Pokémon HOME

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Last verified 30 Aug 2026

3.8 15675 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Great and useful but trading needs to be fixed

   I enjoy being able to get special pokemon for owning different games and for completing the games Pokédex but there’s a lot of people that put up pokemon with impossible trades like an alolan golem that can go to bdsp (which straight up can’t happen) ,or a blood moon ursaluna that can go to legends arceus, or in other instances where it’s a pokemon that they want but that Pokémon’s level is one it can’t be like a level 1-10 mewtwo, or they will ask for an oddly specific Pokemon like a es-la mudkip that’s level something (at the time of me writing this review I ran into several versions of this trade and when you look it up in the trade area it straight up doesn’t exist) or they will ask for the exact same Pokemon (which is just dumb why even put a Pokemon up for trade if you’re just going to ask for the same exact Pokemon). So if the Pokemon company sees this please fix this it is really annoying when you don’t have online play on the nintendo switch and this is the next best thing to help you complete game Pokédex’s and it is basically impossible to do so when so many people abuse this dumb thing that you put into your game. So please fix this i just want to get the Pokemon home locked shiny mythicals.

   Mr.Gerald T.Cow · 30 Aug 2026

2. 4/5Good, but needs improvements

   This is an amazing idea. The ability to check and trade my mons while not at home or carrying a system with me is awesome. However, there are a few issues that could be easily solved to make it even better. The GTS is already bogged down with people looking for mons that can not be traded in the app, mythical pokes are the currency of choice for most trainers. Since we can’t trade them, there are countless of people that are just sitting there making it time consuming to scroll through them all. There is a feature to make it so you don’t see these people, but then it takes out those searching for legendary too. If this option was split into mythical and legendary. That way we can just leave our mythical trades. Also, the wonder trade time delay is interesting. I haven’t figured out how long it takes, but it’s not nearly as exciting as the hand held games. It would be more exciting if you could put them in the wonder trade box and over time they trade one at a time. All ten (for premium players) at once, and then getting all common Pokémon, takes the excitement out of seeing what you’ll get next, at least for me. If I checked every so often and one or two have been traded, even if common mons were involved, would at least keep me coming to see what I got next. Also, there should be a way to connect with random people to trade the mythical Pokémon we do have. Maybe try to make it so if we see someone on the GTS trying to find these mons, we can send them a message, even a scripted one, to initiate a trade. Overall, this app has real promise, and if these small issues are fixed, I would give it a 5* for sure.

   Brad aka Sugartwinkle · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Great! But needs one or two features

   This game is great it has many features that I have always wanted for Pokémon sword and shield but it is lacking some, such as the feature on the GTS where there is a setting where it filters the Pokémon you are searching for four people asking for Pokémon that you have. This is an excellent feature and I am surprised it is not added in Pokémon HOME. Also it would be great if we had some sort of way to battle, maybe on the switch version it would be better than the mobile version but still nonetheless we need a way to battle, especially since on the news category it says battle as a category. Overall this is a great game but there is one more thing I would like to see in it. There should be more boxes in the basic plan of the version one box really isn’t going to help people who want to save money but like to play Pokémon, especially if they might be shiny hunters or they just need extra space in their boxes. Also, people should not be able to make a possible trades such as dittos with genders or legendary Pokémon with genders which there is no way that anybody can trade unless it is hacked. These trades generally annoy me because this is people just taunting others. I’d like to see your future that removes the capability of making any sort of impossible trade. I love this app how it can transfer Pokémon to and from games and I think once it gets updated more it will just keep getting better. :3

   DOGGOSSSSSS 🐶🐶🐶🐶 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5Great app but...

   I love this app but my only real complaint is that you should not be able to request mythical pokemon in the gts since you can’t trade them. It blocks out the people actually trying to make a reasonable trade. Every time you search a pokemon the only people who pop up are people looking for mythicals(eevee for meltan, caterpie for mew). Even if someone wanted to just help a person out and give away a Mew YOU CAN’T TRADE IT. Please just remove the ability to request it. Put a similar error message when it is requested as the one that comes up when you try to trade it(this pokemon is special and can’t be traded). In home I notice you can’t have the app open on your device and your switch at the same time. This can be inconvenient and I’m having trouble seeing the purpose of this. The app can also be laggy/clunky at times but that’s to be expected with it still being fairly new and having such a large player base but I do hope it changes. I notice there’s no gts feature that allows us to filter for shiny pokemon as what we’re looking for. This can help a lot of people Trade for a shiny living dex if they don’t have the game. Another issue is the ability for people to ask for impossible pokemon in the gts. Home can recognize that a level 10 dragapult is impossible and not allow you to trade it(good) but it can still allow you to ask for an impossible pokemon. This pollutes the gts and keeps us from finding the pokemon we want. We shouldn’t be able to put eternatus in the gts looking for a level 1-10 zacian since the lowest level zacian is a level 70. It ruins the trade system.

   Jr.Robertson · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Great, just a few issues

   I’ve loved Pokémon ever since I could remember, but I’ve never had a chance to play a game until I got Sword. I loved it so much, and when I found out there was an app that could allow me to essentially trade for free, I was amazed. I got this app, and it’s been going great. However, there are just a few issues. First of all, it would be best if in the GTS you could only allow possible trades. I’ve been searching for a Zamazenta for a little over five months now, and all everyone wants are impossible to get, such as a level 51-60 Zacian, or a level 1-10 Poipole. That last one really ticks me off, because for every single Pokémon out there, someone wants a level 1-10 Poipole. Second, the whole can-store-from-Let’s-Go-but-not-go-back thing doesn’t make sense. I’m not a computer coding wizard, so I’m maybe just ignorant, but it’s still confusing. Last, and probably the most unimportant problem, is the premium plan. Don’t get me wrong, $16 a year is absolutely fantastic, but it’s the differences from the basic plan that really irk me. Only three Pokémon in the Wonder Box at a time? At least 6 would make it a lot better in my opinion, but now I’m just rambling. Overall, this is an amazing app I would recommend to every trainer out there, but fixing these few issues would make it a lot better. Thank you!

   R3GULUS · 30 Aug 2026

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