Comparison

Hold The Button vs Draw.AI

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

Draw.AI

Transform your sketches into stunning digital art using advanced AI technology. Explore handcrafted ideas to unleash your inner artist and create unique masterpieces from your drawings.

Highlights
  • AI art transformation
  • Handcrafted ideas
  • Drawing to masterpiece
  • Digital art creation
Features
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New stunning AI technology, that transforms your drawings into masterpieces. A lot of handcrafted-level ideas will make you feel like a true artist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Hold The Button2 screens
Draw.AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hold The Button at none against Draw.AI's 2. Hold The Button also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (41% vs 13%). Draw.AI's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (692 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Draw.AI sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Hold The Button asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Hold The Button against 4.2 for Draw.AI. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draw.AI has 692 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Hold The Button's written reviews are positive against 13% of Draw.AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, Draw.AI weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 2, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hold The Button versus Draw.AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHold The ButtonDraw.AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (29 ratings) — better4.2 (692 ratings)
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings29692 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB238 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlvaro BalbontinSayGames LTD

Customer experience

Hold The Button

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

Draw.AI

All ratings692 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral4.2%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative80.0%

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

Draw.AI

From 692 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Brings out creative side
  • 💡 Interesting AI-powered drawing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔌 Bad connection issues
  • ⏱️ Slow loading and processing times
  • 💰 Wastes user tokens

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

Draw.AI

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes during tutorial
  • Doesn't load or get past tutorial
  • Draws unrelated images
  • Tokens used even when app doesn't work

Requested features

3 requests
  • Update to fix bugs and connection issues
  • Smoother brush movement
  • More reliable AI drawing generation

In-app purchases

None

Hold The Button

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Draw.AI

One-time2
  • 50 tokens$0.99
  • 100 tokens$1.99

Questions

Is Hold The Button free?
Hold The Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draw.AI free?
Draw.AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hold The Button or Draw.AI?
Hold The Button is rated higher. Hold The Button averages 4.3 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Draw.AI averages 4.2 from 692 ratings.
Do Hold The Button or Draw.AI have ads?
Draw.AI shows ads; Hold The Button does not.
Which is updated more often, Hold The Button or Draw.AI?
Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, and Draw.AI weekly. Most recently, Hold The Button was updated on July 2, 2026 and Draw.AI on September 19, 2026.

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