Comparison

A1 Panic Button vs Loud Pocket Horns

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

A1 Panic Button

This app provides four distinct alarm sounds for humorous or playful scenarios. It's designed for entertainment purposes, allowing users to simulate emergency situations for fun. Users are advised to use caution with volume levels.

Highlights
  • Four panic alarm sounds
  • Novelty entertainment
  • Playful simulation
  • Loud audio alerts
Features
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- Don't Panic, just reach for your iphone! Four awesome Panic alarm sounds! Wanna pretend your base is under attack? Hit the Panic Button! Want to pretend you just started the self-destruct sequence? Hit the panic button! Get it now!! >>> Disclaimer <<< This App is intended as a novelty item! This is just for good old fun, not to be a jerk! When you first try the app please do so with the volume down halfway as it is very loud. BrennanMoyMedia assumes no liability if you damage your ears, or blow your headphones, or Iphone speaker.. So be careful. Do not hold speaker to close to ears or play it too loud through your hedphones.. Don't be an idiot.

About

Loud Pocket Horns

Transform your phone into a portable air horn with a variety of loud sound effects. Choose from horns, sirens, and even fart sounds for pranks or just to make noise. Enjoy a collection of sound effects with animations and control options like looping and locking sounds.

Highlights
  • Loud Air Horn
  • Tug Boat Horn
  • Police Siren
  • Fire Engine Horn and Siren
  • Stadium Horn
  • Fart sounds
  • Sound looping and locking
Features
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Turn your device into a loud portable air horn that fits right into your pocket. Simply choose your board then have fun blasting your free Loud Pocket Air Horn. Use this application as a stadium horn, loud noise maker, to scare your friends, annoy your parents or just to make some loud noise. Enjoy these free loud horns and sirens! Tap a big red button that plays fart sounds for pranks or just for fun. Features - Loud Air Horn - Loud Tug Boat Horn you have to hear to believe - Police Siren - Fire Engine Horn and Siren - Air Raid - Stadium Horn - Annoying loud sounds - Fart sounds Choose from a large collection of loud sound effects including sirens, alarms, horns, police and fire rescue sounds, fart sounds and an ever growing library. Some boards play one sound, some play random sounds. You can lock the current sound by tapping the lock button. You can also toggle repeating sounds with the loop button. Tap the stop button on the top right to stop all sounds. Features: loud sound effects with cool animations Warning: Prolonged use of this app can damage hearing, your speakers or your social life, use at your own risk!

Screenshots

A1 Panic Button4 screens
Loud Pocket Horns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Loud Pocket Horns at 4.2 against A1 Panic Button's 3.6. Loud Pocket Horns also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (116 vs 12). A1 Panic Button's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loud Pocket Horns holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loud Pocket Horns has 116 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of A1 Panic Button's written reviews are positive against 53% of Loud Pocket Horns's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A1 Panic Button ships an update every 4 months, Loud Pocket Horns every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
A1 Panic Button versus Loud Pocket Horns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA1 Panic ButtonLoud Pocket Horns
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (12 ratings)4.2 (116 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews — better53.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB76 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThe Ritz Acme Ltd Liability CompanyMagi Ent

Customer experience

A1 Panic Button

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative34.9%

Loud Pocket Horns

All ratings116 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral10.3%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive53.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative43.9%

Bugs and requests

A1 Panic Button

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Loud Pocket Horns

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • No sound
  • App not working
  • Ads start playing immediately
  • Buttons keep sticking
  • Train horn gets stuck
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  • Intruder alert remains on constantly
  • Doesn't work on iOS 6

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to pay to remove ads
  • Ability to record own sounds
  • Fix sticking buttons
  • Improve sound volume

In-app purchases

None

A1 Panic Button

No in-app purchases

None

Loud Pocket Horns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A1 Panic Button free?
A1 Panic Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loud Pocket Horns free?
Loud Pocket Horns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, A1 Panic Button or Loud Pocket Horns?
Loud Pocket Horns is rated higher. A1 Panic Button averages 3.6 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Loud Pocket Horns averages 4.2 from 116 ratings.
Do A1 Panic Button or Loud Pocket Horns have ads?
Both A1 Panic Button and Loud Pocket Horns show ads.
Which is updated more often, A1 Panic Button or Loud Pocket Horns?
A1 Panic Button ships an update every 4 months, and Loud Pocket Horns every 6 months. Most recently, A1 Panic Button was updated on October 20, 2026 and Loud Pocket Horns on October 21, 2026.

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