Changelog
What's new on the website and the iOS and Android apps, newest first.
October 2026
Where it was caught, and two Tap anywhere options
iOS 1.1.5- 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.
Where it was caught
Website- Catches can record where they were caught. Pick an area from the game you hunted in, with the areas where that Pokémon is found listed first, or type the place yourself.
- It's in the Shiny Found pop-up and in Edit catch, and a route hunt fills in its own area.
- Collection cards can show it. Choose Where it was caught in the card fields.
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.
Feedback says where it happened
Website- Bug reports and ideas can say whether they're about the website, the iOS app or the Android app.
An auto-count for each multi-hunt window
Website- Each multi-hunt window can run its own auto-count, typed in or calibrated from your taps. It only counts while that window's timer runs.
- Settings are grouped into sections inside each tab.
Tap anywhere to count
iOS 1.1.4- 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.
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
A new logo, and replies you won't miss
Website- The Poké Ball logo is now a sparkle, on the website and both apps.
- When the team replies to you, a notice shows in the corner of the website, and the bell counts it.
- The privacy policy and terms now cover the iOS and Android apps.
- Photos you upload have hidden details, like location, removed.
The sparkle logo
Android 1.5.3- The new sparkle logo on the app icon and the menu button.
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.
A collection toolbar made for phones
iOS 1.1.3- The collection has an Add menu, a full-width search, and sort, filter and view menus that fit on a phone.
Alpha hunts
iOS 1.1.2- Hunt an Alpha in Legends: Arceus and Legends: Z-A.
- Starter Pokémon can be hunted in the wild in the games where they appear there.
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.
Alpha hunts
Website- Hunt an Alpha in Legends: Arceus and Legends: Z-A. A shiny that isn't the Alpha is saved as a phase, and the hunt carries on.
- Starter Pokémon can be hunted in the wild in the three games where they appear there.
Sprites from your game
iOS 1.1.1- Sprites can match the game you're hunting in.
Your stats, and more on each shiny
iOS 1.1.0- 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, and log a past shiny without a date.
ShinyPokes is on the App Store
iOS 1.0.0- The iOS app: hunts, multi-hunt, your collection, the Shiny Dex, chat, events and the ranch, with the same account as the website.
Shinies without a date
Website- A past shiny can be logged without a date. It shows as Date unknown.
Shinies without a date
Android 1.4.2- A past shiny can be logged without a date. It shows as Date unknown.
Things hunters asked for
Website- Mark the Shiny Charm on a planned hunt.
- More Pokémon forms to choose from, and a two-word search like Alolan Vulpix finds the form.
- Legends: Arceus Poké Balls.
- Write a bio on your profile, and add a short description to each shiny.
- Search your collection by name or nickname.
Tidier notifications
Android 1.4.1- Notifications are grouped by conversation and clear once you've read them.
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.
Brilliant Auras, older phases, and a ranch on your profile
Website- The Living Dex counts each shiny in the form it's in now.
- Mark a Sword and Shield shiny as a Brilliant Aura find.
- Add phases from before you joined when you log a past hunt or import one.
- Show your ranch on your profile. Turn it on in Settings, Sharing.
A stream overlay
Website- A stream overlay that shows your hunt to the people watching.
- New titles the team can give for ideas and feedback.
Count history
Website- See how your counting went, day by day and hour by hour, on a new Your stats page.
Labels, favorites and photos
Website- Give each catch labels, a favorite star and a photo only you can see.
- Sort the collection by label, and choose which lines show on collection cards.
- A Support page that anyone can open.
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.
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.
The Android app
Android 1.0.0- ShinyPokes for Android, in testing on Google Play, with the same account as the website.
Report and block
Website- Report or block another hunter from their chat messages or profile. Blocked hunters are listed in Settings, Sharing.
A tour of the site
Website- New accounts get a short tour pointing out each part of the site. Replay it any time from the profile menu.
- Pressing Shiny found pauses the timer and auto-count while you fill in the catch.
Standard and Retro fonts
Website- Choose between a standard font and a retro pixel one in Settings.
The Ranch and hunter levels
Website- The Ranch: your shinies wander a field, with walking sprites from the PMD Sprite Collab.
- Hunter levels: earn XP from encounters and shinies, unlock avatar borders and titles, and climb the Level board.
- Hide my name now covers the feed and the leaderboards too.
A new look
Website- A new look across the site, with pixel numbers and icons.
- Regional forms show their own types and sprites.
- Public pages show gender and marks.
- Showing a catch on your public collection and in the global feed are separate choices.
- Change a catch to or from a random shiny in Edit catch.
Your own time zone
Website- Dates and daily activity follow your own time zone, with nothing to set up.
August 2026
The Bank Run
Website- The Bank Run, a community event where you fill a card of shinies to find.
- The Events page has Current, Past and Polls tabs.
