Comparison

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Plants vs Goblins 9

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
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!

About

Plants vs Goblins 9

Features
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The goblins have invaded Mars. Now it’s your fight. Goblins have taken over seven secret Mars stations, each home to powerful plant biolabs. Without your help, the last line of green defense will be crushed. Can you lead the plants in a daring counterattack and reclaim Mars, station by station? * Seven epic missions Battle across red dunes, frozen domes, and alien labs in a campaign packed with surprises. Each mission unlocks new enemies, new challenges - and new chances to prove you're the best. * Real-time strategy meets chaos Choose your plants wisely. Place them smartly. Watch as laser blasts, chili lane wipes, mushroom mega-explosions, and triple pea shots rain down on waves of goblins. Every decision counts - and every second matters. * Meet the Goblin Empire From basic grunts to shielded bulldozers, grenade-throwers, UFO goblins, and elite tech monsters - the goblin army is smarter, faster, and more dangerous than ever. You’ll need more than sunflowers to stop them now. * Unlock the ultimate Martian squad Build sun with Twin Flowers Freeze time with Martian Ice Clear lanes with Chilli and Wave Defend skies with Anti-Air Plants Strike hard with Sharpshooters, Lasers, and more * Climb the Leaderboard Your speed, skill, and strategy are rewarded. The faster you complete levels - and the fewer levels you fail or restart - the higher your score. Play smart, plan your defense, and fight back to free the Martian stations. Good luck in your battle against the goblins, and congratulations to all players who make it to the top of the Leaderboard.

Screenshots

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens
Plants vs Goblins 94 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at 4.6 against Plants vs Goblins 9's 4.0. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on ratings volume (101 vs 3). Plants vs Goblins 9's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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

Both are free to download. 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 101 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Plants vs Goblins 9 every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder versus Plants vs Goblins 9: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Level Maker / BuilderPlants vs Goblins 9
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (101 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings101 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB159 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJoshua BellmyerAleksey Tselinko

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

Plants vs Goblins 9

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

None

Plants vs Goblins 9

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plants vs Goblins 9 free?
Plants vs Goblins 9 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Plants vs Goblins 9?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.6 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Plants vs Goblins 9 averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Plants vs Goblins 9 have ads?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder shows ads; Plants vs Goblins 9 does not.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Plants vs Goblins 9?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Plants vs Goblins 9 every 2 days. Most recently, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder was updated on October 24, 2026 and Plants vs Goblins 9 on October 24, 2026.

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