Comparison

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Duck Life 1

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

Duck Life 1

Raise and train a duckling to become a champion racer. Engage in skill-building mini-games and compete in races to earn money and rebuild your farm. Customize your duck with collected items.

Highlights
  • Raise and train a duckling
  • Skill-building mini-games
  • Compete in races
  • Earn money to rebuild farm
  • Customize duck with hats and colors
  • Remastered HD graphics
  • Touchscreen controls
Features
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Duck Life 1 is a faithful remaster of the original Flash game phenomenon played over 200 million times online. Previously part of the Duck Life Retro Pack, it's now available as a standalone title with quality-of-life upgrades—no browser, no plugins. RAISE YOUR CHAMPION A tornado has destroyed your farm, leaving only a single duck egg behind. Hatch your duckling and train it into the ultimate racing champion to earn money and rebuild the farm. Feed your duck with energy seeds, train its skills, and watch it grow stronger with each session. Personalise your feathered athlete with fun hats and colours you collect along the way, making your champion duck truly your own. TRAINING MINI-GAMES Hone your duck’s abilities through fast-paced training mini-games in Running, Flying, and Swimming. Dodge obstacles and collect coins as you train—the more you play, the faster and stronger your duck becomes. Smart resource management is key: use the coins you earn to buy better feed and boost your duck’s energy before the big races. RACES & VICTORY Enter your duck into races and watch your preparation pay off. Sit back and cheer as your duck sprints, flies, and swims past the competition. Progress through increasingly tough races and ultimately take on the final championship event. MODERN FEATURES - Remastered HD graphics - Smooth 60 FPS gameplay - Touchscreen controls with optional haptics - Save states and multiple save slots

Screenshots

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens
Duck Life 14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at none against Duck Life 1's 1. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Duck Life 1 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 30 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's written reviews are positive against 89% of Duck Life 1's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Duck Life 1 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder versus Duck Life 1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Level Maker / BuilderDuck Life 1
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (69 ratings) — better4.4 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB144 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJoshua BellmyerMoFunZone Inc

Customer experience

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

All ratings69 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative6.5%

Duck Life 1

All ratings30 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

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

Duck Life 1

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Duck Life 1

One-time1
  • Ad Block$2.99

Questions

Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Duck Life 1 free?
Duck Life 1 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Duck Life 1?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Duck Life 1 averages 4.4 from 30 ratings.
Do Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Duck Life 1 have ads?
Both Ultimate Level Maker / Builder and Duck Life 1 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Duck Life 1?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Duck Life 1 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder was updated on October 16, 2026 and Duck Life 1 on October 15, 2026.

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