What is a good PANIC AR Shooter alternative?

Down The Drone is a free-to-download, single-player AR shooter for iPhone with no ads that plays fully offline; the full game is a US$5.99 in-app purchase.

Does Down The Drone have multiplayer?

No. It is a single-player AR shooter.

PANIC AR Shooter Alternative: Down The Drone Compared

PANIC AR Shooter, from Jadu, is one of the best-rated AR shooters on the App Store. If you are looking for a PANIC AR Shooter alternative, you probably like the idea and want something that fits your situation better: playing alone, playing offline, or playing without an account. Here is an honest comparison. We make Down The Drone.

Down The Drone · Free AR shooter for iPhone

Down The Drone: an AR drone shooter that plays offline

Hostile drone swarms fly in over your sofa, down your hallway, across your backyard. Aim, fire and hold the line, right where you’re standing.

Down The Drone: aiming at a hovering drone inside an industrial warehouse

Down The Drone: a drone explodes in a real living room as the player fires

Down The Drone: drones swarm a desert canyon while the player aims down the sights

Plays offline No ads, no trackers Full game: US$5.99 in-app purchase AR in your own room

Free to download · No ads · Plays offline · Full game: US$5.99 in-app purchase

What both games are

Both are augmented reality shooters for iPhone: enemies appear in your real surroundings and you aim with your phone. Both use ARKit, so they need an iPhone that supports it.

Where they differ

	PANIC AR Shooter	Down The Drone
Enemies	See the App Store listing	Drone swarms and orbital strike-spheres
Players	Check the listing for multiplayer modes	Single-player
Internet	Check the listing	Not needed; plays fully offline
Price	Check the listing	Free to download, no ads, US$5.99 to unlock the full game
Account	Check the listing	None
Rating	See the listing	12+

We only state what we can verify about our own game. Details of other games change with updates, so check PANIC AR Shooter's App Store page for its current modes and pricing.

Choose Down The Drone if…

You mostly play alone.
You want a game that works offline: planes, trips, no data.
You want no ads, and one purchase at most.
You want the enemies around you in the room, forcing you to turn.

Stay with PANIC if…

You play with friends and value its multiplayer features.
You enjoy its particular style and progression.

Down The Drone is our first-person AR shooter for iPhone: hostile drone swarms are anchored into your real room, and you turn, aim and fire to hold them off. It is free to download with no ads, plays fully offline, and runs on iPhone XS or later with iOS 17+; the full game is a US$5.99 in-app purchase. Rated 12+.

There is no reason not to have both: they are different takes on the same exciting idea.

PANIC AR Shooter Alternative: How Down The Drone Compares