Comparison

Levelhead vs Ruby's Realms

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

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About

Levelhead

Design and share your own 2D platformer levels with an intuitive editor. Explore a vast library of user-created content, compete for high scores, and enjoy a challenging campaign.

Highlights
  • Intuitive level editor
  • Hundreds of build items
  • Challenging campaign mode
  • User-generated content sharing
  • Global leaderboards
  • Cross-platform play and save
Features
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Play the 2D Platformer Maker from the award-winning studio behind Crashlands! EMPLOYEEEEEE! The Bureau of Shipping is the galaxy's premiere package delivery corporation. For hundreds of years our customers have trusted us to deliver their goods, real good. And now you get to be part of that delivery magic. As a new Employee to the Levelhead Division, you are responsible for training your very own GR-18 delivery robot for every possible delivery scenario. Create L.E.V.E.L.s, or "Limited Exercises for eValuating employEe Limitations", with the intuitive Level editor in the Workshop, then publish them for the whole world to experience. Build incredible contraptions and machines, craft adventurous expeditions that require brain and brawn to complete, or just create a relaxing music scene for other Levelheads to chill with. Once you've completed your Level, share it with the rest of the world... and gain a following! The Levelhead Division comes equipped with powerful curation and Following systems, so you'll always be able to find the best new Levels created by your colleagues. And don't forget about the Training course! More than 90 hand-crafted Levels offer a wealth of challenges and surprises to jumpstart your creativity. What are you waiting for, Employee? Get out there and do good for our goods! FEATURES + Build your own Levels! Get creative and make your own Levels with hundreds of items including enemies, hazards, paths, programmable switches, secrets, weather, music, and powers. Build a sprawling adventure, a puzzle game, a pinball machine, a Level full of bosses, a fast-paced challenge, a relaxing musical contraption, a well-paced sidescroller, or whatever else you can imagine! Levelhead's intuitive Level editor lets you convert your design ideas into platforming adventures for players around the world. + Complete the challenging and funny campaign! Take control of GR-18, a delivery robot in-training, as you run, jump, and blast your way across 90+ challenging, hand-designed campaign Levels. Along the way you'll unlock new Avatars, speedrun against benchmark times, and become a star employee of the Levelhead division! + Gain a following! Publish your Level to the entire world and see your Play Time, Attempts, and Followers stack up. With robust search and curation, Levelhead makes collecting followers and playing endless user generated content from around the world a breeze. Plus, the Marketing Department lets you push your Levels to the top of the charts just by playing the game, meaning you don't already have to be famous to get your Levels played! + Compete for speed and score! Every Level comes with a leaderboard - take the top spot and you'll hold the trophy! But beware, the competition is fierce and you never know who will be coming for your awards. + Cross platform, cross save, & cross play! The Levels you create go out to the whole world, regardless of device! You can even back-up your unfinished levels to the cloud and transfer them between devices with ease, so you can build and play wherever you want.

About

Ruby's Realms

Embark on a magical adventure as Ruby, searching for her lost mother in a mysterious, cursed realm. Explore hand-built levels, battle dark creatures, and uncover ancient secrets. Upgrade your abilities and customize your playstyle to overcome challenging puzzles and perils.

Highlights
  • Explore cursed realms
  • Battle dark creatures
  • Solve puzzles
  • Upgrade abilities
  • Customize playstyle
  • Collect XP orbs
Features
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Story So Far: Ruby finds herself in a shadowy, unknown land, her mind clouded with fragmented memories of the past and no clue how she arrived. She faintly recalls a desperate search for her mother, who vanished under strange and unexplained circumstances when Ruby was just a small child. Driven by that haunting mystery, she had stepped through a portal tucked beneath the ancient fortress of Vianden, a crumbling stronghold whispered to be cursed with tales of witchcraft and dark, forbidden magic. The air hangs heavy with an unnatural mist, and eerie symbols flicker faintly on the walls, glowing with a life of their own. As Ruby takes in her strange surroundings, a hooded figure emerges on a flickering screen, its face swallowed by shadows. A voice, cold and echoing as if from some otherworldly abyss, speaks: "Welcome, Ruby. Your destiny awaits." A chill grips her heart, and with a growing sense of dread, Ruby knows her journey has only just begun—dark secrets of this realm lie in wait, ready to be unraveled... ------- Discover a Cursed World of Mystery and Magic Awaken as Ruby in a shadowy realm where ancient portals hide dark secrets. Your mother vanished long ago. Now fragmented memories lead you beneath the fortress of Vianden into worlds twisted by witchcraft. Face hooded cultists casting spells. Battle skeletons rising from the ground. Dodge possessed birds in the gloom. Collect glowing XP orbs from defeated foes to grow stronger, and purchase upgrades from your ol' pal, Skully the barman. ------- Gameplay That Hooks You In Explore hand-built levels packed with puzzles and perils. Leap platforms, blast enemies with magic flames, and discover secrets. Each realm brings fresh challenges. Green swamps ooze with toxic sludge. Orange factories rumble with crushers and blades. Blue depths demand swimming through hidden caves. Pink alien zones twist with bizarre life. ------- Progression and Allies Gather upgrade points from blue orbs dropped by enemies or hidden sacks. Spend them at Skully's shop. This skeleton bartender becomes your buddy. He pops up on screens with tips and upgrades like extra health or faster shots. Level up to tackle tougher spots. Feel Ruby grow from lost explorer to realm-shaking force. Custom upgrades fit your playstyle. Go for speed, agility or raw power. Friendly skeletons add light moments in the dark world. Replay levels for missed collectibles. Chase full completion.

Screenshots

Levelhead4 screens
Ruby's Realms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Levelhead at 484 against Ruby's Realms's 2. Levelhead also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Ruby's Realms's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $6.99) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On ads, 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

Levelhead costs $6.99 and Ruby's Realms $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Levelhead holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Levelhead has 484 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Levelhead's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ruby's Realms's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Levelhead ships an update weekly, Ruby's Realms every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Levelhead versus Ruby's Realms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLevelheadRuby's Realms
Price$6.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (484 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings484 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size522 MB237 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperButterscotch Shenanigans, Inc.Chilling Moose

Customer experience

Levelhead

All ratings484 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative12.1%

Ruby's Realms

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Levelhead

No in-app purchases

None

Ruby's Realms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Levelhead free?
Levelhead costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ruby's Realms free?
Ruby's Realms costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Levelhead or Ruby's Realms?
Levelhead is rated higher. Levelhead averages 4.8 out of 5 from 484 ratings, while Ruby's Realms averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Levelhead or Ruby's Realms have ads?
Neither Levelhead nor Ruby's Realms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Levelhead or Ruby's Realms?
Levelhead ships an update weekly, and Ruby's Realms every 3 days. Most recently, Levelhead was updated on October 12, 2026 and Ruby's Realms on October 9, 2026.

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