Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Monster Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Monster Maker
Create and customize unique monsters with a vast collection of parts, templates, and AI-generated designs. Edit your creations with various tools and share them with friends.
- Build and customize monsters with diverse parts
- Use templates and animated GIFs
- AI-powered monster generation
- Easy editing tools including background removal
- Apply filters, frames, and text effects
- Share creations on social media
- Regular updates with new content
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Unleash Your Inner Monster Maestro! Ever dreamed of crafting a creature that’s as wild and wacky as your imagination? Welcome to Monster Maker: Monster Madness—the ultimate app for kids and teens who love to create, customize, and get downright silly with monsters! Create Your Own Beast: • Build & Customize: Dive into a colossal collection of monster parts—from googly eyes and quirky mouths to funky hair, zany stickers, and wild props. Mix and match pieces to build a monster masterpiece that’s uniquely you! • Templates & GIFs: Stuck for ideas? Start with our fun, customizable templates and sprinkle in some animated GIFs to bring your creature to life in the coolest way possible. • AI-Powered Monster Magic: Feeling adventurous? Let our cutting-edge AI tool surprise you with a one-of-a-kind monster creation. It’s like having a digital monster lab at your fingertips! • Easy-Peasy Editing: With tools like background removal, precise cutouts, hundreds of funky fonts, and dazzling text effects, tweaking your monster is as fun as playing with a digital sticker book. • Filter Frenzy & Social Sharing: Boost your monster’s look with fun filters, frames, and borders, and then share your crazy creations with friends or on social media for maximum bragging rights! Why Monster Maker? • Unbounded Creativity: Let your imagination run wild—there are no limits to how crazy, cool, or quirky your monsters can be! • Regular Updates: With fresh stickers, templates, and new monster parts added all the time, there’s always a new way to create monster mayhem. Ready to join the monster madness? Download Monster Maker: Monster Madness today and start creating your very own army of absurd, awesome creatures! Monster Maker Pro Annual - $59.99 USD/year (That's only $4.99/month) Monster Maker Pro Monthly - $9.99 USD/month - 7-day free trial - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of use: https://www.pizap.com/privacypolicy Privacy Policy: https://www.pizap.com/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at none against Monster Maker's 4. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on ratings volume (101 vs 32). Monster Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Monster Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Ultimate Level Maker / Builder against 4.5 for Monster Maker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 101 and 32 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's written reviews are positive against 80% of Monster Maker's.
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Monster Maker monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Level Maker / Builder | Monster Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (101 ratings) — better | 4.5 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | +4 |
| Developer | Joshua Bellmyer | Digital Palette LLC |
Customer experience
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
Monster Maker
Bugs and 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
Monster Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
No in-app purchases
Monster Maker
- Monster Maker PRO Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- AI Pro Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Monster Maker PRO Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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- AI Pro Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year
Questions
Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
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