First off, I am the developer of a Pokédex app for the iPhone and iPad. If you want to take a peek at it, you can check out http://www.appsbydan.com/pokedex. It has gotten good reviews and modest downloads.
But that app is not really the reason for this thread.
The Idea
I've been toying with the idea of really expanding the usefulness of such an app beyond just looking up stats and moves. What if it was an entire suite of Poké-tools aimed toward the competitive battler?
The Features
The Issues
I am personally interested in developing an app like this, and I think the best outcome would come from working directly with the Smogon community (Official Smogon App perhaps?).
And because it's been brought up in other threads, the remark: "But I can browse Smogon.com fine on my iPhone/iPod..."
No arguments there. However, here are the advantages:
As a closing question, do you think it would be worth it to make an app solely for Apple devices (albeit an extremely awesome app)?
But that app is not really the reason for this thread.
The Idea
I've been toying with the idea of really expanding the usefulness of such an app beyond just looking up stats and moves. What if it was an entire suite of Poké-tools aimed toward the competitive battler?
The Features
- Full "Pokédex" like the one above
- IV calculator
- Pokémon comparison
- Access to Smogon analyses
- Moveset type coverage
- Team weakness analysis
- Versions of X-Act's EV/IV/BST applets
- Whatever crazy RNG calculator you guys have made
- EDIT: Damage calculator
The Issues
I am personally interested in developing an app like this, and I think the best outcome would come from working directly with the Smogon community (Official Smogon App perhaps?).
And because it's been brought up in other threads, the remark: "But I can browse Smogon.com fine on my iPhone/iPod..."
No arguments there. However, here are the advantages:
- Would work almost completely offline (analyses, etc. could be downloaded once and cached on the device)
- Would provide everything in one coherent package
- Wouldn't need Java (you can't access X-Act's applets on iPhone)
As a closing question, do you think it would be worth it to make an app solely for Apple devices (albeit an extremely awesome app)?