Comparison

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Final Dash

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

Final Dash

Experience a challenging rhythm-based platformer where you jump, fly, and dash through levels synced to music. Create your own levels or play those made by the community. Customize your character and test your reflexes with simple one-touch controls.

Highlights
  • Rhythm-based platforming
  • Multiple game modes
  • Built-in level editor
  • Community level creation and rating
  • Character customization
  • One-touch controls
Features
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Final Dash is a fast-paced rhythm platformer that pushes your reflexes to the limit! Fly, jump, flip and dash through hardcore levels synced to the music. Switch between multiple game modes — cube, ship, ball, UFO and more — as you dodge obstacles at full speed. • Dozens of challenging levels with rising difficulty • Built-in level editor — create your own levels • Play and rate levels made by the community online • Unlock and customize your character • Simple one-touch controls, brutal challenge Free to play. How far can you dash?

Screenshots

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens
Final Dash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at 4.7 against Final Dash's 3.7. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 43%) and ratings volume (69 vs 18). Final Dash's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's written reviews are positive against 43% of Final Dash's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Final Dash weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder versus Final Dash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Level Maker / BuilderFinal Dash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (69 ratings) — better3.7 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings69 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB81 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJoshua Bellmyercarlos perez

Customer experience

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

Final Dash

All ratings18 ratings
Positive61.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative27.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

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

Final Dash

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

None

Final Dash

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 Final Dash free?
Final Dash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Final Dash?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Final Dash averages 3.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Final Dash have ads?
Both Ultimate Level Maker / Builder and Final Dash show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Final Dash?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Final Dash weekly. Most recently, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder was updated on September 12, 2026 and Final Dash on September 19, 2026.

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