Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Ocean Defense TD
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!
Ocean Defense TD
Defend your underwater coral reef from waves of human invaders in this fast-paced tower defense game. Deploy fish soldiers, strategically choose powerful upgrades each run, and unlock permanent enhancements to survive endless enemy assaults.
- Survive endless enemy waves
- Choose powerful run upgrades
- Unlock permanent upgrades
- Earn rewards and improve defenses
- Deep strategy with simple controls
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Switch between auto-fire and click-to-fire
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Ocean Defense: Protect the Coral Reef Defend your coral reef from relentless human invaders in this fast-paced tower defense game set beneath the ocean. Waves of enemies approach from every direction, growing stronger and more dangerous as the battle continues. Your coral guardian deploys fish soldiers automatically, but survival depends on the upgrades you choose and the strategy you build. Every run offers new upgrade cards that can completely change your abilities. Stack powerful effects, create devastating combinations, and push deeper into the endless waves. Defeat enemies to earn shells and unlock permanent upgrades that make your reef stronger for future runs. With each attempt you’ll discover new strategies and reach higher waves. How long can your reef survive? Features • Survive endless waves of enemies • Choose powerful upgrades each run • Unlock permanent upgrades between runs • Earn rewards and improve your defenses • Simple controls with deep strategy • Fast-paced tower defense gameplay • Switch between auto-fire mode and click-to-fire mode Protect the ocean floor and defend your coral reef.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ocean Defense TD at daily against Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's every 3 weeks. Ocean Defense TD also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 1). 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.
Ocean Defense TD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 104 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Ocean Defense TD daily. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Level Maker / Builder | Ocean Defense TD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (104 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 1 |
| 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 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joshua Bellmyer | MARK GABRIEL VAN DER POEL |
Customer experience
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
Ocean Defense TD
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
Ocean Defense TD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
No in-app purchases
Ocean Defense TD
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
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