Comparison

Level Maker vs Pixicade

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create custom game levels
  • Play user-generated levels
  • Share your creations
  • Over 100 blocks, items, enemies, and characters
  • Challenge levels
  • Unlimited world levels
Features
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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

About

Pixicade

Create your own video games without coding. Use pre-made assets or turn your drawings into playable games. Share your creations with a community of creators and play games made by others.

Highlights
  • Create games without coding
  • Use pre-made assets or drawings
  • Play games from other creators
  • Share games with friends and community
  • Add powerups and cosmetics
  • Leaderboards and quests
  • Kid-safe and COPPA compliant
Features
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BUILD your game from scratch with no coding needed. Browse a library with tons of pre-made assets, or snap a picture and turn your drawings into playable video games! PLAY the games you make, or get inspiration playing games from other creators in the Pixicade Arcade! SHARE your games with friends and other creators and build an audience of your own! Pixicade lets you channel your inner game developer. PIXICADE - FEATURES -------------------------------- • Create your very own games with no coding needed! • Browse a library filled with pre-made, full color assets! • Kid safe & COPPA compliant • Snap a picture and add your own drawings into your games! • Add exciting cosmetics like game borders, backgrounds, music, and more! • Level-up your creations by adding Powerups! • Share your game with friends or the community of over half-a-million game creators! • Follow your favorite creators & build an audience of your own! • Track your progress as a top creator & player on the leaderboards! • Play tons of games made by other creators - get inspired! • Race against other players to compete for the fastest times and earn awesome rewards! • Explore epic multi-level Quests full of interesting characters, stories, and bosses! • Add friends to see when they’re online & playing! • Chat with friends, or in group chats! • Vote for and receive your favorite assets from others in weekly asset making challenges! • Refer friends to earn special rewards! BUILD Creating games in Pixicade is easy. Just choose the type of game you want to make, and start creating! Pick from a variety of game types like platformers, slingshot games, brickbreakers, mazes and more. Add walls, obstacles, hazards, powerups & objectives to your games as well as cosmetics like borders, backgrounds and music. Browse a huge library of full color premade assets, or draw your own and upload them with your camera! PLAY Play the games you create, or browse the arcade to see what other creators have made. See what types of games are popular, and get inspiration for your next masterpiece! Compete against other players in races for the fastest times to win rewards. Or, try quest mode to progress through multiple levels filled with interesting characters, stories, and bosses! SHARE Once you’re done making your games, share them with friends and the rest of the community! Follow your favorite creators, and build an audience of your own! You can even track your score as both a player and a creator and get recognized on the leaderboards. Want to try making your own games? Give Pixicade a try for free! * This application is free to download and play games. An optional subscription is available to enhance your experience. * Internet connectivity required to play. Data charges may apply. * Children under 13 may require parent permission to play. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Level Maker4 screens
Pixicade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pixicade at 4.5 against Level Maker's 3.6. Pixicade also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 54%) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 90). Level Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Level Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Pixicade sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixicade holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixicade has 4.1K ratings behind it against 90, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Level Maker's written reviews are positive against 80% of Pixicade's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Level Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixicade every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Level Maker versus Pixicade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLevel MakerPixicade
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (90 ratings)4.5 (4.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews80.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings904.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB662 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperVorun KrealAbacus

Customer experience

Level Maker

All ratings90 ratings
Positive61.1%
Neutral10.0%
Negative28.9%
Written reviews332 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral15.7%
Negative30.7%

Pixicade

All ratings4,077 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews563 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative13.0%

User reviews

Level Maker

From 90 App Store ratings

What 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

Pixicade

From 4.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative game
  • ⭐ Great game maker app
  • 🎨 Drawings come to life
  • 🚀 Easy to use and set up
  • 💡 Unique concept of creating games

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
  • 💰 Paid features and subscriptions
  • 🤔 Confusing navigation and UI
  • 🕰️ Slow loading times

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

Pixicade

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scanning issues with drawings
  • Glitches when editing games
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Crashes and app freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • More editing tools and customization options
  • Ability to create multi-level games
  • Improved color recognition and scanning
  • Controller support
  • Removal of ads and in-app purchases

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Level Maker

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlock All Blocks + Remove Ads$2.99
  • Unlock All Characters + Remove Ads$2.99
17 purchases

Pixicade

Subscriptions12
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
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  • Deluxe Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pixicade Deluxe Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Pixicade Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Deluxe Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Pixicade Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Plus Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Plus Annual Subscription$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • Enable Sharing$0.99
  • Unlock Animation and Alan Becker$4.99
  • Unlock Pixicade Deluxe$9.99
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  • Pixicade Plus$17.99
  • Features, No Ads, +1000 games$34.99

Questions

Is Level Maker free?
Level Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixicade free?
Pixicade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Level Maker or Pixicade?
Pixicade is rated higher. Level Maker averages 3.6 out of 5 from 90 ratings, while Pixicade averages 4.5 from 4.1K ratings.
Do Level Maker or Pixicade have ads?
Pixicade shows ads; Level Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Level Maker or Pixicade?
Level Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pixicade every 4 weeks. Most recently, Level Maker was updated on October 12, 2026 and Pixicade on October 15, 2026.

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