PokeRater 17+

Awesome app, BUT! WARNING!!!

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.

Developer Response ,

I understand the worry but unfortunately, the only way for the keyboard to save your favorite symbols to disk is if it has access to the Full Access permission. Without it you can still use the keyboard, but is extremely limited without the ability to use Favorites. Rest assured that aside from your favorites, no other information is stored nor sent anywhere. Please view the full Privacy Policy here: https://www.pokerater.app/pages/privacy-policy

Keyboard is the best feature

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.

Forgets my favorites

I downloaded this app specifically for the alternate keyboard that allows me to add special characters to my Pokémon names in Pokémon Go. I am really glad to have found this app, as that is so helpful.

The one problem that I have with this app is that, while it allows me to add the symbols I use often to a favorites list for easy access, it randomly clears the list and I have to go and hunt down the symbols again. If you can make the favorites list persistent, this would be 5 stars. Being able to rearrange the order of the symbols on the favorites list after finding them to add to the list would also be helpful.