Make every catch count.

START HERE

Your first five minutes

1. Sign in with your email link, then create or choose a trainer profile.
2. Open Collection and select a card’s checkmark to mark that Pokémon caught.
3. Select a tag bubble such as Shiny, then use card checkmarks to assign that tag.
4. Select the main area of a Pokémon card to open its Evolution Journey or acquisition guide.
5. Use the download button or Manage account & data to export a CSV backup.

Important: DexJourney is a manual collection companion. It never asks for or connects to a Pokémon GO, Google, Facebook, Apple, Niantic, Scopely, or Pokémon Trainer Club password.

YOUR ACCOUNT

Profiles and syncing

Your email sign-in opens a DexJourney account. Each trainer profile keeps a separate Pokédex, so one account can track your collection and collections belonging to family members or alternate accounts.

AT A GLANCE

Overview dashboard

Overview summarizes the active trainer. Completion is calculated against Pokémon marked as released in Pokémon GO, so unreleased species do not lower the percentage.

• Progress cards show caught, Shiny, Perfect IV, and Lucky progress using the correct eligible denominator for each category.
• Recently collected uses the order in which Pokémon were marked caught.
• Collection goals provide simple milestones for caught, Shiny, and Perfect Pokémon.
• Discovery Radar previews released Pokémon still missing from the active profile.
• The moon/sun control switches the dashboard between dark and light themes.

THE MAIN CHECKLIST

Collection checklist

Collection contains the complete National Pokédex across Generations 1–9. Use the controls together to narrow the grid.

Example: Choose Caught, Generation 1, and search water to see caught Kanto Water types.

ORGANIZE THE COLLECTION

Tags and bulk tagging

DexJourney’s built-in species tags are separate checklists. A Pokémon can hold any combination of them.

Tag one Pokémon

1. Select a bubble under Edit Tag. A banner confirms which tag is active.
2. Select the checkmark on any Pokémon card to add or remove that tag.
3. Adding a special tag also marks that Pokémon caught. Removing a tag leaves it caught.
4. Select Done tagging or select the active bubble again to exit tag mode.

Bulk tagging by generation

1. Select the tag you want to edit.
2. Choose Add tag or Remove tag in Bulk Checklist.
3. Select a generation. Add skips unreleased Pokémon; Remove only clears that tag and keeps Pokémon caught.
4. Use the temporary Undo action if you selected the wrong generation.

Marking caught in bulk: Exit tag mode, then choose a generation in Bulk Checklist. Every released species in that generation is marked caught.

ACCURATE COMPLETION

Category eligibility

Special-category completion is calculated only against species that can register that category in Pokémon GO. A Shiny total uses released Shinies, Shadow and Purified use historically released Shadow species, and Mega and G-Max use their released species catalogs. Perfect, XXL, and XXS use all released species.

• Each tag bubble shows registered / eligible, so the denominator changes by category.
• In tag mode, ineligible cards remain visible for context but cannot receive the selected tag.
• Bulk add changes only released, eligible species. Bulk remove can clean up an older tag that is no longer considered eligible.
• A Legacy tag label means the value came from an earlier checklist or import. It is excluded from completion but remains removable.
• Eligibility is species-level: if at least one form has historically supported the category, the National Pokédex species can qualify.

Lucky note: Lucky eligibility depends on whether the individual Pokémon can be traded. DexJourney applies species-level trade restrictions, but a specific Shadow or otherwise trade-blocked individual still cannot become Lucky.

FORM & VARIANT DEX

Regional forms, patterns, and custom variants

Open Forms & Variants in the sidebar to track entries that should not be combined into one species checkmark. The curated catalog includes regional forms and major form families such as Unown letters, Vivillon patterns, Spinda patterns, Rotom appliances, Furfrou trims, Deoxys Formes, and Necrozma fusions.

Form-level artwork currently uses the species sprite as a visual anchor. The form name, family, release label, and saved state identify the exact checklist entry. Form attribute checkboxes are manual records: they do not affect species-category completion, and exact Shiny, Shadow, or trade availability can vary by form and event.

