Comparison

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Pixel Game Lab

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

Pixel Game Lab

Create and play your own pixel-art games. Design characters, build levels with traps and platforms, and then bring them to life in a full game engine. Share your creations or play games made by other kids.

Highlights
  • Pixel art character design
  • Animated asset creation
  • Level building with terrain and traps
  • Full game engine for play
  • Co-op multiplayer
  • Catalog of community-created games
  • Safe sharing and moderation
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Pixel Game Lab is a creative game studio for kids, right on your iPad. Draw your own pixel-art characters, build levels, and turn them into real games you can play and share. Designed by the educators at Game Design Academy and used in elementary school game-design programs. WHAT YOU CAN MAKE - Concept Art: sketch your characters and worlds. - Pixel Art: draw animated heroes, companions, enemies, bosses, tiles, and decorations. - Level Design: build worlds with terrain, traps, doors, keys, moving platforms, and more. - Games: package your art and levels into a real, playable game. PLAY AND SHARE - Play your creations in a full game engine: run, jump, climb, and battle. - Team up in co-op and play a level together with a friend. - Explore a catalog of games made by other kids and creators, free to play. SAFE BY DESIGN - Kids create with a username only. We do not collect a child's real name. - Everything shared is reviewed by our team before it goes public. - Report and block tools are on every public item, and there is no open chat. PLANS Pixel Game Lab is free to start with the Demo plan. Optional subscriptions (Standard, Extended, and Pro) give you more space to create and download characters, levels, and games, plus publishing and community features. Subscriptions are auto-renewing. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://pixelgamelab.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://pixelgamelab.com/privacy

Screenshots

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens
Pixel Game Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at none against Pixel Game Lab's 6. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on ratings volume (69 vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Pixel Game Lab's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Pixel Game Lab sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Game Lab 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 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixel Game Lab's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder versus Pixel Game Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Level Maker / BuilderPixel Game Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (69 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB19 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperJoshua BellmyerGame Design Academy LLC

Customer experience

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

Pixel Game Lab

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
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

Pixel Game Lab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Pixel Game Lab

Subscriptions6
  • Standard Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Extended Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Standard Annual$19.991 Year
  • Extended Annual$39.991 Year
  • Pro Annual$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Game Lab free?
Pixel Game Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Pixel Game Lab?
Pixel Game Lab is rated higher. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Pixel Game Lab averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Pixel Game Lab have ads?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder shows ads; Pixel Game Lab does not.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Pixel Game Lab?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pixel Game Lab every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder was updated on October 16, 2026 and Pixel Game Lab on October 15, 2026.

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