I always say Pokémon was the better game franchise and digimon was the better show.

Maybe Pokémon has gotten better but the show almost always sucked ass.

Digimon was a lot more coherent and had some internal logic. Digimon design def was more out there and tapped into a lot more of the weirdness of Japanese design and mythology a bit more than Pokémon. Although Pokémon has some great designs too.