Comparison

Minecraft vs Master Level Maker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Minecraft

Explore an infinite open world where you can build, craft, and survive. Gather resources, face challenges, and create anything imaginable, alone or with friends. Customize your experience with add-ons and join millions of players on community servers.

Highlights
  • Open-world building and crafting
  • Survival and Creative modes
  • Multiplayer and cross-platform play
  • Infinite procedurally generated worlds
  • Marketplace for add-ons and cosmetics
  • Community servers and private Realms
Features
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Dive into an open world of building, crafting and survival. Gather resources, survive the night, and build whatever you can imagine one block at a time. Explore and craft your way through a completely open world where you can play with friends, build a city, start a farm, mine deep into the ground, face mysterious enemies, or just experiment to the limits of your imagination! The possibilities are endless. Embark on an epic adventure and play with friends, building from the ground up. Build and expand in Creative mode, where you can craft from unlimited resources. Survive the night, face intense battles, craft tools, and fend off danger in Survival mode. With seamless cross-platform and multiplayer gameplay on Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, you can adventure solo or with friends, and discover an infinite, randomly generated world filled with blocks to mine, biomes to explore, and mobs to befriend (or battle)! In Minecraft, the world is yours to shape! CREATE YOUR WORLD • Build anything from the ground up • Craft from special resources and tools to create brand new structures and landscapes • Explore an endless open world full of different biomes and creatures • Minecraft Marketplace – Get creator-made add-ons, thrilling worlds, and stylish cosmetics on Minecraft Marketplace • Connect with millions of players on community servers, or subscribe to Realms Plus to cross-play with up to 10 friends on your own private server • Slash commands – Tweak how the game plays: you can change the weather, summon mobs, change the time of day, and more • Add-ons – Customize your experience even further with add-ons! If you're more tech-inclined, you can modify your game to create new resource packs MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES • Join free massive multiplayer servers and play with thousands of others • Multiplayer servers allow you to play with up to 4 players online with a free Xbox Live account • Build, battle and explore other realms. With Realms and Realms Plus, you can play with up to 10 friends cross-platform, anytime, anywhere on Realms, your own private server that we host for you • With Realms Plus, get instant access to over 150 Marketplace items with new additions each month. Share with friends on your own private Realms server* • Connect and play with players across the world, wherever they are, and join in on MMO battles for survival in other worlds • Discover gigantic community-run worlds, compete in unique mini-games and socialize in lobbies full of fellow Minecrafters SUPPORT: https://www.minecraft.net/help LEARN MORE: https://www.minecraft.net/ Here are the links to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions: Privacy Policy: https://www.minecraft.net/privacy/gdpr Terms and Conditions: https://account.mojang.com/terms MINIMUM RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION To check the requirements for your device visit: https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4409172223501 *Realms & Realms Plus: Try a free 30-day trial in-app. Minecraft may request the following optional permissions, which require your consent. You can continue to use Minecraft without granting these permissions; however, some features may be limited or unavailable. For more information, please see below: • Local Network: To find other devices on the same Wi‑Fi network for multiplayer gameplay. • App Tracking: To deliver personalized ads and improve application experience

About

Master Level Maker

Create and play 2D platformer levels designed by other players. Build your own pixel art within the game and use it in the editor. Compete with others in map creation and running challenges.

Highlights
  • Player-created levels
  • Pixel art editor
  • Map making competition
  • Running skill challenges
  • Social features
Features
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A 2D platform runner game where all levels are created by players, without official maps, offering extreme freedom. Players can directly create pixel art in the game and use it directly in the editor. Complete social features allow players to compete with each other in map making and running skills.

Screenshots

Minecraft4 screens
Master Level Maker1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Master Level Maker at Free against Minecraft's $6.99. Master Level Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Minecraft's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

Master Level Maker is free to download; Minecraft costs $6.99 up front. Minecraft sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Master Level Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minecraft holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minecraft has 837K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Minecraft's written reviews are positive against 100% of Master Level Maker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minecraft ships an update fortnightly, Master Level Maker weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Minecraft versus Master Level Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinecraftMaster Level Maker
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (837K ratings) — better3.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings837K — better7
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#1 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB27 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMojang友邻 刘

Customer experience

Minecraft

All ratings836,838 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews12,232 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral6.8%
Negative16.3%

Master Level Maker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Minecraft

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing items and pets
  • Skin and texture pack issues
  • Frozen loading screens
  • Multiplayer connectivity problems
  • Redstone and command block glitches

Requested features

5 requests
  • More animal varieties
  • Furniture and home decor options
  • Vertical slabs and stairs
  • Customizable pet behaviors
  • New dimensions and bosses

Master Level Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Minecraft

Subscriptions3
  • Realms Monthly Subscription: You + 2 Friends$3.991 Month
  • Realms Plus: You + 10 Friends$7.991 Month
  • Realms Plus:10 Friends w/trial1 Month trial$7.991 Month
One-time7
  • Minecraft Store Item 2$1.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 3$2.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 4$3.99
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  • Minecraft Store Item 5$4.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 6$5.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 8$7.99
  • Minecraft Store Item 10$9.99
None

Master Level Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minecraft free?
Minecraft costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Master Level Maker free?
Master Level Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minecraft or Master Level Maker?
Minecraft is rated higher. Minecraft averages 4.5 out of 5 from 837K ratings, while Master Level Maker averages 3.6 from 7 ratings.
Do Minecraft or Master Level Maker have ads?
Master Level Maker shows ads; Minecraft does not.
Which is updated more often, Minecraft or Master Level Maker?
Minecraft ships an update fortnightly, and Master Level Maker weekly. Most recently, Minecraft was updated on September 24, 2026 and Master Level Maker on August 20, 2026.

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