Comparison

Vex 2 vs Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

Head to head
About

Vex 2

Experience a retro stickman platformer with hundreds of new levels. Master new avatar skills and challenging parkour gameplay to become the best runner. This game offers a classic stick figure running challenge.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of new levels
  • New avatar and stick figure skills
  • Challenging parkour gameplay
  • Retro stickman graphics
  • Human runner challenge
Features
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Jump, run, and survive in a challenging stickman parkour adventure! Vex 2: Stickman Parkour brings intense platform action with tricky obstacles, deadly traps, and challenging levels. Test your skills as you run, jump, and dodge through dangerous stages filled with unexpected challenges. Master your movement, avoid traps, and complete each level with perfect timing. Every jump matters, and every mistake brings a new challenge. Features: • Challenging parkour platform gameplay • Tricky obstacles and deadly traps • Fast-paced stickman action • Tons of challenging levels to conquer • Simple controls, hard-to-master gameplay • Play offline anytime, anywhere Can you beat every stage and become the ultimate parkour master?

About

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

Design and build your own 2D platforming levels with a wide variety of tools and assets. Create intricate obstacle courses, adventure maps, or anything you can imagine, then share your creations online and explore those made by others.

Highlights
  • Create 2D platforming levels
  • 13 level themes
  • Hundreds of blocks, enemies, and objects
  • Foreground and background block placement
  • World map creation
  • Online level sharing and downloading
  • Challenge mode with unlockable hats
Features
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This app gives you the tools you need to create fantastic 2D platforming levels and share them with everyone. Build tricky obstacle courses, crazy contraptions, or even longer adventure-style levels. The choice is yours! Features: • Make all sorts of levels, big or small! • Select from 13 different level theme options to suit your mood. • Hundreds of blocks, enemies, and objects to place in each level. • Decoration blocks and sloped ground tiles to create more detailed environments. • Several powerups including upgrades to the player's armor and jump height. • Place blocks in the foreground and background. • Add a sub-area to your levels. • Electricity can be conducted by metal blocks to power pistons and more. • Dynamic fire spreading (wooden blocks can burn, and ice blocks melt!) • Create world maps to compile your levels into a story or adventure! • Share your levels and world maps online, and download those uploaded by other players. • Tackle the classic challenge mode to unlock cool new hats to wear!

Screenshots

Vex 24 screens
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at 85% against Vex 2's 33%. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Vex 2's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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. Vex 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 103 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Vex 2's written reviews are positive against 85% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vex 2 ships an update every 7 months, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Vex 2 versus Ultimate Level Maker / Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVex 2Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (8 ratings)4.6 (103 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews84.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB188 MB
Age rating9+9+
Developer红利 郑Joshua Bellmyer

Customer experience

Vex 2

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

All ratings69 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative7.0%

Bugs and requests

Vex 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Did not get hat after completing 5th year 2nd time
  • Glitch with magnet on giant potion
  • Lose a life when restarting a level
  • Colors are too dark and don't match image
  • Username glitch (SOMEBODYCOOL vs SOMEBODYCOOL XD)
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  • Cannot add a Sonic level
  • New update not on iOS
  • Restarting level loses a life

Requested features

37 requests
  • Add multiplayer and friends list
  • Add more bosses
  • Add more cosmetics and pets
  • Add chat for multiplayer
  • Allow replaying levels
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  • Add gravity switching like GD
  • Add friends to play with
  • Add a story mode
  • Allow uploading levels without completion
  • Add different kinds of coins
  • Add more characters to play as
  • Add playable character maker
  • Add a family or friends for Carbo
  • Add a girl version of Carbo or a dog/little brother
  • Add lily pad blocks
  • Add search functionality in the level editor
  • Add more blocks and items
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Add ability to color Carbo
  • Add NPCs for storytelling
  • Add a view creator button with profiles
  • Add more lore for Carbo
  • Add side scrolling
  • Fix jet pack power up
  • Add plane power up
  • Add a bat boss
  • Add comments on user games
  • Add rating for user games
  • Add custom music for levels
  • Add more bone enemies
  • Add new bosses (Giga Beetle, Mansion Bat, Huge Riko)
  • Add mod support
  • Add level rating system
  • Improve lighting and shadows
  • Add playable character maker
  • Add boss maker
  • Add more world parts

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vex 2

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vex 2 free?
Vex 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vex 2 or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Vex 2 averages 2.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.6 from 103 ratings.
Do Vex 2 or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder have ads?
Both Vex 2 and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder show ads.
Which is updated more often, Vex 2 or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Vex 2 ships an update every 7 months, and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Vex 2 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder on November 8, 2026.

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