Last updated on January 15th, 2026 at 04:12 am
Pokémon GO – Strategy Game Review
Pokémon GO is a Strategy/Roleplaying/Health & Fitness game from Niantic, Inc., first launched in 7th July 2016.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 630,080+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Pokémon GO Stand Out
Join Trainers across the globe who are discovering Pokémon as they explore the world around them. Pokémon GO is the global gaming sensation that has been downloaded over 1 billion times and named “Best Mobile Game” by the Game Developers Choice Awards and “Best App of the Year” by TechCrunch.
UNCOVER THE WORLD OF POKÉMON: Explore and discover Pokémon wherever you are!
CATCH more Pokémon to complete your Pokédex!
JOURNEY alongside your Buddy Pokémon to help make your Pokémon stronger and earn rewards!
COMPETE in epic Gym battles and…
TEAM UP and UNITE with other Trainers to catch powerful Pokémon during Raid Battles!
It’s time to get moving—your real-life adventures await! Let’s GO!
With the player’s permission, Adventure Sync uses the Health app to enable the player to earn walking distance when the app is closed.
Notes:
- This app is free-to-play and offers in-game purchases. It is optimized for smartphones, not tablets.
- It is recommended to play while connected to a network in order to obtain accurate location information.
- Compatibility is not guaranteed for devices without GPS capabilities or devices that are connected only to Wi-Fi networks.
- Compatibility information may be changed at any time.
- Information current as of July 11, 2019.
- Compatible with iPhone® 5s / SE / 6 / 6s / 6 Plus / 6s Plus / 7 / 7 Plus / 8 / 8 Plus / X devices with iOS Version 9 or later installed.
- Not compatible with 5th generation iPod Touch devices or iPhone 5c or earlier iPhone devices.
- Please visit PokemonGO.com for additional compatibility information.
- Compatibility is not guaranteed for all devices.
- Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically reduce battery life.
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Pokémon GO is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 17th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Trainers, we hope you’re enjoying your adventure in Pokémon GO! We update the app regularly with new events and features, so make sure to check the in-game News to stay up to date.
Download & Availability
Pokémon GO is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Its very fun we rated this game five stars but we are not standing a chance against team rocket our Pokmon are too weak so far we got Squirtle Pikachu and Charizard.
Amazing played for 5 years and never had a problem accept we with we could get coins more easy.
Its like the best when we join like we feel like Im in it and its just like good for us and we like catching Pokmon and some times play with our friends on this game.
This has been the best game Ive ever played. The luck is insane and equal. Sometimes we get overwhelmed & go on our phone & BAM we get a shiny or a houndo. Same thing when we wake up. This game is amazing the costumes are so cool and they look amazing on the Pokmon we cant wait for more stuff to come out & more stuff to come back. This game completely changed our life & it completely got rid of all our boredom. This game deserves a 5 star rating. This game is amazing.
The Game Is Awesome But we Agree With Djmarina13. Pikachu And Eevee Should Be Found Together. They Are Sidekicks. Im A HUGE Pikachu And Eevee Fan So Basically Im Pikachu And Djmarina13 Is Eevee So Please Make A Pikachu And Eevee Celebration Or Something.
We love wandering around our town catching these little pokemon.
Love Pokmon go so fun and addictive Ive played it since it came out even we were little and did not have a phone our dad still let us play on his account love the game if anyone wants to add us our code is 4085 5262 9342.
We love Pokmon go as a good exploring game but when Im bored we often battle. The battling is too annoying, it has delays when you attack and whenever we try to press the charge attack, it waits for a second and then attacks, Pls fix this and also ,Make the battling like Pokmon Sword and Shield PLEASE! And also can you make new types of pokeballs besides the safari ball and the Poke,Great,Ultra,and Master, maybe the net,Dive,Love,and a LOT more pls pls pls! So please make a big update! Also can you make the incubator a little more egg like friendly looks wise like 4D egg Incubators in a room with details and everything PLEASE These are ideas BTW.
Its like 4AM and the game is really fun and you have to move around irl so its good and there is a lot of things to do on it highly recommend and also we like it and today is New Years Eve but once in a while they put events that make it even more exciting good way to get exercise and have fun.
The game is amazing and we love Pokmon so we personally think its in the top three games in the world.
Why is the only pokmon appearing.
This game is a game that we play almost everyday and use it most of the time. Play this game it will change the way Pokemon is.
We love this game! Ive caught a total of around 515 pokemon (some we transferred) but theres one thing we think you should add. Make it so theres a fourth team you can join where you become a member of team rocket.
Ok so some months after we attended rayquaza raid day our meteorite dissapeared and now Im stuck with a shiny rayquaza that CANt mega evolve im just asking if we can get a new one -PikaPikajasonw.
Please guys let us walk offline give us the rewards once online.
This game is so fun we play the game almost every day grate game for going on walks.
Maybe add the new Pokmon from the Pokmon, legends za game to the Pokmon go game for the next update that way if youve already caught the Pokmon, all you have to do is collect the mega stones for the Pokmon.
They banned our account 1, million times but we shall always return.
This game makes it easier (specially on community day) for us to get shiny pokemon cause we like collecting them.
We love this game!!!! We play it every single day plus we really like Pokmon. Our parents also play it too which makes it so much more fun.
