Snowball vs Push The Button
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snowball
Guide a penguin on a journey to collect snowflakes and build a giant snowball. Navigate treacherous crumbling floors with simple swipe or tilt controls. Enjoy an ad-free and purchase-free gaming experience.
- Collect snowflakes
- Build a snowball
- Crumbling floor mechanic
- Swipe controls
- Tilt controls option
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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Snowball is easy to play, but hard to master. Play as a penguin trying to collect enough snowflakes to make his very own snowball, but watch out as the floor crumbles below! Simply swipe to move, or enable classic tilt controls via the options menu. The game contains no ads or in-app purchases. Snowball has been available exclusively for iPhone since 2008.
Push The Button
Test your reflexes and speed in this addictive game. Compete against yourself and players worldwide to see how many times you can tap a button within a time limit. Also features a stamina-based challenge.
- Timed button pushing challenge
- Global player competition
- Stamina-based button holding mode
- High score tracking
- Engaging graphics and animations
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Push The Button (PTB) and Hold The Button (HTB) have captivated over 250,000 players from around the world! Discover why thousands of players are downloading this addicting game every day. If you think you’re fast, try your speed with Push The Button! See how many times you can push the button in 30 seconds!!! Compete against yourself and with players from around the world. Once you think you’ve mastered Push The Button (PTB) try your stamina with Hold The Button (HTB). More graphics! More animations! More fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Snowball at 2.9 against Push The Button's 2.4. Snowball also leads on ratings volume (185 vs 10). Push The Button's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Snowball holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snowball has 185 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 48% and 48% positive.
Snowball ships an update every 9 months, Push The Button every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowball | Push The Button |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (185 ratings) — better | 2.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews — better | 47.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ewers | Alvaro Balbontin |
Customer experience
Snowball
Push The Button
Bugs and requests
Snowball
Reported bugs
2 issues- Poker invite message appears every time
- Sound plays even on vibrate
Requested features
6 requests- Add levels
- Add mission mode
- Add unlockable characters
- Option to turn off sound
- Remove poker invite message
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- Option to revert to older version
Push The Button
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snowball
No in-app purchases
Push The Button
No in-app purchases
Questions
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