World Builder 3D vs Small World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
World Builder 3D
Unleash your creativity in a virtual world where you can build diverse 3D houses and famous landmarks. Assemble parts like a puzzle, use hints, and enjoy relaxing gameplay with beautiful graphics. This open-world sandbox game offers endless creative possibilities.
- Build diverse 3D houses
- Assemble famous building models
- 3D puzzle gameplay
- Open world sandbox
- Hundreds of items to build
- Beautiful 3D graphics
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Discover, be creative and expand your imagination in a virtual world full of quests where you have the power to build a lot of different houses with a choice. Build and explore the world with a fun and relaxing 3D puzzle game. All the models are based on the world's famous buildings. While assembling the parts into various models, players are also feeling the exotic atmospheres around the world. How To Play: - Select a 3d building model and assemble it by yourself. - Simply drag the objects and place them on the floor. - Rotate the floor and find the exact position by dragging near to it. - If you will not find an object reflection on the wooden floor, then rotate the floor again and solve it like a puzzle. - Use hints to find the exact position of the object and solve the jigsaw world puzzle. - Get more hints by watching ads and complete the percentage for 3d coloring view. - Enjoy the background music while constructing a building. Features: - Hundreds of items to build. - Beautiful 3D graphics. - Trains your brain and open your imagination by crafting objects. - Designed to develop creativity with hours of world-building fun. - Travel the world and craft your world from scratch piece by piece. - Open world sandbox game where no specific goals are required to accomplish. Immerse yourself in creative gameplay with city builder and create your own adventure. World 3D builder is the perfect game to spark your creativity.
Small World
Explore diverse 3D scenes and bring them to life by coloring objects. Watch characters and items animate as you complete your artwork. Embark on imaginative journeys through time and space.
- Explore diverse 3D scenes
- Color 3D objects by tapping
- Animated characters and objects
- Travel through time and space
- Immersive world exploration
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You are invited to this immersive world! You can explore various scenes and use your magic power to color 3D objects by tapping on them. You can travel anywhere in time and space, from Jurassic to the Moon! Some characters and even objects become alive when fully colored, they are happy to perform animated stories for you. Ger ready for adventures and enjoy the show~
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Small World at 100% against World Builder 3D's 17%. Small World also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). World Builder 3D's advantage is ratings volume (375 vs 7) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 13 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. World Builder 3D sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Small World sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Small World holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Builder 3D has 375 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of World Builder 3D's written reviews are positive against 100% of Small World's.
World Builder 3D ships an update every 6 months, Small World every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | World Builder 3D | Small World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (375 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 375 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 317 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vector Labs Limited | DiZign LLC |
Customer experience
World Builder 3D
Small World
Bugs and requests
World Builder 3D
Reported bugs
9 issues- Pieces do not attach easily
- Pieces slide off screen
- Ads obscure gameplay
- Last piece is off the side and impossible to grab
- Some pieces disappear and need to be scrolled for
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- Pieces don't feel like they set
- Cannot get to some pieces on the far left or right
- Controls are shaky
- Pieces are too small to see flashing
Requested features
6 requests- Add new models
- Timer reset at midnight in player's timezone
- Fix pieces being grayed out
- Improve piece placement sensitivity
- Make puzzles larger
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- Add a way to tilt the view for extreme mode
Small World
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
World Builder 3D
- 300 Coins$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- 700 Coins$3.99
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- 1500 Coins$6.99
Small World
- 200 Coins$0.99
- 9 Gems$2.99
- Unlock All Levels$4.99
Questions
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