Game Maker vs Downpour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Game Maker
Design and build your own video games by adding characters, obstacles, and power-ups. Define game rules and object behaviors to create unique play experiences. Save your creations and share them with friends or enjoy them yourself.
- Add players, blocks, bombs, and hearts
- Set game rules and object behavior
- Save and play created games
- Share games with friends
- Create unlimited games
- Dark mode support
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You can create your original games with this app. 1. Add player, blocks, bombs, and hearts to desired positions 2. Set the rules of the game, and behavior of these objects 3. Save and Ready for play !! Let your friends play the games or simply enjoy yourself. You will come up with smart ideas and be a creative gamer! You can create and save the game as many as you want (doesn’t take much space!!). *Dark mode recommended.
Downpour
Easily create interactive games and websites on your phone. Combine photos, drawings, and text to build branching stories and unique pages. Share your creations with others or host them elsewhere, all without coding.
- Create games and websites on your phone
- Add photos, drawings, and text
- Link pages together for branching stories
- Style and decorate pages
- No coding required
- Share games via link for browser play
- Offline creation
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Downpour is the best way to make games on your phone. Collage together photos, drawings and text, and then connect them together into a branching story. It's genuinely quick and easy to use — you can make a game before your tea has gotten cold. Once you've made a game with Downpour, what then? You can share it within the app, allowing other people to play games and follow you, or you can share the link and anyone can play. "for the first time in years, I feel like I want to make art again" - The Verge • Make a game or website on your phone in minutes • Add photos, drawings and text to create your own unique pages — then link them together • Style and decorate pages to make them your own • Easy and accessible — no coding involved • Games can be played in any web browser — just share the link • Follow your friends and get notified when they've made something new • Export games to host elsewhere • Make games without needing an account • Works offline — make games anywhere • Optional subscription allows outbound links & more uploads --- Downpour is developed by me, V Buckenham. Please do reach out if you have any problems or suggestions - I can be reached at v@downpour.games. Terms of Use: https://downpour.games/termsofservice Privacy Policy: https://downpour.games/privacypolicy Support: https://downpour.games/support Subscriptions will be charged to your App Store account after your confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew monthly or annually unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your App Store Account Settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Hope you enjoy making games with Downpour!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Downpour at 86% against Game Maker's 0%. Downpour also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Game Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Downpour sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Game Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Downpour holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Game Maker's written reviews are positive against 86% of Downpour's.
Game Maker ships an update every 2 months, Downpour monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Game Maker | Downpour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 86.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tenna Churiki | Downpour Limited |
Customer experience
Game Maker
Downpour
Bugs and requests
Game Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Downpour
Reported bugs
2 issues- Locked out after logging out due to email link loop
- Transition linking issues
Requested features
12 requests- Add animation like Alight Motion
- Add sound effects (recorded or from camera roll)
- Allow insertion of short videos
- Add animations for text
- Add transitions between pages
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- Add music
- Add a tutorial
- Implement a 'liking' or 'popularity' system for games
- Allow users to add videos to projects
- Add an image bank with placeholders
- Add a feature to draw sprites
- Add coding/scripting options for advanced users
In-app purchases
Game Maker
No in-app purchases
Downpour
- Downpour Plus$4.991 Month









