Buzzer Knockout vs BlindSec
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buzzer Knockout
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Stop the timer at exactly 10.00 seconds – without looking. Buzzer Knockout turns the stopwatch challenge into a party game. Everyone sees the same target time, say 6.7 seconds. Hit the buzzer to start an invisible timer and hit it again when you think the time is up. Closest to the target wins. No display, just your sense of timing. NEW IN 1.8 • Quick duel: a real opponent right away – play against the recorded run of a player near your level. • Clubs: up to 30 players compete as a team in the weekly league. • Invite friends: every friend who joins through your link brings you both Sparks. • Career: 70 levels in 7 chapters – now with double stops, a metronome, a vanishing clock and a wandering buzzer. • An Advent calendar in December and your year in review to share. BUZZER ROYALE Every Friday at 8 pm (Berlin time) everyone plays at once. Each round the worse half is out, until only one is left – with a countdown on your lock screen. GAME MODES • Solo and Career: train your timing and collect up to 3 stars per level. • TV party: one iPhone or iPad shows the target and the ranking on the TV via AirPlay, every other phone becomes a buzzer – everyone for themselves, in teams or as hot potato. • Classic: 2 to 8 players on one device – take turns, pass the phone, done. • Party mode: every turn brings a house rule or a random twist. • Knockout: whoever is furthest off each round is out. • Time Guess: a counter vanishes after one second. How long did it run? • 10-Second Challenge, Table Mode and Tournament. • Online: Quick Match and private rooms via code or link – no Game Center account needed. DUEL BY LINK Three rounds, fixed target times: play first, send the link – your friends play the same times whenever they like, even without the app via App Clip or in the browser. Rematch in one tap, a notification as soon as someone has played, a result card and iMessage stickers. MADE FOR GAME NIGHT • Local games are free – one device is all you need. • Teams, handicaps like “Quick Glance” and “Distraction”, and dare cards for whoever finishes last. AN EVENT EVERY MONTH Ghost Hour in October, Autumn Wind in November, Snow Storm in December – with double pass XP. And on December 31 the New Year's countdown: tap exactly at midnight, without a clock. DAILY CHALLENGE The same target time for everyone, worldwide, every day. Three attempts, one global leaderboard – and a curve of how everyone else did today. • Weekly league, club ranking, country league and friends ranking • Streaks with bonus Sparks – rescue a missed day with Sparks or a video • Widget, Control Center controls and Siri shortcuts • Apple Watch: stop blind on your wrist COLLECT AND LEVEL UP • Buzzer Pass with monthly themed seasons • Daily Quests and dozens of Achievements • Buzzer skins, themes, frames, name effects, confetti, victory animations and four app icons • Back up your progress with iCloud BUZZER KNOCKOUT PLUS Unlock once: no ads, all dare card packs and an exclusive theme. IN 15 LANGUAGES English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Greek, Turkish, Japanese and Korean. Buzzer Knockout is free to play. It contains ads and optional in-app purchases. How good is your timing?
BlindSec
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Party games for friends: find out who has the fastest reaction time. Hit a target time without seeing a clock, then reveal everyone's results. One phone for the whole group — or a screen each. MADE FOR GETTING TOGETHER Play solo, against the computer or with friends, depending on the game. Up to 12 people can share one phone in the timing game. In supported games, invite friends through Messages and play over FaceTime with SharePlay or nearby. Computer opponents are clearly labeled. TIMING, REACTIONS AND MEMORY • Timing game — feel when the target time has passed. Group results stay hidden until the end, then appear from last place to first. • All at once — the same target, separate phones and a shared start. • Reaction — tap when the color changes. Every millisecond counts; watch out for false starts. • Training — Sudden death, Arithmetic, Rhythm and From memory (Easy / Medium / Hard / Survival). Pick a level and test your accuracy. • Mind — Echo, Mosaic, Shape in the air and Colour or word: sequences, patterns, shapes and attention. A MOMENT FOR YOUR MIND • IQ test — around 15–20 minutes of tasks, with an estimated score, uncertainty range, ability profile and response-time analysis. An estimate, not a diagnosis or a professional IQ assessment. • Calm zone — solve nonograms in Picture by numbers or try the Daily challenge. PUT YOUR PHONE IN MOTION • Air charades — draw in the air with your phone while friends guess. • Delayed drawing — try drawing with a camera view that arrives a moment late. • How many centimetres? — estimate a length and compare it with an AR measurement. • Treasure in the room — hide virtual treasure in a scanned room. AR games need a compatible device and camera access. Room scanning availability depends on your hardware. YOUR PROGRESS Achievements, badges, statistics, result history and Game Center leaderboards give you reasons to beat your own best. ADS AND OPTIONAL SUPPORT Every game and feature is available without a purchase. An announced ad break may follow a finished game. Ads do not interrupt rounds. Optional rewarded ads can offer a hint or a second chance. Three ads appear before your IQ result; this is explained before you start the test. Supporters see their result without ads. Support the creator with a one-time Coffee, Cake or Pizza purchase. Each gives you the Patron badge permanently and one month (30 days) without ads in BlindSec and Tintlings. Further purchases add further months. Nothing renews automatically. Terms: https://viavall.com/blindsec/terms.html Privacy: https://viavall.com/blindsec/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BlindSec at daily against Buzzer Knockout's every 8 days. Buzzer Knockout's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Buzzer Knockout sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and BlindSec sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Buzzer Knockout ships an update every 8 days, BlindSec daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buzzer Knockout | BlindSec |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Stavros Petropoulos | Dawid Paluska |
In-app purchases
Buzzer Knockout
- 100 Sparks$0.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- 500 Sparks$2.99
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- Season Pass$3.99
- 1,200 Sparks$3.99
- Buzzer Knockout Plus$4.99
- Premium Pass$8.99
- 3,000 Sparks$8.99
BlindSec
- Coffee$2.99
- Cake$3.99
- Pizza$4.99
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- BlindSec Pro – forever$6.99
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