Comparison

Game Maker vs Downpour

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Game Maker4 screens
Downpour4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Game Maker ships an update every 2 months, Downpour monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Game Maker versus Downpour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGame MakerDownpour
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (8 ratings)4.8 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews86.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings827 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB66 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTenna ChurikiDownpour Limited

Customer experience

Game Maker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative87.5%

Downpour

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative8.0%

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
Show 7 more
  • 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

None

Game Maker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Downpour

Subscriptions1
  • Downpour Plus$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Game Maker free?
Game Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Downpour free?
Downpour is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Game Maker or Downpour?
Downpour is rated higher. Game Maker averages 3.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Downpour averages 4.8 from 27 ratings.
Do Game Maker or Downpour have ads?
Neither Game Maker nor Downpour shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Game Maker or Downpour?
Game Maker ships an update every 2 months, and Downpour monthly. Most recently, Game Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Downpour on October 20, 2026.

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