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Changelog

What's new on the website and the iOS and Android apps, newest first.

November 2026

  1. Bug fixes

    Android 1.7.3

October 2026

  1. Trainer icons, Rumble traits and Gimmighoul

    Android 1.7.1
    • Make the trainer icon your own: pick its skin tone, hair, cap and shirt in Edit profile.
    • Shinies from the Pokémon Rumble games take the game's Special Trait (Gutsy, Healthy, Fire Guard and the rest) instead of a nature.
    • Gimmighoul's Roaming Form can be logged from Pokémon GO, or in Scarlet and Violet as a HOME transfer.

  2. Colosseum, XD and Pokémon Rumble

    Android 1.7.0
    • Hunt shinies in Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD and Pokémon Rumble, with only the Pokémon that can really be shiny in each.
    • Rumble hunts take your player count, and Rumble's Weekend Edition and the Rumble Blast Shiny Mod are supported.
    • Log your Pokémon Rumble U password and figure shinies.
    • New accounts start private, with a choice in Settings to make new catches public.

  3. Pokémon GO in your collection

    Android 1.6.0
    • Log your Pokémon GO shinies, with how you got it, the event, CP, IVs, and whether it's Lucky, Shadow or Purified.
    • Collection cards can show the method, and for GO the event, CP and IVs.
    • One Log a shiny button: pick how you found it, from a past hunt, a random shiny, or one you already have.

  4. Where it was caught, and two Tap anywhere options

    Android 1.5.5
    • Record where a shiny was caught, from the Shiny Found pop-up or Edit catch.
    • With Tap anywhere on, a tap on the number can count instead of opening it for typing.
    • The hunt buttons can fold behind one Hunt options button, so a stray tap doesn't open another page.

  5. Tap anywhere to count

    Android 1.5.4
    • A new way to count, in Settings, Preferences: tap any empty part of the hunt screen to add an encounter, with a short vibration. A small minus button stays for an extra tap.
    • An option to vibrate when you count with the buttons.
    • Each multi-hunt window can run its own auto-count.
    • Settings are grouped into sections.

September 2026

  1. The sparkle logo

    Android 1.5.3
    • The new sparkle logo on the app icon and the menu button.

  2. A collection toolbar made for phones

    Android 1.5.2
    • The collection has an Add menu, a full-width search, and sort, filter and view menus that fit on a phone.

  3. Alpha hunts, and sprites from your game

    Android 1.5.0
    • Hunt an Alpha in Legends: Arceus and Legends: Z-A.
    • Sprites can match the game you're hunting in.
    • Starter Pokémon can be hunted in the wild in the games where they appear there.

  4. Shinies without a date

    Android 1.4.2
    • A past shiny can be logged without a date. It shows as Date unknown.

  5. Tidier notifications

    Android 1.4.1
    • Notifications are grouped by conversation and clear once you've read them.

  6. Your stats, and more on each shiny

    Android 1.4.0
    • Count history, and a Your stats page to see it on.
    • Write a bio on your profile, and show your ranch there.
    • Add a description to each shiny, log phases from before you joined, and mark a Brilliant Aura.
    • Search your collection, more Pokémon forms, Legends: Arceus Poké Balls, and the Shiny Charm on planned hunts.

  7. Region maps and the Ranch

    Android 1.2.0
    • Region maps on the Locations page.
    • The Ranch: your shinies wander a field.
    • Simple and detailed collection views, and a Support screen.

  8. Labels, favorites, photos, and a floating counter

    Android 1.1.0
    • Give each catch labels, a favorite star and a photo only you can see.
    • A floating counter that keeps counting over your game, even with the app closed.

  9. The Android app

    Android 1.0.0
    • ShinyPokes for Android, in testing on Google Play, with the same account as the website.