Comparison

Jumping Jelly 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

Jumping Jelly

Guide a jellyfish upward by jumping on platforms and using boosts. Avoid or shoot underwater enemies with tentacles. This addictive game features tilt and touch controls for a fun experience.

Highlights
  • Jump on platforms
  • Use starfish for boosts
  • Shoot underwater enemies
  • Tilt and touch controls
  • Fun underwater theme
Features
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Very Addictive! Guide the Jellyfish upward by jumping on platforms and using starfish to get an extra boost. Avoid the underwater enemies or shoot them with your tentacles! Tilt the device left or right to move the jellyfish. Touch the screen where you want to shoot a tentacle. How high can you go? + Shoot Under Water Enemies + Jump On Platforms To Move Up + Starfish Give Extra Boost + Fun Underwater Theme + Tilt And Touch Controls + Fun For All Ages

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

Jumping Jelly4 screens
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX at Free against Jumping Jelly's $0.49. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (252 vs 1). Jumping Jelly's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). 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

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download; Jumping Jelly costs $0.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jumping Jelly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX has 252 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Jumping Jelly's written reviews are positive against 73% of Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jumping Jelly ships an update every 38 months, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Jumping Jelly versus Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJumping JellyMake Action! PicoPicoMakerEX
Price$0.49Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (252 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better72.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1252 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB68 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMike HempflingGlobalGear Co. Ltd.

Customer experience

Jumping Jelly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

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

Bugs and requests

Jumping Jelly

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

Jumping Jelly

No in-app purchases

None

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jumping Jelly free?
Jumping Jelly costs $0.49, 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, Jumping Jelly or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX?
Jumping Jelly is rated higher. Jumping Jelly averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX averages 4.2 from 252 ratings.
Do Jumping Jelly or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX have ads?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX shows ads; Jumping Jelly does not.
Which is updated more often, Jumping Jelly or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX?
Jumping Jelly ships an update every 38 months, and Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX monthly. Most recently, Jumping Jelly was updated on November 1, 2026 and Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX on November 11, 2026.

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