I am great full for pokemon home as it lets me transfer between games and lets me work on the living dex. The game is very much a pay to play game. The free version IS slowed down intentionally. The one box is all you need to transfer unless you desire the storage. You only get one transfer and that’s it. Then it locks it to that game for ever. No free transfers from game to game. The cool down from go to home is ridiculously slow. So much so that i canceled the subscription because it force encourages extended play. Not worth it. This is def a pay to play app. Only hard core fans use it. Others dont care abt it at all. At first i thought the servers were slow because i was using the free version but i do recall it being faster in the past. Home is fun but has not changed much if at all since i used it last a few yrs ago. Same or similar bugs that have not been fixed yet. Is it me or are the cool down rates for pokemon longer now? Shinies use to be less than 15 hrs now its almost 24 hrs. Yea that makes me want to pay for this. Pay to play app. No need to pay just use the one free box and become familiar with your desired game dex. Please be aware if you transfer from go to home it is one way no going back. This is missleading to newbs that do not read fine print.

The app itself is fine. The storage and transfer systems are useful and easy to use. The extra trading options on the mobile version are cool also. Would of given 5 stars if the plan for premium was cheaper, though. Although, the main reason I type this is because of all the reviews that are complaining about there being no Scarlet and Violet connectivity and not being able to transfer Pokémon to Pokémon Go. First of all, I do agree with the fact that Scarlet and Violet connectivity should of been added earlier. But what some others need to know is that The Pokémon Company have said that Scarlet and Violet connectivity are coming in Spring 2023. Another thing some people reading this may need to know is that you CAN’T transfer Pokémon TO Pokémon Go from other games. When Pokémon home was announced, it was confirmed to only let you transfer from Go to Home. Pokémon Go also says that once you transfer a Pokémon to Home, you can’t bring it back. I type this because of all the reviews I see complaining on why their not able to bring a Pokémon from, as an example, Pokémon Shield into Pokémon Go and use it there.

Overall it is a great app but I dislike the fact that you can't add pokemon back into Pokemon Go because if somebody were to accidentally tap one of their favorite pokemon without noticing into the app then they can't get it back which can cause frustration and make that person dislike the app and cause them to uninstall it because they could've put a lot of time and effort into trying to evolve that pokemon and build a bond with it and to end up losing because of a mistake. Now you could just let Pokemon that came from Pokemon Go back into Pokemon Go and that would fix the problem but seeing as that might not happen I guess you'll just lose another person who could've helped with the support of the app. Now honestly speaking I may have done that exact thing without realizing that my pokemon would permanently stay in there because I didn't know I couldn't get my pokemon back. This has affected me because I spent a long time trying to evolve and level up the pokemon I had accidentally put in there and now I can't get it back. Not gonna lie Niantic is probably not going to read this but I just want them to know that implementing a system that allows you to transfer your pokemon from Pokemon Go back into it would be nice for a lot of people and one more thing is that this app was a great idea but that little detail to transfer back would've made me and maybe a few other people happy.