Hold The Button vs Block Escape
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!
Block Escape
Guide a rolling block to the hole by swiping in the desired direction. The block tips and occupies two tiles as it moves, requiring careful planning to fit through the stage. Enjoy a simple yet engaging 3D puzzle experience.
- Swipe to roll the block
- Guide block to the hole
- Block tips and occupies two tiles
- Clear stages by fitting the block
- 3D puzzle gameplay
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Swipe to roll the block and guide it to the hole! Just swipe in the direction you want to roll—the block tips over and takes up two tiles as it moves! If it fits, you clear the stage. A simple yet deep 3D puzzle game anyone can enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hold The Button at none against Block Escape's shown. Hold The Button also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Block Escape's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Block Escape holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Escape has 575 ratings behind it against 30, 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 37% of Block Escape'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, Block Escape every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hold The Button | Block Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (30 ratings) | 4.6 (575 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews — better | 37.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 575 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Balbontin | KAYAC Inc. |
Customer experience
Hold The Button
Block Escape
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
Block Escape
From 575 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good core gameplay
- 💡 Interesting level designs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Repeated levels
- 🔇 No sound settings
- 🐛 Broken buttons
- 🔁 Repetitive after a while
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
Block Escape
Reported bugs
2 issues- Levels resetting to easy mode
- Impossible levels
Requested features
2 requests- Add option to turn off sound
- Fix broken levels
In-app purchases
Hold The Button
No in-app purchases
Block Escape
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hold The Button free?
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