Comparison

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Dash Run

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

Dash Run

Features
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How does Dash Run enhance neuromotor reaction? Shifting gravity is the pinnacle of adaptability training. Dash Run uses rhythmic patterns to sync brain hemispheres and improve motor integration. Cognitive benefits? Precise timing reduces reaction latency by 40ms. Train your brain to operate at peak performance. "Physics engines force the brain to update movement models, preventing decline," - Neuropsychologist. Precision: Hone micro-movements. Focus: Ignore false targets. Creative: Built-in level editor.

Screenshots

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens
Dash Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at none against Dash Run's 10. Dash Run's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dash Run sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Dash Run daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder versus Dash Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Level Maker / BuilderDash Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (101 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings101 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB236 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJoshua BellmyerKidga

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

Dash Run

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Dash Run

One-time10
  • 10 checkpoints$0.99
  • 100 coins$0.99
  • 250 coins$2.49
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  • 25 checkpoints$2.49
  • 600 coins$4.49
  • 60 checkpoints$5.49
  • Remove Ads$9.99
  • 2000 coins$10.99
  • 200 checkpoints$13.99
  • No Ads and 1000 coins$16.99

Questions

Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dash Run free?
Dash Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Dash Run have ads?
Both Ultimate Level Maker / Builder and Dash Run show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Dash Run?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dash Run daily. Most recently, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dash Run on October 7, 2026.

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