Despite some promising action from Niantic in implementing a brand new tracking system into Pokemon GO [Free], this additional feature has yet to roll out to everyone playing the augmented reality creature catching simulator. The new 'Sightings' tab is somewhat effective, but compared to the glory days of Pokevision where the exact coordinates of Pokemon locations were plotted, it's still a bit of a scramble to locate the specific critter you're looking for. Thankfully for anyone lamenting the termination of this tracker, a few new options have popped up on the App Store in the past week which, while not as brilliantly consistent as Pokevision, do help somewhat in finding the rarer Pokemon in your local area.

The most reliable option I've tried in the past few days is GoRadar [Free]. It uses the same principles as other trackers, in that it plots a Pokemon on the map through a color-coded silhouette matching its primary type. You can also click on an icon to know the time whereby the Pokemon will despawn and disappear into the Pokemon-ether. There are also options to view Pokestops, Gyms, only show favourite Pokemon or hide common variants, and also customise how distance and time is shown (for example, you can change the time a Pokemon will despawn into a Pokevision-style timer). While I did have a few issues with locating some Pokemon that were on the nearby section of the actual app - that Poliwrath refused to be found, both on GoRadar and actually within Pokemon GO - i...