Comparison

Wooly Willy 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

Wooly Willy

Relive childhood nostalgia with a digital version of a classic magnetic toy. Create fun hairstyles and makeovers on various characters or your own photos, all from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Classic character customization
  • Photo library integration
  • New drawing brushes
  • Shake to erase functionality
  • Seasonal character themes
Features
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Stuck in a waiting room with nothing to do? Yearning for a bit of nostalgic fun from childhood? Need to keep the kids entertained? Check out the new Wooly Willy game for the iPhone or iPad! No metal shavings or magnetic wands required. Now you can have the magic of this classic toy at your fingertip everywhere you go. Since the 1950's, Wooly Willy has been providing hours of giggles and laughs. Unleash your creativity on the classic images of Wooly Willy and Hairdo Harriet or give your friend a makeover by choosing from your own image library! New • Optimized for iOS 10 and 9 • New Drawing Brushes Features • Choose from 3 Classic Wooly Willy Characters: Wooly Willy, Hairdo Harriet, and Buddy Beagle. • Also choose from 8 Halloween and Christmas Characters: Jack O Lantern, Freaky Frank, Cool Ghoul,Wacky Witch, Santa Willy, Nutcracker, Elfred Elf, and the Gingerbread Man. • Use images taken instantly from your Camera or saved from your Photo Library • Shake to Erase or clear with a button

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

Wooly Willy4 screens
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at Free against Wooly Willy's $0.99. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 40%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Wooly Willy's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download; Wooly Willy costs $0.99 up front. Wooly Willy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 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, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 69 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Wooly Willy's written reviews are positive against 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wooly Willy ships an update every 3 months, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Wooly Willy versus Ultimate Level Maker / Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWooly WillyUltimate Level Maker / Builder
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.7 (69 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.7% of reviews83.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings369 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB188 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNeal ColstonJoshua Bellmyer

Customer experience

Wooly Willy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive39.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative50.0%

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

User reviews

Wooly Willy

From 3 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Nostalgic childhood memories
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for kids and family
  • 💡 Creative expression
  • 💰 Good value for price
  • 📸 Ability to use own pictures

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and doesn't work
  • 🐌 Slow performance
  • ❌ Not like the original toy
  • 💸 Waste of money
  • 🤔 Pointless and gets old

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

From 69 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game overall
  • 💡 Excellent level maker
  • 💰 No ads or purchases
  • 🤩 Highly creative possibilities
  • 🌟 Very fun and engaging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs present
  • 🐌 Slow updates
  • 🕹️ Controls not always good
  • 🔴 Too many ads
  • ⚠️ Online safety concerns

Bugs and requests

Wooly Willy

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Doesn't work
  • Very glitchy
  • Can only draw one line
  • App crashes immediately
  • Crashes every time
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  • Slow on iPhone 4
  • Finger tracking not good
  • Just draws little x's
  • Draws little x's wherever you drag your finger
  • Hair doesn't have magnetic feel
  • Slow performance
  • Doesn't allow dragging from bottom
  • Doesn't allow dragging anything
  • Stuck with mistakes
  • Dust doesn't look right (asterisks)
  • Makes it look like ants crawling
  • More you spat on, worse it looks
  • Gravity missing
  • Draws black stars all over
  • Too damned slow
  • Poorly coded

Requested features

26 requests
  • Undo button
  • Take pictures from camera
  • Drag shavings onto picture
  • Save creations
  • Color palette
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  • Different drawing tools
  • Improve finger tracking
  • Add gravity
  • Adjust pressure sensitivity
  • Drag filings around
  • Drag from edge to pick up filings
  • Remove filings by dragging to edge
  • Make it free
  • Make it easier to put woolys on
  • Improve graphics
  • Add accelerometer for gravity effect
  • Digital shavings that slide around
  • Pile of digital shavings at bottom
  • Move shavings up to position them
  • More realistic magnet feel
  • Retro feel
  • Different colors of hair
  • Make drawing faster with full lead
  • Fix drawing when fast
  • Add more to do
  • Improve speed

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

2 purchases

Wooly Willy

One-time2
  • Halloween Add On PackFree
  • Christmas Add on PackFree
None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wooly Willy free?
Wooly Willy costs $0.99, and also offers 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, Wooly Willy or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Wooly Willy averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.7 from 69 ratings.
Do Wooly Willy or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder have ads?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder shows ads; Wooly Willy does not.
Which is updated more often, Wooly Willy or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Wooly Willy ships an update every 3 months, and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Wooly Willy was updated on October 6, 2026 and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder on October 12, 2026.

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