Comparison

Socioball vs Hidden Button

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Socioball

Engage your mind with a collection of over 60 challenging puzzles where you strategically place tiles to guide a ball from start to finish. Unleash your creativity by designing and testing your own unique levels using the built-in editor. Share your creations and discover new puzzles from a global community.

Highlights
  • Over 60 mind-bending puzzles
  • Place missing tiles to solve levels
  • Built-in level editor
  • Create and test your own puzzles
  • Share puzzles with others
  • Discover community-created puzzles
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Since Twitter has moved to JPGs, the level sharing feature will not work anymore. So we decided to make the base game free forever instead! ______________________________________ "This is a well made collection of puzzles, and one that deserves your money" - 148Apps (3.6/5) "Everything about Socioball is highly polished" - ApplenApps (4/5) "The cerebral element to Socioball is superb, and the puzzles are a joy to watch as they unfold" - Gamezebo (4/5) "Socioball is a new puzzle game that will make you think, get creative, and share your own creations with others" - Appadvice (4.5/5) "Good mobile puzzle games are typically minimalist with lovely sound effects, and Socioball is no exception" - Games in Asia (8/10) ______________________________________ PLAY over 60+ mind bending puzzles where you must get the ball from start to finish by placing missing tiles in correct places. CREATE your own puzzles with our built-in level editor and test them out. TWEET your puzzles to the world, from inside the game! Everyone who owns the game can now see and play them. You can also tag your friends! Get an ever-increasing supply of puzzles from twitter. Oh, and don't worry we won't tweet high-scores or invites to your friends!

About

Hidden Button

Features
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Hidden button is a casual puzzle game. Try to find the hidden clear button of every puzzle. Challenge 60 different levels of puzzle with your brain. Solution of each level is unique. Meaning of same shapes in different level differs. How would you figure out the way to pass the level? Hidden Button is a puzzle game never bores you! With its simple UI, Hidden Button creates more space for players to focus on the puzzles of every level and experience pure fun of puzzle-solving.

Screenshots

Socioball4 screens
Hidden Button4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Socioball at none against Hidden Button's shown. Socioball also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 10.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Socioball ships an update every 2 months, Hidden Button every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Socioball versus Hidden Button: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocioballHidden Button
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 31 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYellow Monkey Studios Pvt. Ltd.Chengdu Yimiao Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Socioball

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Touchscreen offset on iPhone 7 Plus
  • Cannot place tiles at the bottom edge on iPhones
  • Level editor removed in recent update
  • Twitter login required for some features
  • Game stutters nervously
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  • Back button in level creator has no confirmation

Requested features

9 requests
  • More levels
  • Increased difficulty
  • Ability to mute sound effects
  • Option to replay solutions
  • Better puzzle categorization/rating
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  • Save created levels
  • Test-play own levels before posting
  • In-game community for sharing levels
  • Russian language support

Hidden Button

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Socioball

No in-app purchases

None

Hidden Button

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Socioball free?
Socioball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hidden Button free?
Hidden Button is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Socioball or Hidden Button have ads?
Hidden Button shows ads; Socioball does not.
Which is updated more often, Socioball or Hidden Button?
Socioball ships an update every 2 months, and Hidden Button every 31 months. Most recently, Socioball was updated on September 30, 2026 and Hidden Button on October 4, 2026.

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