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Island trials are in general more fun, to me at least. After you've done one gym you've kinda done them all.
Tbh I wish they'd been a bit more complex (looking at you fire trial) but its a nice change from just fighting trainers.
Way prefer badges though, I kinda forgot you get stamps after...