Hold The Button vs Cookie Clickers 2
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!
Cookie Clickers 2
Tap to bake cookies and earn more. Use your baked goods to purchase upgrades and power-ups to increase your cookie production. Compete with friends on leaderboards and unlock achievements in this endless baking simulation.
- Tap to bake cookies
- Purchase upgrades and power-ups
- Golden Cookie Rain and milk waves
- Lucky Spin and Time Machine boosts
- CookieLand Map with progress tracking
- Achievements and leaderboards
- Facebook integration for social play
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Be prepared for endless hours of fun and entertainment! Download now for free! Baking cookies is very simple: - Bake as many cookies as you can by tapping on a giant cookie. The faster you tap, the more you bake! - As soon as you have enough cookies, head over to the Cookie Shop and use your cookies to buy upgrades and PowerUps so you can bake cookies even faster! - Keep an eye out for the Golden Cookie Rain and flavored milk waves. They'll help boost your production! - You have 2 new powerful boosts at your fingertips: The Lucky Spin with a free daily spin, and the Time Machine which speeds up time AND your cookie production! - Brand new CookieLand Map, where you can level-up, track your progress, and see what level your friends are on! Be the fastest to complete the achievements to get ahead of everyone! Cookie Clickers 2's endless gameplay will allow you to play for an indefinite amount of time-- or at least until you bake such an extraordinary amount of cookies that your device will not be able to count them anymore! Become a Cookie Clickers God by baking 1 QUADRILLION cookies! Log in to Facebook to play with your friends and compare your Cookie score in the global leaderboards! Baking has never been so fun. Start now! Invite your friends to bake too and have fun competing with each other for the title of fastest cookie baker! Are you already a fan of Cookie Clickers Saga? If so, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram and visit our website for the latest news: facebook.com/redbitgames twitter.com/redbitgames instagram.com/redbitgames www.redbitgames.it Last but not least, a big THANK YOU to all for playing Cookie Clickers 2! Have fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cookie Clickers 2 at 82% against Hold The Button's 41%. Cookie Clickers 2 also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10K vs 29). Hold The Button's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) 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. Cookie Clickers 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hold The Button asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cookie Clickers 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cookie Clickers 2 has 10K 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 82% of Cookie Clickers 2's.
Hold The Button ships an update every 3 months, Cookie Clickers 2 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hold The Button | Cookie Clickers 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (29 ratings) | 4.6 (10K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews | 82.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvaro Balbontin | Tiny Games |
Customer experience
Hold The Button
Cookie Clickers 2
User reviews
Hold The Button
From 29 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
Cookie Clickers 2
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🍪 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Relaxing and entertaining
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 💎 Satisfying cookie clicking
- 🔥 Keeps you occupied for hours
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- ⏱️ Tedious achievements requiring long playtime
- 📺 Forced ads to progress
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔍 Difficulty finding certain features
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
Cookie Clickers 2
Reported bugs
5 issues- Ads not loading properly
- Game crashing after purchasing
- Achievements not unlocking correctly
- Offline production not working as expected
- Leaderboard and tournament issues
Requested features
5 requests- Offline earnings or progress tracking
- More customization options
- Prestige system or resets
- Improved tournament rewards
- Easier achievement requirements
In-app purchases
Hold The Button
No in-app purchases
Cookie Clickers 2
- 10 Golden Cookies$0.99
- Power Golden Click$1.99
- Starter bundle$1.99
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- Timewarp x1$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- 60 Golden Cookies$4.99
- Timewarp x3$4.99
- Christmas Bundle$7.99
- 130 Golden Cookies$9.99
- 300 Golden Cookies$19.99
Questions
Is Hold The Button free?
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