Comparison

PANIC vs Axis

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

Head to head
About

PANIC

Engage in augmented reality combat against monsters that appear in your real world. Explore a city under siege, upgrade your weapons and gear, and rescue your pets. Experience a narrative that adapts to your performance.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality combat
  • Wave-based monster encounters
  • 30 surreal Incidents
  • Gun and gear upgrades
  • Mutated pet upgrades
  • Adaptive narration
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PANIC is a wave-based AR shooter set in Neo Jadu, a city collapsing under the effects of the Bloom—a mysterious energy that’s warping plants and creating monsters. Aliens are here to harvest it. A megacorp is trying to weaponize it. And you? You’re just trying to get your frog back. • Augmented Reality combat — enemies spawn in your real world • 30 surreal Incidents across 4 districts, from Frog Food Factories to Sunken Ruins full of cactus monsters • Upgrade your guns, gear, health, and mutated pets • Narration that tracks your wins and your humiliation • Face Bloom-twisted zombies, drones, orchids, beasts—and things with way too many teeth • Rescue Squish. Follow Void. Find Spitfire. Don’t get converted into an intern.

About

Axis

Features
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Axis turns movement into play. Use your iPhone front camera as the controller and run through an arcade rooftop course by moving your body. Dodge left and right, jump over hazards, duck under barriers, and chase better runs without extra sensors or gym equipment. Axis is built for quick, active sessions when you want a game that gets you moving. What you can do: - Play a body-controlled arcade runner - Move left, right, jump, and duck with the front camera - Run through fast rooftop routes - Track aggregate run stats including score, coins, duration, and movement counts - Restore subscription access through Apple purchases Privacy is part of the launch design. Camera frames stay on your device and are not uploaded to Axis. The app stores only aggregate run summaries, basic app events, profile data, and subscription entitlement state needed for stats, recovery, and launch diagnostics. Axis Pro unlocks the full body-controlled runner experience with stats and restore support. Move your body. Beat your run. Keep your camera data on device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PANIC4 screens
Axis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Axis at none against PANIC's 7. PANIC's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PANIC sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Axis asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PANIC ships an update every 2 days, Axis weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PANIC versus Axis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPANICAxis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (364 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings364 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size575 MB132 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJadu AR, Inc.Young Jiet Goh

Bugs and requests

PANIC

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes during tutorial
  • Progression issues

Requested features

2 requests
  • Optimization for older devices
  • Expanded content and levels

Axis

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

PANIC

One-time7
  • Gift Pack $.99$0.99
  • Gift Pack $2.99$2.99
  • Gift Pack $4.99$4.99
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  • Gift Pack $9.99$9.99
  • Gift Pack $14.99$14.99
  • Gift Pack $19.99$19.99
  • Gift Pack $49.99$49.99
None

Axis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PANIC free?
PANIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Axis free?
Axis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PANIC or Axis have ads?
Neither PANIC nor Axis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PANIC or Axis?
PANIC ships an update every 2 days, and Axis weekly. Most recently, PANIC was updated on October 4, 2026 and Axis on October 1, 2026.

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