Game Maker vs Tesana
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.
Tesana
Explore and play a vast library of community-created games across numerous genres. Utilize AI to describe and build your own unique playable games, then share them with others. Your progress and creations sync across all your devices.
- Play thousands of community-created games
- Create games using AI descriptions
- Online multiplayer across genres
- Save favorites and follow creators
- Publish your own games
- Cross-device synchronization
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Play thousands of games made by the Tesana community, and make your own with AI. PLAY • Online multiplayer games in every genre: shooters, adventure, strategy, roguelikes, racing, puzzles and more. • New games every day, with charts, categories and personal picks. • Save favorites, follow creators and pick up where you left off. • Chat with other players in each game's room. CREATE • Describe the game you want in plain words, and Tesana builds a playable game in minutes. • Keep shaping it in Studio: ask for new levels, characters, rules or art, and play every version as it changes. • Publish it for everyone to play, with its own page and link. YOUR ACCOUNT, EVERYWHERE • Sign in with Apple, Google, Discord or email, the same account as tesana.com. • Your games, saves and plan follow you between phone, tablet and the web. SAFE BY DESIGN • Report any game, comment or player in one tap, and block players you don't want to hear from. Creating games uses credits. A plan gives you monthly credits, and credit packs top you up. Plans renew automatically until you cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://tesana.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tesana at 43% against Game Maker's 0%. Tesana also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Game Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Tesana sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Game Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tesana holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Game Maker's written reviews are positive against 43% of Tesana's.
Game Maker ships an update every 2 months, Tesana every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Game Maker | Tesana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tenna Churiki | Dreamsands Inc. |
Customer experience
Game Maker
Tesana
In-app purchases
Game Maker
No in-app purchases
Tesana
- Tesana Weekly$7.997 Days
- Tesana Pro$19.991 Month
- Tesana Pro Trial7 Days trial$19.991 Month
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- Pro$25.001 Month
- Tesana Credits Small$4.99
- Tesana Credits Standard$9.99
- Plus$10.00
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- Tesana Credits Plus$24.99
- Builder$25.00
- Studio$50.00







