You Doodle Plus vs Sam's Level Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
You Doodle Plus
This app offers a comprehensive photo editing experience with hundreds of tools. It provides an unlocked and ad-supported version of a popular photo editor, enhancing creativity with stamps and stickers.
- Fully unlocked features
- Hundreds of editing tools
- Stamps and stickers included
- Ad-supported experience
- Photo enhancement
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You Doodle Plus is a fully unlocked and fully ad supported version of You Doodle. With hundreds of tools, you won't need another photo editing app. Follow on Instagram: @you_doodle - https://instagram.com/you_doodle) Follow on Twitter @YouDoodleApp Like on Facebook - https://facebook.com/youdoodle Support email - support@youdoodle.net
Sam's Level Maker
Design and build your own custom game levels with a wide variety of tiles, objects, and enemies. Bring your creative ideas to life with an easy-to-use interface and share your creations with others. Offers endless possibilities for platforming gameplay.
- Easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface
- Wide range of tiles and objects
- Variety of enemies and power-ups
- Share created levels with others
- Super Sams World-style gameplay
- Endless replay value
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خلق مستويات بنفسك ومشاركتها مع العالم !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: You Doodle Plus at every 9 days against Sam's Level Maker's every 3 months. You Doodle Plus also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (83% vs 71%). Sam's Level Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. You Doodle Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sam's Level Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
You Doodle Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: You Doodle Plus has 3.5K ratings behind it against 467, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of You Doodle Plus's written reviews are positive against 71% of Sam's Level Maker's.
You Doodle Plus ships an update every 9 days, Sam's Level Maker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | You Doodle Plus | Sam's Level Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.5K ratings) — better | 4.5 (467 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 70.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 467 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.7 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Ruby, LLC | Mustafa Rasheed |
Customer experience
You Doodle Plus
Sam's Level Maker
User reviews
You Doodle Plus
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Powerful editing tools
- 💡 Versatile for drawing, photo editing, and more
- 🎨 Great for digital art and design
- ⭐ Excellent value for free app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
- 💰 Ads can be intrusive for free version
- 🔒 Concerns about inability to restore purchases
- 🖌️ Limited layer support for advanced users
Sam's Level Maker
From 467 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun level creation
- 🚀 Simple and intuitive
- 💡 Reminds of Mario Maker
- 🎨 Good art style
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 💰 Too many ads
- 🔒 In-app purchases not working
- 🔍 Difficulty finding good levels
Bugs and requests
You Doodle Plus
Reported bugs
3 issues- Fill tool not working properly
- Saving issues causing lost progress
- Blurry image display when editing
Requested features
5 requests- Add more layer support
- Implement gradient fill tool
- Include more brush/pen options
- Allow custom canvas sizes
- Add animation or GIF creation features
Sam's Level Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels being deleted on water placement
- Enemies not moving or interacting properly
- Crashing when placing certain objects
Requested features
5 requests- Add more enemies and tiles
- Implement boss fights
- Allow more customization options
- Improve level search functionality
- Fix music reset issue on death
In-app purchases
You Doodle Plus
- Remove Ads$5.99
Sam's Level Maker
- Get one extra Life$0.99
- Get 10 more level slots$1.99
- Remove all Ads in the game$3.99
Questions
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