3D Game Maker vs Drop Ahead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3D Game Maker
Easily create and share your own 3D physics action puzzle games. Explore over 200 pre-made levels or unleash your imagination to build infinite new challenges. Collect stars, navigate obstacles, and reach the goal in this creative game-building experience.
- 3D physics action puzzle game creation
- Level editor with various interactive parts
- Over 200 pre-made levels included
- Collect stars and reach the goal
- Share created games with others
- Unlock themes, players, and items with coins
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This game makes it easy for anyone to create a 3D physics action puzzle game and share it. About 200 existing levels are also included. There can be an infinite number of games! Unleash your creativity! ・ Game Overview It's a simple game, just move the player to reach the goal. Collect as many "stars" placed in the game level as possible before reaching the goal. ・ The elements that make up the game Various types of parts can be placed in the game level. The following parts can be placed - Ground (plane, slope) The player rides on it to move around. The ground can be set to move automatically, or it can be linked to a switch to control its appearance or non-appearance. - Start and Goal The player goes from the starting point to the goal point. - Jump (small, medium, large) On this, the player jumps. There are three different heights to jump. - Acceleration Get on it and accelerate the player in the specified direction. - Magma If a player touches it, the game is over. - Switch (all 9 colors) Touching a switch or placing an object on it can turn it on or off. The ground will appear and disappear when the switch is turned on or off. - Warp (all 9 colors) Touch it and move instantaneously to a warp point of the same color to be paired - Objects (spheres, cuboids) An object that the player can move freely by touching it. - Obstacles If the player hits one of them, the game is over. There are various types of obstacles, such as stationary ones, ones that move back and forth to a fixed location, ones that move randomly, and ones that track the player. - Wings Touch it and the player will grow wings and be able to fly for a certain amount of time. - Invincible Touching it will make the player invisible and the game will not be over if the player touches magma or an obstacle for a certain amount of time. - Stars Up to 3 stars can be placed in a level. Collect all the stars to reach the goal and complete the level. - Coins They are placed in the bonus level. The more coins you collect, the more you can expand the game's features and buy themes and items. Please note that you can place coins in your own games and in games created by others, but the number of coins you have will not increase if you get them outside the bonus level. ・ Upgrade the game By playing the game or playing the commercial videos, you can acquire coins that can be used in the game. The coins you collect can be used for the following. - Get a new background theme - Get a new ground theme. - Acquire new players. - Acquire special consumption items. - Add more sheets to the "Make Game" menu (more complex levels can be created). - Add more pages and slots to save your game. - Increase the number of histories that can be saved when importing a game made by someone else. ・ How to make a game The actual gameplay is on a 3D screen, but the game is created on a 2D screen. Place the items in the 10x10 flat squares and determine their positions on the 2D screen. After that, you can create a blueprint of the 3D stage by setting the altitude of the items you placed. When you play this blueprint, you will be able to play as a 3D level. The ground can also be linked to switches or set to move. ・ Share your game! The games you create can be converted into "codes" that you can share with anyone. The code is the blueprint data of the game. You can share the code itself, but you can also create a "code link" that contains the code information, so you can share it with your friends or publish it on social networking sites for everyone to play your game. Clicking on the code link will allow you to play the game directly. (If the app is not installed, you will be redirected to the app store.) ・ Let's play the games that everyone has made! You can play games made by people all over the world by searching for games that have been published on social networking sites. Use the hashtag #3DGMWork to find the best games!
Drop Ahead
Design, play, and compete in custom game levels. Share your creations with a global community and test your skills against others. Enjoy endless challenges and express your style with unlockable skins.
- Create custom game levels
- Share levels with players worldwide
- Compete on leaderboards
- Earn e-gift prizes
- Play endless user-created levels
- Customize character skins
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Jump Into Fun with Drop Ahead Sandbox Madness, new game from the creators of the Parkour Go and Hot Lava Floor! Get ready for endless fun and cool challenges in Drop Ahead Sandbox Madness! It’s the perfect place to build, run, and jump in your very own game levels. Features: Create Your Levels: Make your own cool courses with easy tools and share them with friends or players around the world. See how they like jumping and running through what you've made! Compete and Win: Rise to the top of the leaderboards by mastering levels or being the fastest speedrunner. The best creators and speedrunners are rewarded with exclusive e-gift prizes. Play Non-Stop: With so many levels made by other players, you’ll never run out of new challenges. Try them all and have a blast! Keep Getting Better: We’re always adding new stuff to make the game more fun, like fresh features and awesome content. Choose Your Style: Pick the fun skins to make your character look just how you like! Cool Stuff Coming Soon: More Skins: Get ready for even more cool skins to change up your look. Play With Friends: We’re adding multiplayer so you can challenge your friends or team up to tackle levels together. Mystery and Fun: Look out for mysterious and super fun surprises that we’ll add to shake things up! Be Part of Our World: Join a great community of players who love creating, sharing, and competing. Whether you’re all about building or you’re a champ at racing through levels, Drop Ahead Sandbox Madness is your place to shine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drop Ahead at 5.0 against 3D Game Maker's 4.4. Drop Ahead also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). 3D Game Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (29 vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. Drop Ahead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 3D Game Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drop Ahead holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 3D Game Maker has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of 3D Game Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Drop Ahead's.
3D Game Maker ships an update every 13 months, Drop Ahead every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3D Game Maker | Drop Ahead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 262 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KAZUYA KAMIOKA | Andrew Kozlov |
Customer experience
3D Game Maker
Drop Ahead
In-app purchases
3D Game Maker
No in-app purchases
Drop Ahead
- Remove Ads$2.99
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