Hold The Button vs Lights
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!
Lights
A modern take on a classic electronic memory game with over 15 modes. It challenges your memory, reflexes, and speed, offering local multiplayer and online leaderboards. Improve your cognitive skills with daily play reminders and unlockable achievements.
- Over 15 game modes
- Local multiplayer
- Online leaderboards
- Unlockable achievements
- Daily play reminders
- Multiple sound options
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A fresh take on a classic electronic game. Easy to play, difficult to master. Over 15 game modes, including local multiplayer. Up to 12 buttons, and a variety of sound options. Lights offers much more than a simple "repeat after me" challenge by testing your memory, reflexes, and more. Can you conquer them all? Unlock Achievements and see how you compare to friends or the world with online Leaderboards. Improve your memory by challenging yourself regularly. Set a schedule in the app to remind you to play for a few minutes daily, weekly, or anything in between. Now translated to 11 languages, including Ukrainian!
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Verdict
Hold The Button and Lights both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 41% of Hold The Button's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lights's. Hold The Button also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Lights's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (130 vs 29). On price, rating 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. Lights sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hold The Button asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Hold The Button against 4.4 for Lights. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 130 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Hold The Button's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lights's.
Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, Lights every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 2, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hold The Button | Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) | 4.4 (130 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 130 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Balbontin | Lee Phillips |
Customer experience
Hold The Button
Lights
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
Lights
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hold The Button
No in-app purchases
Lights
- Disable ads$1.99
