Sam's World vs Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sam's World
Embark on a thrilling jump and run adventure through colorful levels. Collect coins and power-ups while overcoming obstacles and enemies. Explore secret paths and use unique abilities to save the Cheesecake-Mountain.
- Classic platforming gameplay
- Vibrant graphics
- Catchy music
- Power-ups
- Explore for secret ways and items
- Throw marbles at enemies
- Exciting and beautiful levels
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استمتع سام مغامرة الاطفال العالم مثيرة وانقاذ العالم له !
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
Design and build your own 2D platforming levels with a wide variety of tools and assets. Create intricate obstacle courses, adventure maps, or anything you can imagine, then share your creations online and explore those made by others.
- Create 2D platforming levels
- 13 level themes
- Hundreds of blocks, enemies, and objects
- Foreground and background block placement
- World map creation
- Online level sharing and downloading
- Challenge mode with unlockable hats
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This app gives you the tools you need to create fantastic 2D platforming levels and share them with everyone. Build tricky obstacle courses, crazy contraptions, or even longer adventure-style levels. The choice is yours! Features: • Make all sorts of levels, big or small! • Select from 13 different level theme options to suit your mood. • Hundreds of blocks, enemies, and objects to place in each level. • Decoration blocks and sloped ground tiles to create more detailed environments. • Several powerups including upgrades to the player's armor and jump height. • Place blocks in the foreground and background. • Add a sub-area to your levels. • Electricity can be conducted by metal blocks to power pistons and more. • Dynamic fire spreading (wooden blocks can burn, and ice blocks melt!) • Create world maps to compile your levels into a story or adventure! • Share your levels and world maps online, and download those uploaded by other players. • Tackle the classic challenge mode to unlock cool new hats to wear!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at none against Sam's World's 3. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (84% vs 67%). Sam's World's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Sam's World sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 110 and 69 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Sam's World's written reviews are positive against 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's.
Sam's World ships an update every 3 months, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 22, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sam's World | Ultimate Level Maker / Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (110 ratings) | 4.7 (69 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | 69 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Rasheed | Joshua Bellmyer |
Customer experience
Sam's World
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
Bugs and requests
Sam's World
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
Reported bugs
8 issues- Did not get hat after completing 5th year 2nd time
- Glitch with magnet on giant potion
- Lose a life when restarting a level
- Colors are too dark and don't match image
- Username glitch (SOMEBODYCOOL vs SOMEBODYCOOL XD)
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- Cannot add a Sonic level
- New update not on iOS
- Restarting level loses a life
Requested features
37 requests- Add multiplayer and friends list
- Add more bosses
- Add more cosmetics and pets
- Add chat for multiplayer
- Allow replaying levels
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- Add gravity switching like GD
- Add friends to play with
- Add a story mode
- Allow uploading levels without completion
- Add different kinds of coins
- Add more characters to play as
- Add playable character maker
- Add a family or friends for Carbo
- Add a girl version of Carbo or a dog/little brother
- Add lily pad blocks
- Add search functionality in the level editor
- Add more blocks and items
- Add multiplayer mode
- Add ability to color Carbo
- Add NPCs for storytelling
- Add a view creator button with profiles
- Add more lore for Carbo
- Add side scrolling
- Fix jet pack power up
- Add plane power up
- Add a bat boss
- Add comments on user games
- Add rating for user games
- Add custom music for levels
- Add more bone enemies
- Add new bosses (Giga Beetle, Mansion Bat, Huge Riko)
- Add mod support
- Add level rating system
- Improve lighting and shadows
- Add playable character maker
- Add boss maker
- Add more world parts
In-app purchases
Sam's World
- Skip level$1.99
- Get more life$1.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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