A free IsDown.app alternative — for the apps you actually use
IsDown.app is a great tool — for IT teams monitoring their SaaS vendor dependencies (AWS, Stripe, Okta). DownRN is built for the rest of us: is Instagram, Discord, Fortnite or your bank down right now, what's going down with it, and what to use instead — free, no login, no per-monitor plan.
| DownRN | IsDown.app | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Consumers checking mainstream apps | IT/ops teams tracking SaaS vendors |
| Price | Free, no login | Paid (per-monitor plans, free trial only) |
| The cascade — what goes down with it | Yes — shared clouds & owners | No |
| Community reports | Yes — honest, never fabricated | Secondary signal |
| Outage map | Yes | Reports map (paid) |
| Free API + status badges | Yes, no key | Paid plans |
Frequently asked
Is there a free IsDown.app alternative?
DownRN is free with no login. IsDown.app is aimed at IT teams tracking their SaaS vendor dependencies and is paid; DownRN is aimed at consumers checking the apps they personally use, and adds the cascade view (what goes down with an app) plus honest community reports.
What's the difference between DownRN and IsDown?
IsDown aggregates official vendor status pages so an ops team learns a dependency is down before users complain. DownRN combines official feeds, our own checks, and your community reports for mainstream consumer apps, and maps the cascade so you can see what else an outage takes down.
IsDown is a trademark of its owner; DownRN is independent and unaffiliated. Comparison reflects publicly observable features.