Hold The Button vs Long Nose Dog
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!
Long Nose Dog
Embark on an endless running adventure as a borzoi dog with an ever-growing nose. Stretch your snout to collect chips, unlock new dogs, and see just how long you can make your nose.
- Endless running gameplay
- Play as a borzoi dog
- Stretch and grow your nose
- Collect chips
- Unlock new dogs
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A game about the long nose borzoi dog. Be the best of all dogs and grow your nose far and beyond. Long Nose Dog is an endless running game where you play as a borzoi and stretch your nose through an amazing adventure. Eat all the chips and unlock your favorite dog. How long is your nose?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Long Nose Dog at 84% against Hold The Button's 41%. Long Nose Dog also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Hold The Button's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Long Nose Dog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hold The Button asks for nothing beyond the download.
Long Nose Dog holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Long Nose Dog has 307 ratings behind it against 30, 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 84% of Long Nose Dog's.
Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, Long Nose Dog weekly. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Hold The Button | Long Nose Dog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (30 ratings) | 4.6 (307 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews | 84.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 307 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Balbontin | Popa Radu |
Customer experience
Hold The Button
Long Nose Dog
User reviews
Hold The Button
From 30 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
Long Nose Dog
From 307 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Entertaining meme references
- 🐶 Cute and customizable dog character
- 💡 Interesting obstacles and challenges
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
- 🔋 Frequent ads that disrupt gameplay
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for skins
- 🕹️ Inconsistent or unresponsive controls
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
Long Nose Dog
Reported bugs
3 issues- Skin purchases not persisting across sessions
- Nose movement not always registering correctly
- Game crashing on certain device models
Requested features
4 requests- Add a pause button
- Implement a leaderboard or high score system
- Introduce new levels or game modes
- Add more customization options for the dog
In-app purchases
Hold The Button
No in-app purchases
Long Nose Dog
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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