Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Bufo Merge
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!
Bufo Merge
Combine frogs to create stronger units and defend your pond from enemy waves. Unlock 25 levels of amphibians, each with increased strength and fire rate, to survive increasingly challenging attacks. Enjoy addictive gameplay with charming pixel art.
- Merge frogs to create stronger units
- Defend pond from enemy waves
- Unlock 25 frog levels
- Use powerful boosts and power-ups
- Charming pixel art graphics
- Easy to learn, challenging to master
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Combine frogs to create stronger and more powerful units as you defend your pond from waves of invading enemies. Start from frog eggs and merge them to unlock 25 levels of powerful amphibians, each with increased strength and fire rate. The higher the level, the better your chances of survival! Features • Addictive merge gameplay • 25 frog levels to discover • Face off against challenging waves of enemies • Use powerful boosts and power-ups to turn the tide • Charming pixel art • Easy to play, hard to master
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at 4.7 against Bufo Merge's 3.7. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 60%) and ratings volume (69 vs 6). Bufo Merge's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 69 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's written reviews are positive against 60% of Bufo Merge's.
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Bufo Merge daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Level Maker / Builder | Bufo Merge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (69 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Bellmyer | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
Bufo Merge
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
Bufo Merge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
No in-app purchases
Bufo Merge
No in-app purchases
Questions
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