PANIC vs Axis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Axis
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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/
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. PANIC sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Axis asks for nothing beyond the download.
PANIC ships an update every 2 days, Axis weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PANIC | Axis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (364 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 364 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 575 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jadu 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
PANIC
- 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
Axis
No in-app purchases









