Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Gimme a Second4 screens
Smart Cookie Trivia4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gimme a Second sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Smart Cookie Trivia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gimme a Second ships an update every 5 days, Smart Cookie Trivia every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gimme a Second versus Smart Cookie Trivia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGimme a SecondSmart Cookie Trivia
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB48 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperLex FriedmanPhilip Gabardo

Customer experience

Gimme a Second

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Smart Cookie Trivia

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gimme a Second

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$7.00
None

Smart Cookie Trivia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gimme a Second free?
Gimme a Second is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Cookie Trivia free?
Smart Cookie Trivia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gimme a Second or Smart Cookie Trivia?
Gimme a Second and Smart Cookie Trivia are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Gimme a Second or Smart Cookie Trivia have ads?
Neither Gimme a Second nor Smart Cookie Trivia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gimme a Second or Smart Cookie Trivia?
Gimme a Second ships an update every 5 days, and Smart Cookie Trivia every 2 weeks. Most recently, Gimme a Second was updated on October 31, 2026 and Smart Cookie Trivia on October 31, 2026.

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