AR Hoops: Arcade Basketball

AR Hoops puts a regulation basketball hoop in the room around you: a 10 ft (3.05 m) rim, a 6 × 3.5 ft backboard and the free-throw line 15 ft (4.57 m) away, all true to size.

Your phone is your palm: the ball rests on top of it. Push up and forward, and the ball leaves your hand as the motion slows. Every flight, bank shot, rim bounce and swish is real physics, with no aim assist.

THREE MODES • Practice: shoot free throws while a passing machine feeds you the ball. Every shot is measured — release angle and speed, entry angle, arc and where it reached the rim — with a shot chart, tips and a training log that syncs over iCloud. • Arcade: a street-arcade shooting machine. Chain baskets to raise your multiplier, beat each stage's target before the clock runs out, and play bonus stages with a giant hoop, stacked hoops and a pyramid of three. Every basket plays a note, and the instrument changes each stage. Compete on the all-time and monthly Game Center leaderboards. • 3-Point Contest: five racks around the arc with a 2-point money ball on each, one all-money rack and two 3-point deep balls. 70 seconds, 40 points max.

SKINS More than 20 ball skins — planets, balls from other sports, holiday themes — and skins for the arcade machine. Some are earned by playing; others are optional one-time purchases. The game itself is completely free.

MADE TO FEEL REAL • Regulation hoop, backboard, net and court lines • Air drag, backboard and rim collisions, a springy rim and swaying net • Lighting and shadows matched to your room • Recorded swish and rim sounds with haptics

PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Camera video is processed on your device only, and your records sync through your own iCloud.

Requires an iPhone that supports ARKit. Best played in a well-lit room with some space around you.