Red Button vs Borderline!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red Button
This game challenges your willpower and reflexes by presenting a single red button with one rule: do not tap it. It's a deceptively simple test of self-control that has proven difficult for many.
- Addictive one-tap gameplay
- Global leaderboard
- Test focus and self-control
- Minimalist design
- Quick sessions
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Can you resist the temptation? The Red Button challenges you NOT to tap - but can you really hold back? THE ULTIMATE TEST OF WILLPOWER & REFLEXES Think you have self-control? Think again. This deceptively simple game will push your patience and reflexes to the absolute limit. One red button. One simple rule: Don't tap it. Sounds easy? Thousands have tried. Most have failed. FEATURES: • Addictive one-tap gameplay that hooks you instantly • Global leaderboard - compete with players worldwide • Test your focus, timing, and self-control • Minimalist design, maximum challenge • Quick sessions perfect for killing time WARNING: This game is harder than it looks. The red button is calling you. Can you resist? Download now and prove you have what it takes to master the impossible challenge!
Borderline!
Guide an orb by jumping between screen borders to avoid obstacles in this endless scroller. It features a clean design, challenging gameplay requiring quick reflexes, and randomly generated stages for endless replayability.
- Jump between screen borders
- Avoid numerous obstacles
- Randomly generated stages
- High score tracking
- Flat and clean design
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This is the free version of Borderline! With BorderLine!, Hot Totem breaks free from the boundaries of the endless scroller genre. Instead of floating around the centre, or moving along the bottom, you must guide the Orb by jumping between one Border of your screen and the other. This really puts YOU in control all the time. But don’t think that will make it any easier, you will need quick reflexes to avoid all the Obstacles you can encounter! With a flat and clean design, BorderLine! offers the perfect balance between visual beauty and gameplay focus. With a big list of different Obstacles and randomly created stages, you will never know what to expect. Make sure you stay focused, or this game might just get you on edge! Increase your score by avoiding the Obstacles and getting Higher and Higher. Can you beat your highscore ?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Red Button at 4.5 against Borderline!'s 3.7. Red Button also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and ratings volume (76 vs 3). Borderline!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 35 months vs every 130 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Red Button sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Borderline! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Red Button holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red Button has 76 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Red Button's written reviews are positive against 50% of Borderline!'s.
Red Button ships an update every 130 months, Borderline! every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Button | Borderline! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (76 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 130 months | Every 35 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VM Mobile Team | HMT Engineering SARL |
Customer experience
Red Button
Borderline!
In-app purchases
Red Button
- Remove Ads & Pop-ups$0.99
Borderline!
No in-app purchases
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