Comparison

Gen Connect 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

Gen Connect

This app provides families with engaging questions and challenges across six categories to foster open communication and build stronger bonds. It encourages understanding, empathy, and fun interactions between generations.

Highlights
  • Six question categories
  • Interactive challenges
  • Generational communication
  • Builds family community
  • Parental guidance included
  • Develops empathy
Features
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With six categories of questions and challenges ranging from ‘what would you do’ ‘Favorites’ ‘my bright future’ and ‘dance challenge’ families meet on a human level opening up lines of communication and building community as individuals. How to Play Each person takes turns picking from one of these categories: 1. The Inner Me 2. What Would you do? 3. All about Me 4. Favorites 5. My Bright Future 6. Dance Challenge and chooses another member to answer the question with detail or complete a challenge. The person who answers the question or challenge is the next to pick a card. Shared agreement 1. Meet on a human level 2. Respect each other's individuality 3. Don’t take anything personally 4. Have fun 5. Learn about your friends and family Purpose of GenConnect - Make conversations fun and engaging between the generations - Get to know each other better - Share stories that build friendships - Make gatherings more interesting - Building the skills necessary to better understand ourselves - A larger vocabulary with which to communicate our emotions and needs - How to empathize with the perspectives of others Parent Guide Parent guide (how to look into the psychology of your child’s answers) Feedback from a therapist - How to respond without reacting - Do’s and don’ts during conversation - Active Listening - Dealing with triggers - Take answers and cultivate conversations, passion, skills and activity ideas. - Support for mental health - Red Flags - Cultivating Creativity - Tours of passion careers at local schools, colleges and programs.

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

Gen Connect4 screens
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gen Connect at none against Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's shown. Gen Connect also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (69 vs 14). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gen Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 69 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Gen Connect's written reviews are positive against 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gen Connect ships an update every 2 months, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Gen Connect versus Ultimate Level Maker / Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGen ConnectUltimate Level Maker / Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better4.7 (69 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1469 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB188 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHack4ImpactJoshua Bellmyer

Customer experience

Gen Connect

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

All ratings69 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative6.5%

Bugs and requests

Gen Connect

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

None

Gen Connect

No in-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gen Connect free?
Gen Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gen Connect or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Gen Connect is rated higher. Gen Connect averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.7 from 69 ratings.
Do Gen Connect or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder have ads?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder shows ads; Gen Connect does not.
Which is updated more often, Gen Connect or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Gen Connect ships an update every 2 months, and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gen Connect was updated on September 24, 2026 and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder on October 12, 2026.

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