Comparison

Ham Race 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

Ham Race

Control two hamsters in a spinning race to reach the goal. Manage their energy by pressing buttons to spin the front and rear wheels, but be mindful of depletion. Success depends on strategic wheel spinning to keep them moving.

Highlights
  • Control two hamsters simultaneously
  • Spin front and rear wheels
  • Manage hamster energy levels
  • Race to a goal
  • Simple button controls
Features
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Hamsters' spinning race game. Keep two hamsters running in their wheel to reach the goal. The left button spins the rear wheel while the right button spins the front wheel. Wheels roll lightly by pressing both buttons! The energy decreases as the wheels spin. Be careful! When the energy turns to zero, you can't move the wheels!

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

Ham Race4 screens
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at every 3 weeks against Ham Race's every 5 months. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 75%) and ratings volume (105 vs 20). Ham Race's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 105 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Ham Race's written reviews are positive against 85% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ham Race ships an update every 5 months, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ham Race versus Ultimate Level Maker / Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHam RaceUltimate Level Maker / Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (20 ratings)4.6 (105 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.6% of reviews84.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20105 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB188 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDAN-BALLJoshua Bellmyer

Customer experience

Ham Race

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive74.6%
Neutral16.9%
Negative8.5%

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

User reviews

Ham Race

From 20 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐹 Cute hamsters and art
  • 🎶 Great music
  • 😊 Makes users happy
  • 👍 Fun gameplay
  • ✨ Therapeutic experience

Room to improve

  • 🎢 Difficult physics
  • 🥱 Gets boring
  • 🤏 Too short/few levels
  • 🔄 Repetitive music
  • 🤷🏻‍♂️ Pointless game

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

From 105 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

Ham Race

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • One glitch encountered
  • Mushroom physics issues

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels
  • More variety
  • More updates
  • Longer courses
  • Powder game app
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  • Power ups (boost, jump)
  • New level updates
  • Better landscape graphics

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

Ham Race

No in-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ham Race free?
Ham Race 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, Ham Race or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Ham Race averages 4.5 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.6 from 105 ratings.
Do Ham Race or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder have ads?
Both Ham Race and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ham Race or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Ham Race ships an update every 5 months, and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ham Race was updated on November 10, 2026 and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder on November 14, 2026.

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