Pokémon GO

Epic AR adventure & online RPG

Ratings

Age

9+

Games

Languages

English

Latest Version 0.431.0

Tue Sep 29 2026

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.

Pokémon GO is the global gaming sensation that uses AR technology to bring the world of Pokémon to life. Travel between the real world and the virtual world of Pokémon. Discover Pokémon in new environments, complete your Pokédex, and take on powerful Raid Bosses with other Trainers. From catching your first Bulbasaur to battling in the GO Battle League, there is always something to do in your neighborhood.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

89/100

Pokémon GO is more than an app; it’s a cultural bridge that successfully turned 'gamers' into 'explorers.' The thrill of seeing a silhouette on your 'Nearby' tracker and actually walking to a local park to find it is a loop that hasn't lost its magic. The addition of Raids, Rocket Grunts, and seasonal events has transformed the initially thin launch experience into a massive, feature-rich MMO.

While the reliance on GPS and cellular data can be taxing on your battery, the social aspect—meeting real people at Gyms or during Community Days—is unmatched in the mobile space. It’s an essential experience that rewards curiosity and physical activity in equal measure.

Dinsun reviewed on: Tue Feb 24 2026

Features

Augmented Reality (AR) catching experience.

Sync with Apple Health for 'Adventure Sync' distance tracking.

Real-time PvP battles in the GO Battle League.

Monthly Community Day events with featured Pokémon.

Trade Pokémon and send gifts to friends.

Featured In

Upcoming Events

Twilight Trails

Welcome to Pokémon GO: Twilight Trails!

Wed Sep 09 2026 - Sat Oct 10 2026

Harvest Festival

Enjoy a bountiful Harvest Festival event!

Tue Sep 29 2026 - Mon Oct 05 2026

Tips & Walkthrough

Catching Basics

When you encounter a Pokémon, flick the Poké Ball towards it. Aim for the shrinking circle to get 'Nice', 'Great', or 'Excellent' throws for bonus XP.

Spinning PokéStops

Visit landmarks in the real world to spin PokéStops. This is how you get more Balls, Potions, and Eggs to hatch.

Gameplays

Raids and Gyms

Join forces with other players at a Gym to defeat powerful Pokémon in Raid Battles. If successful, you'll have a chance to catch that rare Pokémon.

Screenshot

Q&A

Yes, movement is central to hatching eggs and finding different species of Pokémon.

Ratings & Reviews

Money hungry SOBs

Mon May 29 2023 the real OGJB420

I love the game! However there are a few recent updates that have myself and just about every other player pretty ticked off. as someone who grew up watching the original Pokémon air on tv, begging my parents to buy the $3-$4 pack of trading cards, it’s a kid from the 90s dream come true. The infuriating updates are for items in the shop, you used to be able to buy 3 mobile raid passes (allows players to invite others to battle remote raids together) for 250 poke coins which is roughly $2.50 USD, but they RAISED the price to almost $2 for a SINGLE pass… also you’re able to send gifts to friends in the game and you can postcard gifts in an album, which I thought was really cool debut as having friends in Australia and other “across the pond” locations being from east coast USA except there used to be no limit on how many you could add to your album and with that recent update you now have to pay to buy additional “pages” for said album… im sure I’ve spent a couple hundred prior to these updates but since the increase I’ve noticed less raid invites obviously from more players being less abled to even play remote raids on their own ultimately resulting in less invites for friends to join in the battles. Hopefully they’ll come to their senses and realize how detrimental this has been to the experience. Ninantic is a MULTI BILLION dollar company and it seems like a rather greedy change to the app assuming remote raid passes are one of their top sellers in the shop.

