Comparison

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Chimp Cannon

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

Chimp Cannon

Launch a chimp from a cannon and guide it through chaotic, physics-powered worlds. Swipe to steer and use turbo boosts to overcome obstacles like dinosaurs, sharks, and asteroids. Unlock new environments by reaching distance milestones and upgrade your abilities with in-game currency.

Highlights
  • One-tap physics-powered launch
  • Swipe to steer and boost
  • Multiple themed worlds to explore
  • Unlock new environments by distance
  • Upgrade cannon blast and turbo
  • Offline play supported
  • Satisfying destruction and haptics
Features
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Strap in, light the fuse, and FIRE THE CHIMP! Chimp Cannon is a one-tap, physics-powered launch game packed with chaos, charm, and "just one more shot" energy. Aim the cannon, tap to blast off, and ride your chimp through wild worlds. Increase your run distance with explosive barrlels, dodge dinosaurs, sharks and lava bursts, and set a new record! LAUNCH. BOOST. REPEAT. Tap to fire. Swipe to steer. Burn turbo at just the right moment to clear the next obstacle and unlock another stretch of the map. Every run is a fresh shot at glory. EXPLORE WILD WORLDS - Pine Slopes: Race across rugged mountain terrain, smash through log cabins, and let explosive barrels send you flying. - Neo Rooftops: Soar between glowing skyscrapers in a neon-drenched cyberpunk city, dodging skyscrapers and flying cars. - Dino Valley: Blast past Brontosaurus and T-rex while dodging swooping pterodactyls overhead. - Sunken City: Strap on the propeller and glide through deep blue ruins, weaving past hungry sharks and ink-spraying giant squids. - Lunar Drop: Sail across the black sky of the moon, dodging tumbling asteroids, prowling UFOs, and zapping alien lasers. PROGRESSION Hit 20km in any world to unlock the next one. Push past your personal best, beat the level, and keep climbing. SATISFYING DESTRUCTION Cabins explode into logs. Obstacles topple. Dust kicks up. Every hit lands with crunchy haptics and chunky sound design that makes every collision feel earned. UPGRADES Spend bananas on bigger cannon blasts and longer turbo burns. PICK-UP-AND-PLAY Runs are short. Controls are one finger. Perfect for a 30-second break or a 30-minute deep dive. NO WI-FI? NO PROBLEM. Plays fully offline. Take the chimp anywhere. Whether you've got two minutes in line or two hours on the couch, Chimp Cannon turns every tap into a tiny adrenaline rush. Load the cannon. Light the fuse. See you at the horizon.

Screenshots

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens
Chimp Cannon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chimp Cannon at daily against Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's every 3 weeks. Chimp Cannon also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

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

Chimp Cannon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder has 69 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, Chimp Cannon daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder versus Chimp Cannon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Level Maker / BuilderChimp Cannon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (69 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB19 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJoshua BellmyerReverie Interactive

Customer experience

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

Chimp Cannon

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Chimp Cannon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

None

Chimp Cannon

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 Chimp Cannon free?
Chimp Cannon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Chimp Cannon?
Chimp Cannon is rated higher. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Chimp Cannon averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Chimp Cannon have ads?
Both Ultimate Level Maker / Builder and Chimp Cannon show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Chimp Cannon?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chimp Cannon daily. Most recently, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder was updated on October 16, 2026 and Chimp Cannon on October 5, 2026.

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