Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Deepest Sword
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!
Deepest Sword
Embark on an adventure into a dangerous cavern with a unique, unwieldy sword. Test its length against a formidable dragon, where its size is both your greatest asset and potential hindrance. Fulfill your deepest desires by conquering the beast.
- Wield an unwieldy sword
- Unique sword length mechanic
- Battle a dragon
- Explore the Cavern of Longing
- No jumping, focus on swordplay
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Venture deep into the Cavern of Longing with your trusty yet unwieldy sword. Will your sword be long enough to pierce the dragon's heart? Or will your puny sword be nothing but a laughable object of ridicule in the dragon's eyes? FEATURES: You can't jump but you do have a sword, and you're not afraid to use it! Marvel at your sword's length. Though if it's too long, it might get in the way... Fulfill your deepest desires (like stabbing a dragon with your sword?) Originally created in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare 48 Jam with the theme, "deeper and deeper".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at 4.6 against Deepest Sword's 2.6. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (85% vs 50%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Deepest Sword sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 103 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's written reviews are positive against 50% of Deepest Sword's.
| Parameter | Ultimate Level Maker / Builder | Deepest Sword |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (103 ratings) — better | 2.6 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Joshua Bellmyer | Vu Ha |
Customer experience
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
Deepest Sword
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
Deepest Sword
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder
No in-app purchases
Deepest Sword
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
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