Two battle types

Sun Feb 27 2022 meliodasds

This game is one of my top favorites because it’s a realistic vision of the games but my only issues are the games battle the tap system it’s nice to have and it make it easier for everyone but what if you could pick (example, some people play in VR some in AR )have a battle system set up to be like the shows and the hand held games where you can choose to use the tape system or a skill system like the game but make it the hits more realistic like a fight in the show a few other points the coins system is flawed yet it made it a little harder for the people pay to play not much tho since they don’t have to use a Jim to get coin so not the coin limit is bad but it makes it that much harder for people who actually play the game , another thing is the team switch this took away from the team feature . Last ,hidden items like you could find in the games you could use lots of tools or sometimes even walk over Items and find them maybe have ultra rare items that your buddy can find or put them in place’s people don’t go like wooded areas I mean we can take pictures of are pokemon in AR why not find /a have a alert from your buddy that tells you to play with your buddy an when you turn on the camera there could be a Haunted building or a tower with some rare item or challenge inside I think that these ideas would be fun and there still a choice so people or like how the game is now can continue to enjoy it that way ,and the real fans have something to enjoy immersing them self’s in

I really love this game and I’m a 17 year old girl

Mon Dec 06 2021 Gwendolyn Eichler

I have always been a huge Pokémon nerd thank you for making this game it is fine and also it’s an exercising game as well y’all have made it into a real life Pokémon game like the old Pokémon games it makes me feel like I am one of the real Pokémon trainers so thank you again for all the effort you and your company have put into this game and the graphics and everything else even professor looks this just like he did in the old Pokémon show but the game could use some touches like in the old game there were the strategies of a 3 to 4 moves that could be replaced instead of just having one move and then one special move after you tap so many times and also the dodging like the old Pokémon games so I think that Pokémon go should have the dodging strategy as well instead of just fighting back-and-forth nonstop like the old Pokémon games did one trainer after the other makes their move I also think that is Pokémon go players shouldn’t have to be around other Pokémon go players just to add them as friends on our apps we should have an addition of Pokémon go players pop up on our phones or tablets to be able to I have more than just one trainer to battle with us again gyms and things like that and to send gifts to and also I think Pokémon go should have a place in the app to chat instead of Facebook Snapchat and Instagram and even Twitter but overall I think this app is a wonderful app it just needs some touches to it but thank you again for making this app

Trainer battles

Sun Nov 26 2023 Alastor_RadioDemon

I really love this game but with the glitches its hard to play. I battle a lot, but when i do i experience some annoying glitches. I will be in battle and click my attack and the Pokémon will just keep attacking and the game wont let me use my attack, i will hit the other player's Pokémon and they will have no hp left on the Pokémon but then the last Pokémon there on that faints it will do the animation of the Pokémon going away then it will come back and they use there attack but the Pokémon fainted and then comes back that glitch is very annoying. Other times when i will be playing the game will close out completly or randomly freeze and that isnt cool cause it takes a while to open again, and i know for a fact other players dont agree with this but the shop is a joke i get the upgrades being 200 coins but really 100 for a poffin i mean i get it, it gives extra hearts but really coins are hard to get and they are limmited to get per day i play this game on my switch and the pokeballs are not flipping 100 coins there 50 on my switch i think thats a scam you guys limmit the amount you get per day but then make everything in the shop so expensive not cool please lower the price or something or just let the Pokémon send more coins anything just make the shop FAIR. Overall fun game highly recomended becides the annoying glitches and the shop the game is still fun to play love the updates and shinys and the Pokémon recomend it to anyone but still the glitches need to be fixed still a good game though 😊

Good game, a few suggestions

Sun Sep 07 2025 Purple Hydra

I have really, really loved this game. It's a good combination of the real world and in game stuff-you have to walk around to get to Pokemon, poke stops, and so on. I really enjoy playing it. There aren't any ads either. But like the title, I've got a few suggestions. For one, I feel like some of the tasks in the research you have to do seem really hard-like catching 250 Pokemon in a day. Sometimes we just don't get that many Pokemon to pop up. So perhaps change that a little? Then there's the appraising of the Pokemon- I feel like in most other Pokemon games, you can train your Pokemon to be really good, but in the game, you catch a Pokemon and they can be 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 stars, four being perfect. But then you can't change it. I feel like this is especially frustrating when you've caught a raid Pokemon and then they're zero stars, or when you catch a legendary or a rare Pokemon that's just really weak. I'd propose that you add a training option to Pokemon go- I know there's a lot of trainers out there that have so very many Pokemon candies for some, so why not be able to use those for leveling up the attack, HP, and defense of your Pokemon? You could also add quests to be able to do that- kind of like Pokemon buddy evolving tasks. That's mostly it-so thank you so much if you read this. I know you may or may not take this suggestion, but I think it would be really fun and add a lot more to the game. Who knows what'll happen?

nice game but...

