Hold The Button vs Twist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hold The Button
Test your patience, willpower, and stamina by holding down a button for as long as possible. Compete with friends and players globally in this reactivated classic game.
- Hold a button challenge
- Patience test
- Willpower assessment
- Stamina evaluation
- Global leaderboards
- Improved graphics and animations
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Hold The Button has captivated more than 250,000 players from around the world. After a while, we have reactivated it! You can play again the game that you have missed all this time. Do you think you are patient? Do you think you have willpower? Do you think you have stamina? Put it to the ultimate test with Hold The Button. Compare yourself and compete with your friends and gamers from around the world. More graphics! More animations! More fun!
Twist
Tap to jump and twist platforms to stay on the game. Avoid falling off the edges and collect gems to unlock new cosmetic items. Challenge yourself to achieve the highest score.
- Tap to jump
- Twist platforms
- Avoid falling
- Collect gems
- Unlock new balls
- Unlock platform colors
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Stay on the platforms and do as many jumps as you can. Just tap the screen to jump and twist the platforms. Try not to fall off the edges! Collect gems to unlock new balls and platform colors. What is your best score ?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hold The Button at none against Twist's 2. Hold The Button also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.3 vs 4.1). Twist's advantage is review sentiment (68% vs 41%) and ratings volume (36K vs 29). On price, update cadence 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. Twist sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Hold The Button asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hold The Button holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Twist has 36K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Hold The Button's written reviews are positive against 68% of Twist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, Twist every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hold The Button | Twist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) — better | 4.1 (36K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews | 68.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 36K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Balbontin | Ketchapp |
Customer experience
Hold The Button
Twist
User reviews
Hold The Button
From 29 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⏱️ Simple concept - easy to understand gameplay
- 💰 Free to download
- 🏆 Competitive leaderboard system
- 📱 Good for killing time
- 😄 Humorous novelty appeal
Room to improve
- 📺 Intrusive fullscreen ads that interrupt gameplay
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 😴 Extremely boring and pointless gameplay
- ⏸️ Ads cause progress loss and game over
Twist
From 36K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple and fun concept
- 💎 Ability to change ball and floor colors
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of variety in gameplay
- 💰 Ads disrupt gameplay
- 🐛 Freezing and glitches
- 🤔 Pointless floor color changes
Bugs and requests
Hold The Button
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes after 10 minutes of use
- Crashes when timer hits certain intervals
- High scores not saving properly
- App fails to reopen after closing
- Profile creation stuck on 'sending to server'
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- High score list access causes crash to home screen
- Screen lock causes app to freeze
- Finger detection fails despite holding button
- Major lag and performance issues
- Assistive touch causes uncontrollable behavior
Requested features
7 requests- Remove or relocate ads from middle of screen
- Add missions or challenges during gameplay
- Implement lifelines feature
- Add chat/messaging with other players
- Reward system for top players
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- Better device compatibility updates
- Fix high score saving mechanism
Twist
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads popping up during gameplay
- Game freezing and crashing
- Inconsistent responsiveness to taps
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes and challenges
- Power-ups and special abilities
- Customizable backgrounds
- Pause and resume functionality
In-app purchases
Hold The Button
No in-app purchases
Twist
- 10 Extra Lives$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
