Comparison

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX vs Toon Blocks

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

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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!

About

Toon Blocks

Unleash your creativity by building custom cartoon worlds without needing artistic skills. Combine and arrange various building blocks to construct anything from houses and castles to spaceships and robots. Add characters, landscapes, and effects to bring your comic scenes to life.

Highlights
  • Arrange, rotate, and combine building blocks
  • Build diverse structures (houses, castles, ships, robots)
  • Create comic scenes with characters and landscapes
  • Add decorations and comic book effects
  • Physics playground for interactive simulations
Features
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Build your own cartoon world! You don't need to know how to draw or paint to free your creativity. • Arrange, rotate and combine building blocks. • Use bricks, stone or wood to build a house or a medieval castle. • Construct sailing ships, space vehicles or robots. • Draw comic scenes with pirates, dinosaurs, ancient warriors and more. • Add decorations, cartoon characters, background landscapes and comic book effects. • Try out how things fall, roll and bounce in the physics playground.

Screenshots

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens
Toon Blocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Toon Blocks at 4.7 against Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's 4.2. Toon Blocks also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 72%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Toon Blocks sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Toon Blocks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toon Blocks has 2.2K ratings behind it against 251, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's written reviews are positive against 90% of Toon Blocks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, Toon Blocks every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX versus Toon Blocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Action! PicoPicoMakerEXToon Blocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (251 ratings)4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews90.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2512.2K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB65 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGlobalGear Co. Ltd.Marek Dobrowolski

Customer experience

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

All ratings251 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews178 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral7.9%
Negative19.7%

Toon Blocks

All ratings2,247 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative4.9%

User reviews

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

Toon Blocks

From 2.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and creative game
  • 🎨 Allows for imaginative building
  • 💻 No ads or in-app purchases
  • 🌟 Great for kids and families
  • 🎉 Engaging and entertaining

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Limited block and object selection
  • 🔨 Difficulty resizing and manipulating objects
  • 🤖 Lack of character customization and animation
  • 🎥 No ability to save or share creations

Bugs and requests

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

Toon Blocks

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Placement issues with certain objects

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more block and object options
  • Improve resizing and manipulation tools
  • Introduce character customization and animation
  • Implement save and share functionality

In-app purchases

None

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Toon Blocks

One-time2
  • Monster Pack$1.99
  • Hero Pack$1.99

Questions

Is Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX free?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Toon Blocks free?
Toon Blocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Toon Blocks?
Toon Blocks is rated higher. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX averages 4.2 out of 5 from 251 ratings, while Toon Blocks averages 4.7 from 2.2K ratings.
Do Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Toon Blocks have ads?
Both Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX and Toon Blocks show ads.
Which is updated more often, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Toon Blocks?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, and Toon Blocks every 2 weeks. Most recently, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX was updated on September 21, 2026 and Toon Blocks on September 23, 2026.

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