Hold The Button vs TrapAdventure 2
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!
TrapAdventure 2
Embark on a brutally challenging retro-style platformer where failure is frequent and frustration is guaranteed. This sequel is designed to test your patience and skills with intentionally unfair obstacles. Only the most persistent players will conquer its demanding levels.
- Brutally challenging gameplay
- Retro-style graphics
- Frustratingly unfair design
- High difficulty levels
- Persistent challenge
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This game is the sequel to “TrapAdventure”. It’s unfair. It’s frustrating. And it absolutely does not care about your feelings. You will fail. Repeatedly. You will question your skills. Possibly your life choices. But if you’re the kind of player who laughs at pain and keeps going anyway, this game might be for you. The game is brutal on purpose. Consider this a challenge. Good luck. You’ll need it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hold The Button at 4.3 against TrapAdventure 2's 3.6. Hold The Button also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). TrapAdventure 2's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10K vs 29). 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. TrapAdventure 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hold The Button asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hold The Button holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrapAdventure 2 has 10K 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 57% of TrapAdventure 2'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, TrapAdventure 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hold The Button | TrapAdventure 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) — better | 3.6 (10K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews | 57.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Balbontin | HIROYOSHI OSHIBA |
Customer experience
Hold The Button
TrapAdventure 2
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
TrapAdventure 2
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and challenging game
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 💡 Unique and creative traps
- 👍 Retro-style graphics
Room to improve
- 🔒 Paywall for normal mode
- 🐛 Ads too frequent and intrusive
- 🐛 Inconsistent ad availability for normal mode
- 🔋 Waiting times between plays too long
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
TrapAdventure 2
Reported bugs
3 issues- Random timer appearing on screen
- Game crashing on startup
- Issues with restoring normal mode purchase
Requested features
4 requests- Unlock normal mode for free
- Add more levels and modes
- Improve physics and controls
- Introduce different characters/skins
In-app purchases
Hold The Button
No in-app purchases
TrapAdventure 2
- NORMAL MODE$0.99
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