The Pokémon Company International announced during the 2024 Pokémon World Championships that the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket app will launch for iOS and Android devices on October 30. The company unveiled a trailer:
The app allows users to receive and open two digital booster packs for the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) every day, absolutely free. Users can then collect digital cards based on real-life ones and new cards that are exclusive to the app. “Immersive cards” feature special illustrated looks at the world within the art. There are also card battles that feature streamlined rules.
This app is being created in collaboration with The Pokémon Company, Creatures Inc. (the creator of the TCG), and DeNA.
Pokémon Trading Card Live, the new free-to-play online app for iOS, Android, PC, and Mac, officially launched (outside of beta) in June 2023. In the app, players can add new cards by scanning code cards, purchasing in-game booster packs, and completing in daily quests. They can then build decks and play against others around the world. Players can also customize avatars and accessories.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game Online app launched in 2011 on web browsers, in 2012 for PC and Mac, in 2014 on iOS devices, and in 2016 on Android devices. Players can load all of their card collection and progress using the app. The app and online game are free to play. Features of TCG Online include both player-versus-computer and player-versus-player online battles, deck building, card trading, avatar customization, a Pokémon TCG tutorial, and more. The app ended service in June 2023.
The Pokémon TCG launched in Japan in 1996 and in the West in 1998. The Pokémon Company International became the publisher and distributor of the TCG in 2003.