Gimme a Second vs Smart Cookie Trivia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gimme a Second
Test your music knowledge by identifying songs from short audio clips. Create custom playlists with your favorite bands or choose from curated selections.
- Guess songs from short audio clips
- Curated playlists
- Create custom playlists
- Support for up to ten favorite bands
- Play on Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad
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How well do you know your favorite band? Can you identify their songs in just a second or two? Use a curated playlist ("Weird Al" Yankovic and the songs he parodied; songs with colors in their titles; Boston, Chicago, and Kansas), or create your own game with up to ten of your favorite bands.
Smart Cookie Trivia
Engage in live, real-time trivia battles against other players. Buzz in first to answer questions across diverse categories and climb the skill-based leaderboard. Challenge friends in private rooms and earn badges for achievements.
- Live, buzz-in trivia gameplay
- Smart answer grading
- Skill-based ranked mode
- Play with friends in private rooms
- Earn badges and streaks
- Thousands of diverse questions
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Smart Cookie Trivia is live, buzz-in trivia where every answer counts toward your rating. Four contestants. One question. Read fast and buzz in first. The first buzz answers; miss, and the question rebounds to the rest of the room. Type your answer in your own words. Grading judges meaning, not spelling, and there's no multiple choice to guess from. RANKED A skill rating that moves every match, based on where you finish and who you beat. Climb from Crumb through Chip, Dough, Baker, and Golden Cookie to Grandmaster Baker, and check the global leaderboard to see exactly where you stand. DAILY TOURNAMENT One bracket a day, open to every rank. Register once, show up at the start, and survive rooms of four: the top two advance until one champion is left. DAILY QUIZ Eight timed questions, the same for everyone. One attempt. Keep the streak alive and share your score. PRIVATE ROOMS Open a room, share the four-letter code, and settle it with up to three friends. No rating on the line. THOUSANDS OF QUESTIONS History, science, geography, sports, pop culture, and more, every one quality-checked so a win means something. Play as a guest in seconds, or sign in with Apple or Google to play ranked, enter tournaments, and keep your record.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart Cookie Trivia at none against Gimme a Second's 1. Smart Cookie Trivia also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). Gimme a Second's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Gimme a Second sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Smart Cookie Trivia asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gimme a Second against 5.0 for Smart Cookie Trivia. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Gimme a Second ships an update every 5 days, Smart Cookie Trivia every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Gimme a Second | Smart Cookie Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lex Friedman | Philip Gabardo |
Customer experience
Gimme a Second
Smart Cookie Trivia
In-app purchases
Gimme a Second
- Unlock Forever$7.00
Smart Cookie Trivia
No in-app purchases
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