Comparison

Bot 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

Bot Maker

Design and share your own virtual environments or explore and play in creations made by others. This game allows for both creative world-building and engaging gameplay experiences.

Highlights
  • Create virtual worlds
  • Publish creations
  • Play games created by others
  • Explore user-generated worlds
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Create your worlds and publish them. Or only play funny games/worlds created by other players.

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

Bot Maker4 screens
Pixicade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pixicade at 4.5 against Bot Maker's 3.7. Pixicade also leads on ratings volume (4.1K vs 3). Bot Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Bot Maker sells 5 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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixicade has 4.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Bot Maker's written reviews are positive against 80% of Pixicade's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bot Maker ships an update every 4 days, Pixicade every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bot Maker versus Pixicade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBot MakerPixicade
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.5 (4.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.5% of reviews
Number of ratings34.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB662 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperYso CorpAbacus

Customer experience

Bot Maker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pixicade

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

Bugs and requests

Bot Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

5 purchases

Bot Maker

One-time5
  • 10.000 Coins$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 20.000 Coins$3.99
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  • 50.000 Coins$8.99
  • 100.000 Coins$15.99
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 Bot Maker free?
Bot 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, Bot Maker or Pixicade?
Pixicade is rated higher. Bot Maker averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Pixicade averages 4.5 from 4.1K ratings.
Do Bot Maker or Pixicade have ads?
Pixicade shows ads; Bot Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Bot Maker or Pixicade?
Bot Maker ships an update every 4 days, and Pixicade every 4 weeks. Most recently, Bot Maker was updated on October 6, 2026 and Pixicade on October 18, 2026.

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