Pokémon HOME

Round Lake Railfan

2 years ago

This app is helpful in many ways! It gives me a way to give a second chance to many strong Pokémon I catch in Pokémon GO that aren't as good as those I already have. Two glitches, though: First, the app freezes randomly, and I have to restart it. Second, the sounds and background music do NOT work at all. Might want to fix that. Also, when are we getting Scarlet/Violet connectivity?

A Google user

5 years ago

It's a solid app, with a lot of room for improvement. The dex it offers has been INCREDIBLY helpful with locking down what missing entries I need to shoot for, in particular. Two big things that absolutely need to be worked on: The GTS would be SO MUCH MORE USEFUL if it only allowed offered trades to be posted when they're actually POSSIBLE. No requests for a Lv10 Ultra Beast, come the hell on. Also would love the ability to actually view/organize my boxes like I do on the Switch.

A Google user

5 years ago

The app is very ... Sluggish. I have a google pixel 3, and scrolling feels awful and swiping is touchy. Which is unfortunately 90% of the navigation within the app. Also, it always shows you the last 30 Pokemon in the boxes, rather than the option you set (ie sort by number). I honestly don't know why the phone version has to exist. Consolidate all of the features on the switch app as well or fix the navigation.

Wes Perz

2 years ago

It's nice to be able to store Mons and trade and all, but this only hinges on the fact that the app WORKS when it's supposed to. I'm paying for this, an app that is constantly freezing and booting me out of trades and trade rooms for no reason. However, the freezing issue is the most severe. You can't move in the app too fast, or it freezes. Heck, it even freezes as soon as I boot it up. Devs, fix this. This shouldn't be happening from a AAA developer, and especially from a paid subscription app

A Google user

5 years ago

Way better than expected. Just meant to have it for a few things, like transferring older Pokémon and using the GTS, but it threw me in a different direction where I could get much more out of the it. I like the added gifts for completing missions, and the side tools that add a little extra distraction😁. The only thing I want to change is the trading system. Hoping to have the app for a long time, and definitely can't wait to see what other gifts could be brought to it in the future👍.

A Google user

5 years ago

It's great that I can browse my stored Pokémon from my phone, but I have to dock two important stars from my rating because 1. I can't navigate my boxes as easily as the Switch app, nor can I move my Pokémon around from box to box on the mobile app. And 2. The textures of the Pokémon are shamefully lacking in detail. I get the feeling the app was rushed out and the art team didn't have enough time to give the 3D models detailed textures. The 2D art of the Pokémon are cool though!

Akito Neoneko

5 years ago

So far it's a mediocre service at best. As a long time fan of the series. I was disappointed to see such a high price point for the premium services. It feels as if they took these features out of the game to be sold back to us. Still could use many improvents, like notifications when trades from gts/wonder box are complete, or the option to skip animations, and collect the wonderbox all at once. This app after a few months of being out is stilp lackluster.

A Google user

5 years ago

Not bad but not great. They're charging a lot of money for features that were stripped from the most recent games to begin with. Furthermore, the Pokemon Home app and the Switch version are different, leading to very clunky interactions. Some improvements are also needed, particularly relating to the slow speed of the Wonder Box feature.

A Google user

5 years ago

I haven't fully played around on the app but it has run more smoothly than I expected for how fast they got it to us. For those complaining about the price, I'm sorry you overlook the perfectly fine plate because you see a silver platter. The basic options, the free option, has the ability to do everything the premium option, the 16$ a year option, just in a smaller amount besides hosting a trade room. Look at the difference between basic and premium before making a decision.

A Google user

5 years ago

It would be extremely helpful if when looking through labels and boxes, when you open one of the tabs and then go back to the label/box search, the list would open back to the part of the list you had been viewing. Also the Wonder Box and GTS trade times are absolutely abyssmal. I was hoping for better performance for an app like this. I love the features it offers, but the performance of such features need work. As an avid player of the Pokemon series, I expected better.

A Google user

5 years ago

UPDATE I'm still leaving it at 2*. All of these features should have been in the game to begin with. There's no reason to put a majority of this apps features on the mobile version, as opposed to the switch version. An error, on my previous post: free version is enough to do what you want, except for the actual transferring from let's go/USUM/bank to home. Again, for 16$ it's not too different from the old bank, which was only 5$, just, this time around, you're being charged for features removed

Miranda

2 years ago

The new update has fixed the freezing problem. But I wish there could be a legendary search option in the boxes. I also think the entire app could use an overhaul. It feels outdated compared to other apps nowadays. I feel the overall interface could look nicer and that there could be more clarity with the center button and all of it's options. Finally, there is an option to turn on notifications but I never get any. It's a good app, but could be changed a little make it more enjoyable.

Zac Post

2 years ago

A fine solution to storage problems. However, in the past three days of trying to use it, it has crashed every single time within a 60 second span. It just becomes unresponsive. The music plays, the little swirling graphics in the background play, but stops functioning entirely within 60 seconds or less. Galaxy S10+, latest software. Latest home update. Don't know how half the population can use android and the other half ios and it is as broken as it is for at least one of those two groups.

A Google user

5 years ago

The functionality is mostly good, but it has a few things I hope are improved in the future. First, it takes forever to get a trade through the wonder box. This is the feature I was looking forward to the most (other than the obvious transferring from old games). You also can't rearrange boxes or change box names on the app (you can on the Switch app). Lastly, you have to touch and hold for way too long to select things. Overall, though, this is a very good app. I'm a big fan of the art style.

Corrin Gallaher

2 years ago

I like the app, it's easy to use and serves a very good purpose, but it freezes very frequently. Sometimes I have to reopen it several times in one session. It makes me nervous to transfer Pokemon to it sometimes because I worry if it crashes while I'm transferring it may corrupt my data. I also do not like how limited the free options are. Only 6 Pokemon are able to be stored in the free version, and thousands in the expencive subscription. Seems like a big difference.

A Google user

5 years ago

Great but with ONE ANNOYING ISSUE. This may be a small issue for some, but as someone who likes to watch videos while using pokemon home, or sometimes uses it at work or at night, I like to make sure the sound in the app is off. However, even with the music and sound effect volume all the way off, when receiving pokemon in a trade, the loud, shrill twinkling sound effect still plays at full volume. What is the point of the sound effect volume options if they don't work for everything?

Robb Noble

1 year ago

The concept is cool and the yearly fee is low. However, this app in practice is pretty terrible, and it's clear at this point they have no intention of fixing the issues that make using the trading functions frustrating and nearly impossible at this point. The graphics are very dated and the load times are slow compared to modern apps. It's time for an overhaul or to take out the yearly fee. Tbh if they had programmed the new games to support all pokemon, I wouldn't be bothering with home.