smogon. Enhance your Pokémon battling skills with detailed strategies and team-building calculators.
- Popular Pokémon battle data
- Rentable teams with usage stats
- Move look-up functionality
- Integrated Pokémon database
- Real-time PGL and Smogon data
- Team building and analysis tools
- Community interaction
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PMBattle is a 20th Anniversary Gift for all Pokémon lovers. We support data of the Sword and Shield timely. The latest battle data can make you enjoy Pokémon battle. It can enable you to master entire databases and achieve your goal to be Pokémon master. Including： 1. Popular Pokémon to battle 2. Renting teams any time 3. Moves look-up 4. Integrated database 5. Real time data from PGL and Smogon Module descriptions: 1. Popular matches are divided into Singles, Doubles, WCS, etc. and can be configured in settings to suit your preferences. 2. The QR team contains the current hot team, with usage and winning rates as references. The team is divided into Singles, Doubles. In team details, you can choose to open the team in an external browser for 3DS scanning and click on the “copy team" to collect the team locally. It is noted that the team's information（Natutre,EVs,IVs,Item and Ability）needs to be configured by yourself due to the different battle formats. 3. The Information from Smogon contains the big data of the battle platform. There are many top players who recommend strategies to direct you，especially if you are layman, how to play excellently. 4. The Pokémon zone includes boxes and team’s space. Boxes are where players collect Pokémon and can save the matching moves of different PM. The team’s space is a collection of Pokémon in boxes. To build a better team, the team details have joint anti-blind spot calculation and strike surface calculator, which easily find team’s drawbacks. 5. The toolbox currently contains information such as character / egg set / skill acquisition and various calculators. Meanwhile, the damage calculator have two languages, and you choose English or Chinese. 6. There are also Treasure Hunts, Quest, maps and recipes. 7. Finally, you can interact with other Pokémon trainers by our community to talk and share your topic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PMBattle at 4.8 against PokeDream Dex's 3.9. PMBattle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and review sentiment (94% vs 79%). PokeDream Dex's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. PMBattle sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. PokeDream Dex asks for nothing beyond the download.
PMBattle holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 151 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of PokeDream Dex's written reviews are positive against 94% of PMBattle's.
PokeDream Dex ships an update every 4 weeks, PMBattle weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PokeDream Dex | PMBattle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (69 ratings) | 4.8 (151 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 93.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 | 151 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 349 MB | 229 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dreamway LLC | 云良 姚 |
Customer experience
PokeDream Dex
PMBattle
Bugs and requests
PokeDream Dex
Reported bugs
8 issues- Search breaks between consecutive Pokémon lookups
- Black screen when tapping Pokémon names on iOS 11
- App crashes intermittently
- Pokémon cries play even when phone is on silent
- Misaligned or missing images in some entries
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- Incorrect move learning levels
- Incomplete location data
- Sound plays on unintended interactions
Requested features
14 requests- Move descriptions and damage calculations
- Type effectiveness chart for each Pokémon
- Ability to turn off Pokémon cries in settings
- Mega evolution and hidden abilities information
- Item Dex and TM/Berry Dex
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- Pokémon team builder and favorites list
- Random Pokémon selector
- In-app purchase option to remove ads
- Voice narration for Pokédex entries
- Pokémon location maps
- Egg moves information
- Generation-specific default settings
- Filter Pokémon by type
- Links to external resources (Bulbapedia, Serebii)
PMBattle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PokeDream Dex
No in-app purchases
PMBattle
- Chips$0.99
- AI Chat Weekly Pass (7 Days)$0.99
- Coffee$2.99
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- AI Chat Monthly Pass (30 Days)$2.99
- Remove ad$3.99
- AI Chat Yearly Pass (365 Days)$19.99
