Comparison

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Dandy Studio World

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

Dandy Studio World

Create and act out your own cartoon stories in a sandbox world. Design characters, build scenes, and craft dialogues with intuitive tools. Share your creations and explore those made by others.

Highlights
  • Create original stories and roleplay scenes
  • Build and customize scenes with various rooms
  • Fully customize Toons and Twisted characters
  • Create animated dialogues with custom fonts
  • Share creations online and discover community content
Features
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Welcome to Dandy Studio World, the ultimate cartoon sandbox where TOONS take the center stage! In this dandy cartoon world, you create original stories, roleplay scenes, adventures, and more with the TOONS... or unleash chaos with their evil counterparts, the TWISTED. Dandy Studio World is built for creators, storytellers, and roleplayers of all kinds! CREATE YOUR OWN STORIES! Bring your ideas to life with Dandy Studio World's powerful, easy-to-use creative tools: Build scenes, pose Toons & Twisted, and make dialogs with total freedom. EXPLORE UNIQUE FLOORS Choose from a variety of ROOMS and FLOORS, each packed with different locations and settings perfect for storytelling, roleplay, screenshots, videos, and more. CUSTOMIZE YOUR TOONS Use the Toon Editor to fully customize Toons and Twisted: - Change poses - Adjust colors - Resize assets - Rotate objects - Edit transparency - And much more! BRING DIALOG TO LIFE Dandy Studio World Dialog Editor lets you easily create animated Toon conversations with custom fonts and expressions, helping every scene feel alive. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Share your creations online, discover scenes made by other players, and connect with a growing community of storytellers and creators from around the world. Dandy Studio: your next story's World. Welcome to Dandy Studio World!

Screenshots

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens
Dandy Studio World4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder and Dandy Studio World both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's written reviews are positive against 40% of Dandy Studio World's. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Dandy Studio World's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Dandy Studio World sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Ultimate Level Maker / Builder against 4.6 for Dandy Studio World. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 102 and 124 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's written reviews are positive against 40% of Dandy Studio World's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder versus Dandy Studio World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Level Maker / BuilderDandy Studio World
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (102 ratings) — better4.6 (124 ratings)
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings102124 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB87 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJoshua BellmyerHYOCT GAMES LLC

Customer experience

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

All ratings69 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative7.0%

Dandy Studio World

All ratings68 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

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

Dandy Studio World

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Dandy Studio World

One-time4
  • Flower Beast Pass$1.99
  • Season Floors Pass$1.99
  • Dandy Studio Pro$2.99
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  • Spooky Cartoons Pass$2.99

Questions

Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dandy Studio World free?
Dandy Studio World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Dandy Studio World?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.6 out of 5 from 102 ratings, while Dandy Studio World averages 4.6 from 124 ratings.
Do Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Dandy Studio World have ads?
Both Ultimate Level Maker / Builder and Dandy Studio World show ads.

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