Comparison

Sticky Shot vs Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

Head to head
About

Sticky Shot

Tap to launch a jelly-like dot across moving platforms, aiming to stick the landing and avoid exploding. Collect rings to unlock new dot designs and climb the leaderboard in this physics-based arcade game.

Highlights
  • Soft body jelly physics
  • Single leaderboard
  • Single finger touch controls
  • Photorealistic bursting effects
  • Collectable dot designs
  • Automatic scorekeeping
Features
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Keep the little jelly like dot thing from exploding into 30 tiny balls. Tap the screen to launch from one side to the other. Stick the landing, literally, on the moving platforms as you jiggle, shoot, and slap your way to fame and fortune, or something. Collect rings and buy more dots such as the smiley dot, the donut dot, the earth dot, and more! FEATURES: -Soft body jelly physics -A single leaderboard -Stunning graphics -Hyper-intuitive revolutionary single finger touch controls -A pause button -A resume button -Photorealistic bursting effects -Surreal sound effects -Automatic scorekeeping, so you can focus on the game -Full Color -Base ten number system Get ready...

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Sticky Shot3 screens
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at none against Sticky Shot's 2. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Sticky Shot's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Sticky Shot sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Sticky Shot against 4.6 for Ultimate Level Maker / Builder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 105 and 102 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Sticky Shot's written reviews are positive against 85% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sticky Shot ships an update every 5 months, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sticky Shot versus Ultimate Level Maker / Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSticky ShotUltimate Level Maker / Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (105 ratings)4.6 (102 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews — better84.5% of reviews
Number of ratings105 — better102
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB188 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSam HoganJoshua Bellmyer

Customer experience

Sticky Shot

All ratings105 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.5%

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

All ratings69 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative7.0%

User reviews

Sticky Shot

From 105 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Amazing game overall
  • 👍 Very fun to play
  • 👍 Great music and soundtrack
  • 👍 Good gameplay
  • 👍 No ads or very few ads

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Game is too hard
  • ⚠️ Ads can be long
  • ⚠️ In-app purchase costs not shown

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

From 102 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game overall
  • 💡 Excellent level maker
  • 💰 No ads or purchases
  • 🤩 Highly creative possibilities
  • 🌟 Very fun and engaging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs present
  • 🐌 Slow updates
  • 🕹️ Controls not always good
  • 🔴 Too many ads
  • ⚠️ Online safety concerns

Bugs and requests

Sticky Shot

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Game crashes a lot

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add country skins pack with continent picker
  • Make ads optional for continuing or earning coins
  • Add more skins
  • Make the game easier
  • Make some dots cheaper

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

2 purchases

Sticky Shot

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock All Dots$2.99
None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sticky Shot free?
Sticky Shot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sticky Shot or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Sticky Shot averages 4.6 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.6 from 102 ratings.
Do Sticky Shot or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder have ads?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder shows ads; Sticky Shot does not.
Which is updated more often, Sticky Shot or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Sticky Shot ships an update every 5 months, and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sticky Shot was updated on November 2, 2026 and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder on November 5, 2026.

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