Comparison

Machine Gun Fun 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

Machine Gun Fun

Engage in endless fun shooting tin cans with various configurations. Enjoy a challenging Can Toss mode and aim cans into barrels. Experience exciting challenges with different numbers of cans.

Highlights
  • Multiple tin can configurations
  • Tin Can Toss mode
  • Shoot cans into a barrel
  • Timed can challenges
  • Physics-based can movement
Features
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Machine Gun Fun will give you endless hours of fun shooting tin cans. Pick one of the tin can configurations and start shooting. There is also a Can Toss mode which is fun and challenging. Have fun shooting and watching the cans flying around on the screen! + Many Tin Can Configurations + Tin Can Toss Mode + Shoot Tin Cans Into A Barrel Mode + 25, 50, 75 and 100 Tin Can Challenges Mode + Fun And Challenging

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

Machine Gun Fun4 screens
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at 85% against Machine Gun Fun's 20%. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on price (Free vs $0.49) and rating (4.6 vs 2.3). Machine Gun Fun's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On 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

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download; Machine Gun Fun costs $0.49 up front. 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 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 103 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Machine Gun Fun's written reviews are positive against 85% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Machine Gun Fun ships an update every 38 months, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Machine Gun Fun versus Ultimate Level Maker / Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMachine Gun FunUltimate Level Maker / Builder
Price$0.49Free — better
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.6 (103 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews84.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB188 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperMike HempflingJoshua Bellmyer

Customer experience

Machine Gun Fun

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

Bugs and requests

Machine Gun Fun

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Machine Gun Fun

No in-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Machine Gun Fun free?
Machine Gun Fun costs $0.49, 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, Machine Gun Fun or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Machine Gun Fun averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.6 from 103 ratings.
Do Machine Gun Fun or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder have ads?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder shows ads; Machine Gun Fun does not.
Which is updated more often, Machine Gun Fun or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Machine Gun Fun ships an update every 38 months, and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Machine Gun Fun was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder on November 8, 2026.

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