- Catches can record a gender, where the Pokémon has one, and marks, in the games that have them.
Themes
Website- Seven color themes to choose from in the top bar.
- Pause is now called Put on hold.
Route hunts
Website- Route hunts: hunt a place instead of one Pokémon, and save whichever shiny turns up. You can still name the one you're after.
- Starting a hunt has its own page.
- Name your hunts and write notes about them.
- Gen 2 shiny breeding and Odd Egg odds.
Import hunts, and stay off Live Hunts
Website- Import hunts you were tracking somewhere else.
- Keep your hunts off Live Hunts, or start a hunt as private.
Maps for every region
Website- Region maps for every region, from Kanto to Paldea and Lumiose City, plus the Grand Underground.
- Item locations for every game.
- Show sprites from the game you're hunting in.
- Turn off the glow on the encounter counter.
Locations, with region maps
Website- The Locations page has interactive region maps showing where Pokémon and items are in each game.
- Encounter data for many more games, up to the newest.
- Legends: Z-A odds account for Sparkling Power.
- A Credits page for where the site's data comes from, and Terms of Service.
A Gen 1 shiny checker, and leaderboard filters
Website- A Gen 1 shiny checker that works out from its stats whether a Pokémon is shiny.
- Filter the leaderboards by generation, game and Pokémon.
- Feedback is split into ideas and bug reports.
Poké Balls
Website- Record the Poké Ball each shiny was caught in.
Email sign-in, imports and planned hunts
Website- Sign in with a one-time link sent to your email.
- Import your past shinies in bulk from other apps.
- A Planned Hunts page for the hunts you want to do next.
- Choose form variants for Unown, Burmy, Pumpkaboo and Lycanroc.
- A warning when you start a wild hunt for a starter that can't be found in the wild.
- Polls on community events.
Hunts on hold, and community events
Website- Put a hunt on hold and come back to it later.
- A Community Events page.
- A Sandwich Boost option for Scarlet and Violet hunts.
- Pokémon forms show up in search.
- When an idea you sent in is added, you get a message saying so.
Dynamax Adventures
Website- The Dynamax Adventures method for Sword and Shield.
July 2026
Public hunter pages
Website- Share your profile and collection on a public hunter page, if you turn it on.
Evolution history
Website- The Shiny Dex remembers what a shiny was before it evolved, with a switch between the Shiny Dex and the Living Dex.
June 2026
Mentions, and Safari Week
Website- @-mention other hunters in chat.
- Edit a hunt while it's running.
- Share a find to the #flex chat channel.
- Safari Week, the first community event.
A redesign
Website- A redesigned home page, hunt page and collection.
- Streaks and a weekly activity chart.
- Resume a particular hunt from the home page.
- An odds bar on the hunt page.
May 2026
Privacy
Website- A privacy policy, and a way to download all of your data.
Natures
Website- Record a nature on every catch.
- Evolution chains know about regional forms.
- Crop your profile picture.
Sharing, and a home page
Website- A new landing page with live numbers from the community.
- Share pages and share images for your catches and your profile.
- A home page with your hunts and recent activity.
- Sort and filter your collection.
- Pick a date range on Community stats.
April 2026
Chain odds
Website- Odds that account for your chain, for the methods that chain.
Past hunts and random shinies
Website- Log a past hunt or a random shiny to your collection.
- Edit a catch's nickname, method and date, and whether it shows in the feed.
- Mark the Shiny Charm on a catch.
- Message the team privately from the site.
- The Locations page is open to everyone.
Auto-count
Website- Auto-count: set an interval, or let it learn your pace from a few taps.
- Turn the sprite glow on or off.
Profile pictures and chat channels
Website- Upload your own profile picture.
- Chat channels.
- A warning when a Pokémon or method isn't available in the game you picked.
- Locations shows version exclusives.
- Catches show the date they were found.
March 2026
The Shiny Dex
Website- The Shiny Dex.
- Multi-hunt with four windows for everyone.
- Timers can pause themselves when you stop counting.
- A profile you can edit, with a banner Pokémon and a favorite game.
- Delete your account from Settings.
Multi-hunt
Website- Multi-hunt: hunt several Pokémon at once, each with its own counter, timer, and Shiny Found and Phase buttons.
- A timer between encounters.
- Community stats.
- Sign in with Google.
- Add the site to your phone's home screen.
Phases, chat and profiles
Website- Phase hunting.
- Set how much each tap adds or takes away, for each hunt.
- A Locations page for where to find a Pokémon in each game.
- Chat and profiles.
- Animated sprites, with a setting to turn them off.
Editing and Live Hunts
Website- Edit the shinies in your collection.
- The Shiny Charm counts in your odds.
- Display names.
- Live Hunts, to see who's hunting right now.
February 2026
ShinyPokes goes live
Website- Start a hunt, count your encounters, time it, see your odds, and keep every shiny you find in your collection.