10 Best Pokemon Mobile Games (October 2021)

Pokemon GO, Pokemon Masters EX and the Pokemon Trading Card Game lead our list of the 10 best Pokemon mobile games, from the series everyone loves as of October 2021...

The 10 Best Pokemon Mobile Games!

10. Pokemon Home

Available on: iOS + Android

Not a full game but a companion app for consoles, and meaning portable Pokemon games for mobile devices, Pokemon Home lets you bring your collection with you. Any Pokemon released for a core Pokemon game can be transferred to the app, and you can keep track of what you own and try to complete the National Pokedex.

9. Pokemon Playhouse

Aimed at younger players but still a big distraction for young players, Pokemon Playhouse is full of Pokemon-related activities. There are eight different attractions where you can interact with Pokemon, including grooming, reading stories and a music tool that uses Pokemon to sing musical notes.

You need to keep track of and take care of a Pokemon Egg you are given, and you do so by completing activities. Eventually the egg will hatch and reveal a new Pokemon for you to collect. There are more than fifty Pokemon you can befriend.

8. Pokemon Smile

• Publisher: The Pokemon Company
• Available on: iOS + Android
• Genre: Casual

Although it is odd to include it on this list, it is a great tool for encouraging healthy habits in children, and Pokemon Smile can certainly be used by adults too. In this AR game, you place the phone where the player can see it and brush while a Pokemon appears on screen to attack the bacteria showing on their teeth.

7. Pokemon Shuffle

• Publisher: Nintendo
• Available on: iOS + Android + 3DS
• Genre: Puzzle

In this unique puzzle game, you move Pokemon around the screen to make matches and build combos to lower the HP of the wild Pokemon you are facing. When their HP is low enough, you tap a Pokeball to throw it at them and catch them; the more combos you complete and the more moves you have left over during the match, the higher your chance of catching it.

Use the Pokemon you catch in additional puzzles to gain a basic advantage against the Pokemon you face. Each puzzle has no time limit, so it is fun and intuitive overall and provides a quite relaxing experience.

6. Pokemon Quest

• Publisher: The Pokemon Company
• Available on: Switch
• Genre: Casual, RPG

If you are browsing our list of mobile Pokemon games in search of an RPG, we believe this one is right for you! Pocket Monsters meet Cubism in the action RPG Pokemon Quest. As you set out on a treasure hunt with your cube-shaped friends, you will run into wild Pokemon who stand between you and these precious beauties.

Simple controls let you fight quickly through the level, and you can take a team of up to three Pokemon to help you clear each area. Once an area is cleared, you can rest your creatures, customize them, or cook treats made from ingredients found in your games to encourage new Pokemon to join you.

5. Pokemon Magikarp Jump

• Publisher: The Pokemon Company
• Available on: iOS + Android

If you have ever wondered what would happen if you took one of Pokemon's iconically weakest characters and gave them their own game, then Pokemon: Magikarp Jump may be your answer. Train your Magikarp to jump as high as possible, but if it loses a match, it retires.

Then you start the process over with another Magikarp, but with slightly better stats. It has roguelike features, shakes fish, and can sometimes be downright funny. Enter tournaments, take photos of your fish and make the biggest 'splash' in Pokemon: Magikarp Jump! It may sound like there are many more interesting mobile Pokemon games for Android and iOS, but give it a chance! Or should we say a jump?

4. Pokemon Cafe Mix

• Publisher: The Pokemon Company
• Available on: iOS + Android
• Genre: Puzzle

In Pokemon Cafe Mix, fill orders while serving delicious treats to Pokemon customers. Your staff can use special "Cafe Skills" to help you solve the puzzles on screen, and as your menu grows you get additional recipes and ingredients.

The game juggles the extra complexities you will serve up as you dive deeper into it, as well as getting new Pokemon to help you on your staff. All the tasty-looking items are Pokemon-themed, so it is a pleasure to prepare them and serve them to see what other kinds of mixes you can create. Especially if you are a sims fan, it is definitely one of the most interesting Pokemon games for mobile devices!

3. Pokemon Masters EX

• Publisher: DeNA Co.,Ltd.
• Available on: iOS + Android
• Genre: RPG, Strategy

In Pokemon Masters EX, you team up with other trainers to compete in 3v3 battles with all your Pokemon at once. The trainers you team up with are famous trainers from past games in the series, and you can also play cooperatively with friends in multiplayer mode or enjoy PvP.

What Pokemon Masters EX introduced is the ability for trainers to use their own moves and items in battle, something that will definitely help when you send out your Pokemon. There is a full story to play through and many special events with limited-time characters. It is one of those mobile Pokemon games that entertains you every time you load it.

2. Pokemon Trading Card Game

• Publisher: Nintendo
• Available on: iOS + 3DS
• Genre: Card battler

If you want to catch some of the newest cards in the card game without breaking the bank, the Pokemon TCG Online app may be a good choice for you. This free-to-play app is only available for tablets, but it offers the same dynamic gameplay as the card game without the setup hassle. Through the game, you can earn cards as a login bonus, or buy packs at a real retail store that come with a code to add those cards to your account digitally.

The game also has a unique trading system where you can trade extra cards for the card you are looking for, but there are no guarantees there. There are no ads anywhere in the app, which makes it a great way to learn the game before sitting down to play the paper version! Test it yourself and you will see why it is among the best mobile Pokemon games.

1. Pokemon GO

• Developer: Niantic
• Publisher: The Pokemon Company
• Available on: iOS + Android
• Genre: Action

This innovative Augmented Reality game was a huge success when it was first released in 2016. Even those who only vaguely remembered Pokemon flocked to historic sites to earn some free Pokeballs and went to shopping malls and other iconic spots to take part in fierce Gym battles.

With recent fixes to the app to allow playability from home or nearby, and the addition of trading and gifting with friends, there could not be a better time to catch Pokemon. It may still be one of the best Pokemon games for mobile devices.