Comparison

Hold The Button vs Pixicade

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Hold a button challenge
  • Patience test
  • Willpower assessment
  • Stamina evaluation
  • Global leaderboards
  • Improved graphics and animations
Features
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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!

About

Pixicade

Create your own video games without coding. Use pre-made assets or turn your drawings into playable games. Share your creations with a community of creators and play games made by others.

Highlights
  • Create games without coding
  • Use pre-made assets or drawings
  • Play games from other creators
  • Share games with friends and community
  • Add powerups and cosmetics
  • Leaderboards and quests
  • Kid-safe and COPPA compliant
Features
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BUILD your game from scratch with no coding needed. Browse a library with tons of pre-made assets, or snap a picture and turn your drawings into playable video games! PLAY the games you make, or get inspiration playing games from other creators in the Pixicade Arcade! SHARE your games with friends and other creators and build an audience of your own! Pixicade lets you channel your inner game developer. PIXICADE - FEATURES -------------------------------- • Create your very own games with no coding needed! • Browse a library filled with pre-made, full color assets! • Kid safe & COPPA compliant • Snap a picture and add your own drawings into your games! • Add exciting cosmetics like game borders, backgrounds, music, and more! • Level-up your creations by adding Powerups! • Share your game with friends or the community of over half-a-million game creators! • Follow your favorite creators & build an audience of your own! • Track your progress as a top creator & player on the leaderboards! • Play tons of games made by other creators - get inspired! • Race against other players to compete for the fastest times and earn awesome rewards! • Explore epic multi-level Quests full of interesting characters, stories, and bosses! • Add friends to see when they’re online & playing! • Chat with friends, or in group chats! • Vote for and receive your favorite assets from others in weekly asset making challenges! • Refer friends to earn special rewards! BUILD Creating games in Pixicade is easy. Just choose the type of game you want to make, and start creating! Pick from a variety of game types like platformers, slingshot games, brickbreakers, mazes and more. Add walls, obstacles, hazards, powerups & objectives to your games as well as cosmetics like borders, backgrounds and music. Browse a huge library of full color premade assets, or draw your own and upload them with your camera! PLAY Play the games you create, or browse the arcade to see what other creators have made. See what types of games are popular, and get inspiration for your next masterpiece! Compete against other players in races for the fastest times to win rewards. Or, try quest mode to progress through multiple levels filled with interesting characters, stories, and bosses! SHARE Once you’re done making your games, share them with friends and the rest of the community! Follow your favorite creators, and build an audience of your own! You can even track your score as both a player and a creator and get recognized on the leaderboards. Want to try making your own games? Give Pixicade a try for free! * This application is free to download and play games. An optional subscription is available to enhance your experience. * Internet connectivity required to play. Data charges may apply. * Children under 13 may require parent permission to play. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hold The Button2 screens
Pixicade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixicade at 81% against Hold The Button's 41%. Pixicade also leads on ratings volume (4.1K vs 29) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). Hold The Button's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixicade sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Hold The Button asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixicade holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixicade has 4.1K 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 81% of Pixicade's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, Pixicade every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hold The Button versus Pixicade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHold The ButtonPixicade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (29 ratings)4.5 (4.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews80.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings294.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB662 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAlvaro BalbontinAbacus

Customer experience

Hold The Button

All ratings29 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive41.3%
Neutral16.0%
Negative42.7%

Pixicade

All ratings4,077 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews565 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative12.9%

User reviews

Hold The Button

From 29 App Store ratings

What 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

Pixicade

From 4.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative game
  • ⭐ Great game maker app
  • 🎨 Drawings come to life
  • 🚀 Easy to use and set up
  • 💡 Unique concept of creating games

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
  • 💰 Paid features and subscriptions
  • 🤔 Confusing navigation and UI
  • 🕰️ Slow loading times

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

Pixicade

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scanning issues with drawings
  • Glitches when editing games
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Crashes and app freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • More editing tools and customization options
  • Ability to create multi-level games
  • Improved color recognition and scanning
  • Controller support
  • Removal of ads and in-app purchases

In-app purchases

None

Hold The Button

No in-app purchases

17 purchases

Pixicade

Subscriptions12
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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  • Deluxe Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Pixicade Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Deluxe Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Pixicade Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Plus Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Plus Annual Subscription$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • Enable Sharing$0.99
  • Unlock Animation and Alan Becker$4.99
  • Unlock Pixicade Deluxe$9.99
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  • Pixicade Plus$17.99
  • Features, No Ads, +1000 games$34.99

Questions

Is Hold The Button free?
Hold The Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixicade free?
Pixicade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hold The Button or Pixicade?
Pixicade is rated higher. Hold The Button averages 4.3 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Pixicade averages 4.5 from 4.1K ratings.
Do Hold The Button or Pixicade have ads?
Pixicade shows ads; Hold The Button does not.
Which is updated more often, Hold The Button or Pixicade?
Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, and Pixicade every 4 weeks. Most recently, Hold The Button was updated on October 17, 2026 and Pixicade on October 18, 2026.

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