Press/Release vs Popcorn Invasion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Press/Release
Experience a humorous take on button-mashing games. This simulator focuses purely on the act of pressing and releasing a button, offering a minimalist yet engaging gameplay experience.
- Button pressing and releasing mechanics
- Tongue-in-cheek commentary on gaming
- Minimalist gameplay
- Humorous theme
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Press/Release is a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the simplicity of button mashing. While we have an appreciation for button mashers, the idea behind Press/Release was to remove the veil of theming and make a game that was LITERALLY about the act of pressing, and releasing, a button. THE button simulator you’ve been dreaming of!
Popcorn Invasion
Defend your movie theater from popcorn-disguised aliens by tapping, buttering, and burning them. This physics-based puzzle game offers a relaxing yet exciting experience with a balanced progression system and engaging sound design. It's perfect for kids with its fast-paced, child-friendly themes and explosive buttery fun.
- Physics simulation with motion control
- Tapping, buttering, and burning mechanics
- Power-up toolkit
- Balanced progression system
- Brain-tickling sound design
- Child-friendly themes
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Alien's that have invaded your movie theater disguising themselves as Popcorn. Defend the world and earn Employee of the Month by tapping, buttering, burning and scooping your way to a highscore with your toolkit of handy Power-Ups. Features an balanced progression system, realistic physics simulation with motion control, haptics and brain tickling sound design to give you both a relaxing and exciting experience. If you enjoy popping bubble wrap or playing games like Tetris or 2048 with scaling difficulty, levels and highscores, this is the game for you! Perfect for kids with fast-paced child friendly themes, engaging and exciting gameplay as well as lots of buttery explosions!
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Verdict
Press/Release and Popcorn Invasion both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Popcorn Invasion's written reviews are positive against 48% of Press/Release's. Press/Release's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Press/Release sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Popcorn Invasion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Press/Release against 4.8 for Popcorn Invasion. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 23 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Press/Release's written reviews are positive against 100% of Popcorn Invasion's.
Press/Release ships an update daily, Popcorn Invasion every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Press/Release | Popcorn Invasion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17 ratings) | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Perfect Hat Games LLC | Weasel Warrior Studios Inc. |
Customer experience
Press/Release
Popcorn Invasion
In-app purchases
Press/Release
- Remove Ads$0.99
Popcorn Invasion
- No Ads$2.99
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