Wed Nov 22 2023 The Grand Gobah

definitely a good game but I have a few complaints. this first part is defending one of my fav pokemon so if you're not interested go to the paragraph below this next one so. I don't know who decided to do this but... they put pikachu in a mimikyu outfit... I think I joined around 2019 (on and off) and I don't really remember this. considering how mimikyu I think isn't even in the game and it's backstory... I feel mimikyu. this is exactly why I don't like pikachu much. uh fix this. please. hello. this is my second (or first if you skipped my rant) complaint. these are things pretty minor that I wanted to put in all one part. 1. the graphics. if they haven't updated the graphics yet then I would've made them more similar to the designs and animations like scarlet and violet's. I feel that it would match with the more realistic designs of the avatars and would look better in AR mode. or if you're not worried about the pokemon designs just yet then the avatars are also... I don't even know how to describe them. they look realistic but not realistic at the same time and they look like they're from the uncanny valley. again, if you're not into changing the pokemon designs to be more realistic, do vice-versa with the avatars. make them more cartoony or more like in the games/anime. 2. Not all pokemon are in the game. if you read through my first rant you know I'm not too happy about mimikyu not being here and don't worry, there's like a lot of pokemon not in the game. ~ad break~

Love it, but could use some SERIOUS work.

Fri Jun 21 2024 Shadedmoon Sunfang

So I have loved Pokémon my whole life and recently got the app. I love it, but problems became more and more apparent as time went on. A few things I would love to have added is the ability to up a Pokémon’s star rating. Be it through battling, spinning, time as a buddy, whatever, just as long as you don’t have to spend pokecoins. You can, but don’t have to is my idea. This leads into the scarcity of the currency. 50 coins, even if the Pokémon has been there A MONTH?! No. It should be way more. I’d say 10 coins a day. And also incubators. These need to have a permanent research task so you can get them, because they cost a ton and not everybody can buy coins and some live far away from gyms. Also, the ditto Pokémon. I have been trying for MONTHS to get it, but the pokemon will not show up. Could you make a way to lure ditto, or at least tell us what pokemon ditto is, or can it work like zorua? Also, the evolution problem. I have been working on getting a sun stone since you guys dropped Helioptile and a few other pokemon, but I can’t find sun stones ANYWHERE! Same goes for unova stones! If you could make these more common, that would be great! Also potions! And pinap berries! Now, one last thing before I go: the battle limit. It’s stupid you want us to only be able to battle about 20 rounds a day! We should be allowed to do whatever! So, thank you, and also please help on the star thing because I have a best buddy Gardevoir and she’s a one star pokemon. Thanks!

Better with each update

Wed Nov 17 2021 Bearaebeareabear

This game has come so far since 2016! It’s not nearly as buggy as it was in the past and there are so many new features that make the game awesome. Only thing I wish could be changed is that you have to be level 38 or higher to create poke stops and do some other AR related things. I’ve been playing my current character since September of 2019 and I play regularly, but I’m only at level 33 (as of November 2021, and I’ve been stuck on level 33 for months). I’ve been waiting to make poke stops in my area because there are none immediately near my house and none in my neighborhood. I can walk to another neighborhood and spin poke stops, but it’s quite far. I’ve been trying to reach level 38 so I can put one at the front of my neighborhood. I feel like level 35 would be a better cutoff for requesting poke stops, or even level 30, as it takes a committed player at least a good year or so to get there. Finally, there are some bugs with scanning poke stops for quests. I’ve found that it only goes through if I’m connected to a reliable source of WiFi. For example, it will give me an error if I try to scan a poke stop at a park because there is no WiFi available, and if I try to use the mall WiFi to scan a stop at the mall, it also gives me an error after so long of waiting because the WiFi isn’t great. I have been unable to save the scans to upload later either; it’s just been very buggy for me. Overall, great game, it’s bound to have some bugs of course, so just a few suggestions to the developers to work on. Updates come out all the time and they do a really good job making the game fun and engaging.