Comparison

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder vs Laser Tank 3D

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

Laser Tank 3D

Features
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Laser Tank 3D is a faithful 3D remake of the legendary LaserTank puzzle game from 1995. Drive your tank through more than 20,000 handcrafted puzzles, master the laser and reach the flag. HOW TO PLAY Move your tank one square at a time, shoot the laser, push blocks and outsmart the anti-tank turrets. Reach the flag to win — but watch out: water drowns, lasers bounce off mirrors, and one careless shot can come back at you. Unlimited undo lets you experiment freely. FEATURES • 20,000+ levels: the classic set plus the best community collections — Beginner, Challenge, Gary, Sokoban and more • Clever mechanics: mirrors reflect the laser, ice slides, conveyors carry, tunnels teleport, thin ice breaks • A friendly tutorial and difficulties from Kids to Deadly • Unlimited undo — take any move back • Earn up to 3 stars by chasing community best results • Personal statistics: moves, shots, destroyed turrets and more • Works fully offline • Gamepad support • Available in 7 languages Based on the original LaserTank by Jim Kindley (1995). Levels created by the worldwide LaserTank community over two decades.

Screenshots

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens
Laser Tank 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Laser Tank 3D at weekly against Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Laser Tank 3D weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder versus Laser Tank 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Level Maker / BuilderLaser Tank 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (69 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB150 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperJoshua BellmyerEvgeniy Ryzhikov

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

Laser Tank 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

None

Laser Tank 3D

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 Laser Tank 3D free?
Laser Tank 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Laser Tank 3D have ads?
Both Ultimate Level Maker / Builder and Laser Tank 3D show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder or Laser Tank 3D?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Laser Tank 3D weekly. Most recently, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder was updated on September 12, 2026 and Laser Tank 3D on September 15, 2026.

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