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.
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.
- Classic character customization
- Photo library integration
- New drawing brushes
- Shake to erase functionality
- Seasonal character themes
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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
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Wooly Willy | Ultimate Level Maker / Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (69 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.7% of reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Neal Colston | Joshua Bellmyer |
Customer experience
Wooly Willy
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
User reviews
Wooly Willy
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Wooly Willy
- Halloween Add On PackFree
- Christmas Add on PackFree
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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