Level Maker vs Game Creator 2D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Level Maker
Unleash your creativity by designing and playing custom platformer levels. Explore an endless stream of user-generated content, from challenging obstacles to unique characters. Share your own creations and discover what others have made.
- Create custom game levels
- Play user-generated levels
- Share your creations
- Over 100 blocks, items, enemies, and characters
- Challenge levels
- Unlimited world levels
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Level Maker is a game of awesome creation and fun. You can PLAY, CREATE and SHARE levels with everyone, so let your imagination run wild! You love super classic platform games, now you can play, create and share your own creations to the world! Features: 100+ blocks, items, enemies and characters. Awesome Level Maker Play, Share and Like Levels Unlimited World Levels created by other players! Challenge Levels
Game Creator 2D
Design and build your own 2D games directly on your iPad or iPhone. This app provides all the necessary tools, including sprite and level editors, without requiring any programming knowledge. Create characters, compose music, and build interactive worlds for various game genres.
- No programming required
- Sprite editor for graphics
- Object editor for game logic
- Level editor for environments
- Song maker for music
- Predefined game genres
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GAME CREATOR With Game Creator you can create your own games on your iPad or iPhone. It works just out of the box, you do not need to install third party plugins or other software. NO programming or scripting is required. BEFORE YOU BUY Please note that this is not a professional game creation tool. You cannot create commercial games. This is a simple but powerful tool with lots of great features and easy to use functions and a friendly interface. You can enjoy creating your own games, drawing characters, composing music, building your levels, interacting with monsters and enemies, etc. but if you are about to make a commercial quality AAA game, this might not be the app you are looking for. GENRES There are several predefined genres to choose from: - Platformer - Scroller Shooter - Topview adventure or shooter - Run and jump - Tower Defense - BreakOut - Racer - RPG BUILT-IN TOOLS Game Creator has all the tools you need to build your game: - Sprite Editor - create single or animated graphics items - Object Editor - define the game objects or actors (enemies, monsters, etc) and set their behavior - Level Editor - place your objects and craft the playing areas - Song Maker - compose background music TUTORIALS Please find video tutorials and guides: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjL9b5dSmYxL3KiIVzXwraQ
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Level Maker at Free against Game Creator 2D's $2.99. Game Creator 2D's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#138 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Level Maker is free to download; Game Creator 2D costs $2.99 up front. Level Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Game Creator 2D asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for Level Maker against 3.7 for Game Creator 2D. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 60 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Level Maker's written reviews are positive against 64% of Game Creator 2D's.
Level Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Game Creator 2D fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Level Maker | Game Creator 2D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (90 ratings) | 3.7 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #138 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vorun Kreal | Zoltan Percsich |
Customer experience
Level Maker
Game Creator 2D
User reviews
Level Maker
From 90 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Incredible game
- 👍 Easy to make levels
- 👍 Lots of creativity
- 👍 Great level editor
- 👍 Fun gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of moderation
- 🔍 Inappropriate content
- 🔍 Difficulty unlocking level maker
- 🔍 Challenging controls
Game Creator 2D
From 60 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to learn and use
- 💡 Great for creating games without coding
- ✨ Many genres, items, blocks, and enemies
- 🤩 Fun to create games
- 🚀 Good app with potential
Room to improve
- 😞 Limited creativity options
- 💸 Not worth the cost for some
- ⚠️ Some features missing compared to Android
- 🚫 No online capabilities for some
- 📉 Features removed for some users
Bugs and requests
Level Maker
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game crashes after ads
- Levels not loading properly
- Inability to retry levels after death
- Inconsistent jump mechanics
- Soft-locking in menus
Requested features
6 requests- Add more enemy types
- Improve search and discovery of levels
- Implement checkpoints
- Add more block types and customization options
- Introduce multiplayer functionality
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- Implement a story mode or campaign
Game Creator 2D
Reported bugs
10 issues- Crash when opening games in project menu
- Game icon turns black, unable to open project
- Game overlapped different levels after saving
- Jump sprite makes character stuck in block
- Duplicating glitch with transfer objects
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- Title screen goes to victory screen instead of game
- Tower Defense doesn't work, wave start button does nothing
- Game seems broken when trying to play saved version
- Level position switches back to beginning when making longer levels
- Access to download and upload games removed
Requested features
26 requests- Add a tutorial
- Update the app more frequently
- Online mode for playing other players' games
- Export sprites to photo library
- Add a checkpoint system
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- Add an NPC system
- Import music from files
- Upload and download online levels
- Add boss selection when making an enemy
- Option to publish games or play others' games
- Add ability to import images
- Way to transform player into something else with power-ups
- Add a community tab
- Add a 3D select and characters
- Add back old features like download games and import image
- Add more game development options
- Add online levels for iPhone and others
- Add game server to this version
- Add importing feature back
- Add a back arrow instead of tilting screen to exit full screen
- Add a feature to import sprite from camera roll
- Add power-up features for new abilities
- Add double jump option
- Add popup text in levels
- Translate the application
- Add ability to import files from the app
In-app purchases
Level Maker
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Unlock All Blocks + Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlock All Characters + Remove Ads$2.99
Game Creator 2D
No in-app purchases
Questions
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