Hold The Button vs Clicka!
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!
Clicka!
This is a minimalist game where a number on the screen increments by one with each tap. It's designed as a simple time-waster with no complex mechanics or objectives.
- Number incrementing on click
- Minimalist design
- Time-wasting gameplay
- Simple interface
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"The most boring game ever". The number on the screen goes up by one each time you click it. "The best way to waste time".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clicka! at 95% against Hold The Button's 41%. Clicka! also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Hold The Button's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Clicka! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clicka! has 2.4K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Hold The Button's written reviews are positive against 95% of Clicka!'s.
Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, Clicka! weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hold The Button | Clicka! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Balbontin | Calvin Liang |
Customer experience
Hold The Button
Clicka!
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
Clicka!
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Customizable click sounds and vibrations
- 👍 Addictive and satisfying to use
- 👍 Helps with ADHD and anxiety
- 👍 No ads or in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes or freezes on some devices
- 🐛 Leaderboard issues or not working
- 🔋 Can be a major time sink
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
Clicka!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Leaderboard not updating properly
- Crashes when opening the app
Requested features
3 requests- Add a reset button
- Expand color and sound customization options
- Implement an endless mode or challenges
In-app purchases
Hold The Button
No in-app purchases
Clicka!
No in-app purchases
