PokeRater

WARNING: enabling Full Access on the PokeRater keyboard will enable the developers to fully access everything you type, including credit card numbers, bank account information, and passwords. Direct from Apple: "Third Party Keyboards provide an alternative way to input keyboard data. These keyboards can access all of the data you type, including bank account and credit card numbers, street addresses, as well as other personal and sensitive information. These keyboards may also access nearby text or data, which is useful for improving autocorrect functionality." I really do love this app. It's fantastic for showing you the quality and IVs of the Pokemon you catch in POGO. But, the Full Access option on the PokeRater keyboard is absolutely terrifying. There is NO reason for them to need that access, and the fact that they instruct users to enable that on purpose is highly suspicious.

Scanning seems to be working better, so thanks for that, but the newest update with the blinking exclamation point when IVs have a range kinda sorta makes me want to gouge my eyes out. I honestly don’t think you need anything to draw attention to the fact that things need to be narrowed down, because the app is fairly intuitive, but, if you do, maybe just a solid orange exclamation? The CONSTANT IN YOUR FACE BLINKING is way, way, way too much. It’s seriously annoying. Especially if you can’t narrow the range down any more than it already is. My second issue: The radar screen seems not extremely useful, and putting it right up top where you have to scroll down to get to the stuff you have to use all the time on almost every entry (i.e. the narrow down IV selections) is not great and makes using the app seems that much more tedious. The radar seems like something that could be put somewhere else if it has to stay in the app at all. Other than that, love the app. Thanks for keeping it going!

Overall, kudos to the developer for a well made app that looks pretty sleek too. It will even auto-import in the free ads version, unlike another popular IV checker currently in the App Store. The iOS keyboard integration is truly the best feature of this app. I can now input special symbols, copy & paste text, and edit within the name. That said, I wish we could drag and drop our favorite symbols because I want them in a certain order. I’ve had to redo the whole list several times already (twice because I accidentally tapped on a symbol and it got removed). That was such a pain. Also, a few symbols don’t work and showed up as boxed question marks. There is also a minor, yet inconvenient, issue with the keyboard when there’s a “?” in the name. I would definitely consider the paid subscription once the name generator is more customizable. The IV checker is not that much faster than inputting the info yourself into a browser-based IV calculator, but can’t blame the app since it doesn’t have direct access to Pokémon appraisal. There are also several minor bugs throughout the app, but they are manageable and the dev is quick with updates. More importantly, I disagree with the calculation of the defensive rating half of the time. I think the algorithm needs improvement. Blissey’s best defensive set should be zen headbutt and dazzling gleam.

Love this app!! It's super simple and easy to use and yet packed with a ton of useful information that's organized really well. The interface is also very aesthetically pleasing making the experience of using this app much more pleasant compared to Poke Genie--which has much of the same useful info, but the interface is nowhere near as polished as it is within this app. The only suggestion I have would be the inclusion of buddy candy distances added to the pokedex so we know how many kilometers we have to walk in order to earn candy. Other than that the app is perfect you won't be disappointed!

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I have a family of four. We play POGO together. I have apps like Poke Genie and family sharing is enabled. But Pokerater APPEARS to support family sharing but really it doesn’t look like it does. You can share the FREE APP with your family (???) but IN-APP purchases cannot be shared. So removing ads and other functionality is required to be purchased for each person. That’s disappointing. I was ready to sign up for the full in-app purchases until I saw that. I hope that I am mistaken, and the dev can explain or correct me. Then I will change my review. But right now I feel like I’m being fleeced. Especially since other similar apps don’t do this. P.S. I originally came here to SUPPORT the dev because of the dingbats who were writing to complain about the keyboard full access because they are scared sheep and fear what they don’t understand, yet proudly claim expertise and tell everyone to avoid the app because of necessary permissions and ALSO as long as you don’t use THIS KEYBOARD to do your online banking, then they can’t see it anyway. Meanwhile they probably use SwiftKey or something like without thinking twice about it. So I was coming to defend the dev and try to explain why they do need keyboard access to give the functionality expected. But the family sharing disappointed me.