Good game tbh. Could add Pecharunt and the Loyal 3 and Terapagos and Ogerpon. Otherwise good. Plus the Treasures of Ruin.
A mid day shift in our schedule for this weekend was so fun we cant believe Im going home to work on our birthday day tomorrow but its not a good feeling we dont want you feeling that we are working today so if youre up and ready we would appreciate you and Im sorry if youre feeling like this we will see what youre up and Ill let the boys have fun we just wanted us a favor we.
Absolutely love the game just been wanting this feature in the game for a long time.
This game is fun and a bit boring because it needs more Pokmon! Like Rotom or mega Dragonite! So thats all.
So awesome that we almost canht every Pokmon And sorry if we spelled something wrong wich is cachas.
We love this app! We love our shiny floragato so much!!!! But we were in a battle and this person used 4 protect shields. When you can only use 2 regularly. There must be a hacker.
This is so good that our mom also has this game. Its so fun when you find interesting Pokmon which have high CP. Its great for exercising encourages.we Love this game.
Hes a good game. Its really good. We really like it. We also have quite a few legendarys but theres only one problem. We always have to update it it and its always asking for a different password and sometimes it just asks us for a password and we dont like it that way could you please change that it still is a good game there is no problem. Our phone has to be next to a phone a train that doesnt seem right. It should be different where where you are you can still try on your phone. Merry Christmas.
Horrible shift of how you can obtain Pokemon that YOU want. If youre desired Pokemon is up on the journey list itll take you a year to obtain. Theyre pushing players to purchase Pokemon with real money. Horrible update. We were really loving this game, huge bummer.
We recommend you get this because we love Pokmon cards and if you love Pokmon cards, you should get this.
The game is very addictive and is actually good plus it helps us touch grass.
We open our gifts from our friends as of December 2025 and we're getting stuff such as a golden razz berry, 9-18 pokeballs, 8+ greatballs, 5+ ultraballs, silver pinap berries, etc. And this all happens almost every GIFT. Scopely, PLEASE KEEP THESE THE GIFTS LIKE THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN A GIFT TO ONLY GET 1 POTION AND 2 GREATBALLS. THIS IS AN AMAZING CHANGE TO GIFTS PLEASE KEEP IT THIS WAY. You will get so many more interactions through sending gifts this way knowing that you can actually get good rewards from gifts. Scopely, again, please hear us on this: please keep on letting us get actual good rewards from gifts.
We only use Pokmon go for Pokmon home. So we can send our shiny charizard to Pokmon scarlet. So we like it.
We love Pokmon so much and this game is awesome and this game exceeded our expectations. We love, love, love it. We love how all the Pokmon look so accurate and cool. Its our favorite game and we love how you can add friends and this game is perfect for anyone, especially Pokmon lovers.
Thanks for listening to the players. We really like the forever friends trading. It improved the game a lot for us. One suggestion: you could make a 5th heart for a buddy too where it unlocks a special move at 5 hearts.
We LOVEEEEE this game! It also keeps us very active and excited to play! We especially love the events.
We think that the game is very fun but we stoped playing so much because we think it got easer. It was made for all ages before but now its more for younger kids and its kind of disappointing because we love the game so much like leveling up go so much easier and we hate that but thats just us. Over all its a good game.
How do you only have a 4.0 star rating.
You have to try this game it is so much fun for free Pokmon is sick.
Game is amazing love it but there is one thing we think would be an awesome and interesting new way to earn candies for our lower level Pokmon in order to catch up to some of the Pokmon weve leveled up since early game anyways what is, is instead of upgrading and using 100 small candies to use large candies why not add a way to trade large candies for/into small candies. Would help increase effectiveness of every Pokmon we own.
This stupid game only has four sign in choices and we cant use them.
Im going to be 60 years old and have been playing for over 10 years. Both our Husband and we played right thru COVID. And played until he passed.
Catching the Pokmon is the best part about this game and we make friends on it.
We would give a 6.7 review but cant we love this game lots of thing you can do and it feels lie you can get Pokemon IRL its just really fun 67.
What can we say? Its Pokmon! Its a great game that lets you catch Pokmon while exercising and exploring new areas. Plus it can connect to Pokmon Home and allow most Pokmon be transferred to the main line games. Love playing this and highly recommended for any Pokmon fan out there.
We really love Pokemon and this app is so good got some legendary Pokemon, but we feel like the yellow gyms are the hardest to find.
This game got us to want to go to the park and be active. It also helped us talk to our dad easier because he plays too.
Best app ever been playing since its debut when you couldnt do all the things you can now its like a historical album of great memories you make and its fun we love it we were born in 91 so Im 34 rn and Pokmon was always our favorite and yugioh.
So first off, good updates, VERY good updates, some glitches that bother others but not us, love this game, keep it up guys.
Awesome entertainment for young and older alike ! We live in a rural area and there are rarely any NEW Pokmon to appear ! Gets frustrating and boring looking for something new that doesnt exist in our area ! Otherwise great fun.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 0.391.1
- Size: 378.33 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ES, TH, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Niantic, Inc.
Last updated: 17th December 2025 | Genre: Strategy, Roleplaying | Developer: Niantic, Inc.