Comparison

Syobon Action vs Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Syobon Action

Embark on a challenging platformer adventure where you play as a brave cat-emoticon to rescue a sacred artifact. Navigate a world filled with cunning traps and unexpected obstacles, requiring skill and logical thinking to overcome. Save the 2ch world from an evil chicken's manipulation.

Highlights
  • Jump and run gameplay
  • Challenging traps and obstacles
  • Multiple lives system
  • Trial-and-error puzzle solving
  • Parody of classic platformers
Features
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The world of 2ch is in danger! The Muscular Evil Chicken has stolen the sacred artichoke from the great forum administrator. (`O '*) With the power of sacred artichoke, he tries to manipulate the peaceful emoticons inhabitants of 2ch for his evil purposes. "O (¯ - ¯ *) The only hope of salvation of the 2ch world lies in Syobon (`· ω · '), a young cat-emoticon. Syobon, with its multiple lives, is the only one who can challenge the power of the sacred artichoke and beat the muscular chicken. (〃 ^ ∇ ^) o You'll need to be careful and memorise a thousand traps that you face in your way. Only you and Syobon with his infinite lives can save the 2ch world. Syobon Action is a jump and run Game/Platforms parody of Super ***** Bros. But there are traps and nasty peculiarities which make the game more hard. A simple run and jump is not possible. Skill and a bit of imagination is needed here. The game requires the player to think logically through trial-and-error in order to complete the game.

About

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

Create and play your own action game stages with a simple tap interface. Design levels using various items, test your creations, and share them with friends. Discover and play stages made by other users worldwide.

Highlights
  • Create custom action game stages
  • Play a variety of user-created levels
  • Simple tap-based item placement
  • Test stages during creation
  • Search for popular and random stages
  • Share stages with friends via URL
  • Retro pixel graphics
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[PLAY] [MAKE] [SEARCH] The Power of imagination can touch the sky! Make your very own action game stages and share them with your friends & family! You can play this game absolutely free! This game is perfectly suited for everyone including KIDS. -Basic Instructions- There are [PLAY], [MAKE] and [SEARCH] option buttons on the main menu. Tap [PLAY] button: Play the games all you want! You have a variety of stages to choose from. The range of stage levels are widely prepared, from beginners to advanced level,including the extreme levels that are crazy difficult! Tap [MAKE] button: Make your own stages. You become the game creator! Simple tap controls make it easy! Select from 30 types of items you can place anywhere you want. Tap an item on the list and then tap on the position where you want to place it. (Squares like a chess board are shown in a stage screen in order to make this process simpler.) Once an item is placed, you can place the same item continuously by alternating between tapping the position (square) in a stage and the "PLACE" button. You can also tap an item you've already placed to see additional options. (e.g. You can choose specific settings for the speed of cannon shell movements and the moveable range of blocks!) Play & find out if you can complete the stage you made! You can even do the test play during the process of making a stage by using the "TEST" button in the upper right corner of the screen. Try your own brand-new stage right away! Tap [SEARCH] button: Find popular stages -- stages made by other users and more. -Random: Search for random stages made by players using this App. -History: Look through stages you've already played. (You can also check if you've completed a stage or not.) -Official Website: Open this App’s official website to start the search. When you have found the one you want to play, tap on the stage and use "START" button. -Enter ID: Paste the GameID and tap "Enter ID" button, if you are unable to start the stage after using "START" button in the official website. (32 alphanumeric characters shown on the official website is the GameID.) Now, you're ready to start the game you found. Enjoy! [Send your original stage to friends & family] If you want to share your original stage with someone, send them the copy of your stage's URL via email! (Downloading this App is required in order to play your stage.) Post your original stage on Twitter, Facebook and LINE are also available! You can also have fun searching online for "PicoPicoMaker" in your free time! Enjoy finding new stages other users have made! Everyone loves the retro-looking pixel graphics games they grew up with! Connect with people from all over the world with PicoPicoMaker! Start your global action game adventure!

Screenshots

Syobon Action4 screens
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX at monthly against Syobon Action's every 3 months. Syobon Action's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 251). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Syobon Action against 4.2 for Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 251 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Syobon Action's written reviews are positive against 73% of Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Syobon Action ships an update every 3 months, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Syobon Action versus Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSyobon ActionMake Action! PicoPicoMakerEX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.2K ratings)4.2 (251 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews72.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better251
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB68 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGorka Ramirez OlabarrietaGlobalGear Co. Ltd.

Customer experience

Syobon Action

All ratings1,143 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral7.9%
Negative23.6%

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

All ratings251 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative19.6%

User reviews

Syobon Action

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and challenging game
  • 🚀 Nostalgic and familiar gameplay
  • 😊 Addictive and rage-inducing
  • 🤩 Unique troll/parody elements

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Extremely difficult and frustrating
  • 😡 Unfair and full of trolls
  • 🤢 Buggy and glitchy
  • 🤔 Confusing controls

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

From 251 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy-to-use level editor
  • 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🆓 Free-to-play with no WiFi required
  • 🎨 Creative level building mechanics
  • ⏰ Nostalgic experience for long-time players

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and force closures
  • 📱 Poor touch controls and responsiveness
  • 🎮 Inconsistent jump mechanics
  • 🔧 Broken wide/horizontal mode compatibility

Bugs and requests

Syobon Action

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Impossible to complete certain levels
  • Checkpoint resets and softlocks
  • Enemies and obstacles behaving unexpectedly
  • Controls not registering inputs properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and game modes
  • Easier difficulty options
  • Level editor or creator
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes on startup and during gameplay
  • Force closure on iPhone 15 and newer iOS versions
  • Wide version incompatible with latest iOS
  • Touch controls not registering properly
  • Direction keys becoming unresponsive mid-game
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  • Black rectangles obscuring gameplay
  • Inconsistent jump height and movement
  • Loading screen appearing too frequently
  • Levels with missing goals causing errors
  • Buttons not responding on certain devices
  • Spelling error: 'Backguoind' instead of 'Background'
  • Translation issues after recent update

Requested features

16 requests
  • More enemy types and variety
  • Additional power-ups and items
  • Boss battles and boss creation
  • Wider/longer level designs
  • Custom block creation tools
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  • Moving breakable blocks
  • Disappearing and appearing blocks
  • Mushroom power-up for damage protection
  • Checkpoints in levels
  • Race mode
  • World/level selection system
  • Avatar customization
  • Ability to name exported levels
  • Music selection options
  • Improved physics and movement mechanics
  • Persistent coin collection tracking

In-app purchases

None

Syobon Action

No in-app purchases

None

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Syobon Action free?
Syobon Action is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX free?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Syobon Action or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is rated higher. Syobon Action averages 4.1 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX averages 4.2 from 251 ratings.
Do Syobon Action or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX have ads?
Both Syobon Action and Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX show ads.
Which is updated more often, Syobon Action or Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX?
Syobon Action ships an update every 3 months, and Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX monthly. Most recently, Syobon Action was updated on October 24, 2026 and Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX on October 23, 2026.

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