After Pokevision went down, there have been a ton of apps trying to take its place. Finding specific Pokémon without having to walk around aimlessly makes the game more enjoyable to some people; knowing that a rare Dratini might be down the block without having to actually go there is pretty great. Still, Niantic doesn’t like these third-party apps pinging its servers and wasting its precious bandwidth so they are actively trying to shut down these apps.
FastPoke Map is a great alternative for those near a PC, but what about those on mobile? Here are three best IOS and Android apps that allow for tracking Pokémon anywhere in the world.
PokeGear Go
PokeGearGo is incredibly simple: it finds your location then displays pictures of the Pokémon near you. There’s a full Pokedex that has every available Pokémon and a map showing where those Pokémon are in proximity to you, along with when they will despawn. If you want to find a Rhyhorn as soon as possible, click the Pokedex and its picture and you’ll be directed to a zoomed-out map showing you exactly where one is.
The app itself is designed to look like a Pokedex, which can get a bit confusing. Those buttons on the upper left don’t actually do anything and just take up space. Overall, it’s a fine app that does exactly what you need it to do without any other extraneous bells and whistles.
GoRadar builds on what PokeGearGo does, adding a ton of new features. The settings menu allows you to toggle specific Pokémon off, meaning that you can skip all the Pidgeys and head straight to finding the good Pokémon. Label all the Caterpies and Weedles as “common” and the app will completely disregard their existence.
You can also have the app show you how close the Pokémon is to you in meters and have it send you notifications when a Pokémon you favorite is nearby. Say you’ve been searching everywhere for a Porygon, the app will send you a notification when one is nearby.
The Pokémon in GoRadar are just silhouettes, most likely to avoid any copyright dispute with Nintendo, so you’ll have to know your Pokémon fairly well to get the most out of this app. Out of all the apps I tried, this is by far my favorite and most intuitive, a valid mobile successor to Pokevision.
The only app on this list that costs money ($.99) is most definitely the most inventive. Originally, the app solely used crowd-sourced data to find Pokémon. Say somebody found a Snorlax on 42nd Street, they would put that info to into the app and it would show everyone nearby where to find the fat sleeper.
To keep up with the other apps out on the market, Poke Radar has included a “Poke Radar Prediction” that shows exactly where other Pokémon are using Pokémon Go’s API. The app itself has a gorgeous UI, with all of the buttons and searches easily accessible. The app also uses the cutest little chibi Pokémon as markers. Keep in mind that if you are in a place with hundreds of Pokemon around, the app will start to lag when trying to load them all.
There’s also a regular website for Poke Radar, if you are still looking for a way to track Pokémon on your PC .
- As Close To Living Pokémon Fantasy As It Gets
- Active And Engaging Experience
- Lots Of Mon And Events
- Battles Aren't What Fans Expect
- Very Grindy
