Comparison

RuuunAway! vs Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

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

Head to head
About

RuuunAway!

Navigate challenging levels by running and jumping to escape a relentless needle wall. Master gravity changes and double jumps to overcome enemies and obstacles. Collect stars and coins to unlock new levels and achieve high scores.

Highlights
  • Side-scrolling action
  • Gravity change mechanic
  • Two-step jump
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Star and coin collection
  • Level unlocking
Features
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Run away from the needle wall! Exciting side-scrolling action game is here! Avoid enemies/obstacles and run to the end! ============================== ■Easy to Play with 2 Buttons -Change Gravity Button You can change gravity upside-down. -Jump and 2 Step Jump Button You can jump. You can jump 2 step by tapping one more while jumping. ============================== ■How to Play Avoid the needle wall, enemies and obstacles. You clear the level if you run to the end. Each level have 3 stars. Collect stars and clear levels. Some levels will be unlocked according to the number of stars you got. Each level have many coins. (Gold, Sliver and Bronze) If you get many coins, you can get high score. Be the No.1 in the world! ============================== ■Note ・Volume of sound effects is corresponding to the volume of ringer and alerts. ・If you turn off the sound by tapping the sound button in the game, you can play this game with listening to your favorite music in iPod.

About

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

Create and play your own action game stages with a simple tap interface. Design levels using various items, test your creations, and share them with friends. Discover and play stages made by other users worldwide.

Highlights
  • Create custom action game stages
  • Play a variety of user-created levels
  • Simple tap-based item placement
  • Test stages during creation
  • Search for popular and random stages
  • Share stages with friends via URL
  • Retro pixel graphics
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[PLAY] [MAKE] [SEARCH] The Power of imagination can touch the sky! Make your very own action game stages and share them with your friends & family! You can play this game absolutely free! This game is perfectly suited for everyone including KIDS. -Basic Instructions- There are [PLAY], [MAKE] and [SEARCH] option buttons on the main menu. Tap [PLAY] button: Play the games all you want! You have a variety of stages to choose from. The range of stage levels are widely prepared, from beginners to advanced level,including the extreme levels that are crazy difficult! Tap [MAKE] button: Make your own stages. You become the game creator! Simple tap controls make it easy! Select from 30 types of items you can place anywhere you want. Tap an item on the list and then tap on the position where you want to place it. (Squares like a chess board are shown in a stage screen in order to make this process simpler.) Once an item is placed, you can place the same item continuously by alternating between tapping the position (square) in a stage and the "PLACE" button. You can also tap an item you've already placed to see additional options. (e.g. You can choose specific settings for the speed of cannon shell movements and the moveable range of blocks!) Play & find out if you can complete the stage you made! You can even do the test play during the process of making a stage by using the "TEST" button in the upper right corner of the screen. Try your own brand-new stage right away! Tap [SEARCH] button: Find popular stages -- stages made by other users and more. -Random: Search for random stages made by players using this App. -History: Look through stages you've already played. (You can also check if you've completed a stage or not.) -Official Website: Open this App’s official website to start the search. When you have found the one you want to play, tap on the stage and use "START" button. -Enter ID: Paste the GameID and tap "Enter ID" button, if you are unable to start the stage after using "START" button in the official website. (32 alphanumeric characters shown on the official website is the GameID.) Now, you're ready to start the game you found. Enjoy! [Send your original stage to friends & family] If you want to share your original stage with someone, send them the copy of your stage's URL via email! (Downloading this App is required in order to play your stage.) Post your original stage on Twitter, Facebook and LINE are also available! You can also have fun searching online for "PicoPicoMaker" in your free time! Enjoy finding new stages other users have made! Everyone loves the retro-looking pixel graphics games they grew up with! Connect with people from all over the world with PicoPicoMaker! Start your global action game adventure!

Screenshots

RuuunAway!4 screens
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX at 4.2 against RuuunAway!'s 3.0. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (251 vs 4). RuuunAway!'s advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 73%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, 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

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX has 251 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of RuuunAway!'s written reviews are positive against 73% of Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RuuunAway! ships an update every 7 months, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RuuunAway! versus Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRuuunAway!Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.2 (251 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.3% of reviews — better72.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4251 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB68 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKAZUYA KAMIOKAGlobalGear Co. Ltd.

Customer experience

RuuunAway!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive85.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative8.8%

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

All ratings251 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative19.6%

Bugs and requests

RuuunAway!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes on startup and during gameplay
  • Force closure on iPhone 15 and newer iOS versions
  • Wide version incompatible with latest iOS
  • Touch controls not registering properly
  • Direction keys becoming unresponsive mid-game
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  • Black rectangles obscuring gameplay
  • Inconsistent jump height and movement
  • Loading screen appearing too frequently
  • Levels with missing goals causing errors
  • Buttons not responding on certain devices
  • Spelling error: 'Backguoind' instead of 'Background'
  • Translation issues after recent update

Requested features

16 requests
  • More enemy types and variety
  • Additional power-ups and items
  • Boss battles and boss creation
  • Wider/longer level designs
  • Custom block creation tools
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  • Moving breakable blocks
  • Disappearing and appearing blocks
  • Mushroom power-up for damage protection
  • Checkpoints in levels
  • Race mode
  • World/level selection system
  • Avatar customization
  • Ability to name exported levels
  • Music selection options
  • Improved physics and movement mechanics
  • Persistent coin collection tracking

In-app purchases

None

RuuunAway!

No in-app purchases

None

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RuuunAway! free?
RuuunAway! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX free?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RuuunAway! or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is rated higher. RuuunAway! averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX averages 4.2 from 251 ratings.
Do RuuunAway! or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX have ads?
Both RuuunAway! and Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX show ads.
Which is updated more often, RuuunAway! or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX?
RuuunAway! ships an update every 7 months, and Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX monthly. Most recently, RuuunAway! was updated on August 31, 2026 and Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX on September 25, 2026.

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