SEARCH LIKE POKÉMON GO

Search operators and terms

Search is not case-sensitive. Terms can be combined into precise queries.

How operators work

• & means AND: shiny&lucky must match both.
• |, comma, colon, and semicolon mean OR: shiny|lucky can match either.
• ! excludes a term: caught&!shiny finds caught Pokémon without a Shiny tag.
• + searches an evolution family: +pikachu includes Pokémon related to Pikachu.
• @ searches moves and move types. <type finds Pokémon strong against that defending type; >type finds Pokémon whose types are strong against it.

Imported fields: IVs, CP, HP, nickname, buddy level, custom tags, age, year, distance, sources, gender, costume, and background become searchable when those values are included in a CSV or JSON import. Export a CSV to get the complete column template.

THREE CONTROLS PER ENTRY

Understanding Pokémon cards

Clearing a Pokémon’s caught checkmark also clears its built-in special tags. If you only want to remove one tag, enter that tag’s mode or use Edit.

PLAN THE NEXT FORM

Evolution Journey and how to obtain

Select a Pokémon card’s main area to open its family and evolution branches. Each route lists the requirements mapped for Pokémon GO, including candy, items, lures, gender, time, buddy tasks, walking, trades, and quests.

• Select an individual requirement chip to mark it complete manually.
• When every requirement on one route is checked, the route shows Ready to evolve.
• Progress is saved with the active trainer profile.
• If no evolution route exists, the drawer shows an acquisition guide. Smeargle, for example, explains the GO Snapshot method.
• Availability can rotate with events and regions, so check linked official sources when a guide recommends it.

FIND THE GAPS

Missing Pokémon and Insights

Unreleased Pokémon remain visible in Collection when requested, but they are excluded from missing totals and completion percentages.

BRING DATA IN OR TAKE IT WITH YOU

Import and export

Export a CSV

Select the download icon in the top bar or open Manage account & data → Export a CSV backup. The file contains the active trainer’s species states, tags, form and variant records, imported inventory fields, release overrides, and evolution progress.

Import CSV or JSON

1. Select Import collection and choose a `.csv` or `.json` file.
2. Choose Merge to update matching species while keeping everything else.
3. Choose Replace only when the file should become the entire profile; species absent from it become missing.
4. Review the dashboard after import, then export a fresh backup.

Recommended: Export before any large import, bulk change, profile deletion, or account deletion. DexJourney exports CSV—not JSON—so the backup is easy to open in spreadsheet software.

UNDO BEYOND THE TOAST

Version history and recovery

Open Manage account & data → Version history to review up to 20 earlier snapshots for the active trainer. DexJourney creates a restore point before each saved change, including imports, bulk updates, variant edits, and profile resets.

1. Wait for the sidebar to say that cloud changes are saved.
2. Open Version history and choose a dated restore point.
3. Confirm Restore. DexJourney saves the version you have now before loading the older one, so you can reverse the restore too.

Storage matters: Signed-in history is kept with the cloud trainer. Local-mode history stays only in that browser. Deleting a profile/account or clearing browser site data also removes its corresponding restore points, so CSV remains the portable backup.

RELEASE CATALOG

Release status

Each card is labeled Released or Unreleased using DexJourney’s bundled Pokémon GO catalog. Release status affects completion totals, Missing Pokémon, and bulk-add behavior.

• Use the Availability dropdown to review released or unreleased species.
• If the catalog is temporarily wrong, choose Edit → Released in GO to create a manual override for that profile.
• Game availability changes with new releases and events; the review date shown above the collection explains the age of the bundled snapshot.

KEEP THE JOURNEY SAFE

Account safety and troubleshooting

• DexJourney sign-in emails only open your checklist account. Never enter a Pokémon GO or other game-platform password.
• If a save is interrupted, check the sync message in the sidebar. Reconnect before making more changes.
• If two devices edit the same profile simultaneously, load the current cloud version and reapply any change that did not save.
• Use separate trainer profiles instead of repeatedly replacing one profile’s data.
• Use Version history to recover an earlier save; keep CSV exports for long-term or off-site backups.
• Keep occasional CSV backups, especially before destructive account actions.