Comparison

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX vs Animate Me 3D

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

Animate Me 3D

Create and animate 3D cartoon characters with intuitive controls. Record your voice to bring characters to life and explore storytelling through animation. Share your creations with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Animate 3D cartoon characters
  • Record voice for character animation
  • Intuitive puppeteer-like controls
  • Share animations with friends
  • Dynamic lighting setups
  • Kid-friendly creative tool
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Move and Animate cartoon characters in 3D any way you want! In this kid-friendly, super-creative kids app, you get to move and animate characters in real 3D space so you can explore narrative, character, plot, voice projection, expression and unleash your creative skills. If you ever wanted to animate characters like they do in movies, then this app is for you. Manipulate controls on cartoon characters like a puppeteer in order to get great performances. Record your voice and use it as a guide to make your characters talk and emote. Once you are happy with the way the animation looks, don’t forget to share them with your friends! - Record your voice and use it to animate your characters. - 9 amazing 3D cartoon characters and 3 props. - Dynamic lighting setups:Day,Night and Evening. - Share the videos you make with friends and family. - Tons of content in videos for users to learn. Animate Me 3D is an evolution of Appy Monkey's best-selling app Animate Me:Kids with new characters, a real 3D environment and new ways to share.Based on feedback from kids and parents over the last two years, we have created an app that allows kids a fantastic introduction to the world of 3D Animation.

Screenshots

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens
Animate Me 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX at Free against Animate Me 3D's $9.99. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 84 months) and ratings volume (251 vs 4). Animate Me 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On review sentiment, 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

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download; Animate Me 3D costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX has 251 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's written reviews are positive against 67% of Animate Me 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, Animate Me 3D every 84 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX versus Animate Me 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Action! PicoPicoMakerEXAnimate Me 3D
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.2 (251 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings251 — better4
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 84 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB160 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGlobalGear Co. Ltd.Arjun Gupte

Customer experience

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

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

Animate Me 3D

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

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

Animate Me 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

None

Animate Me 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX free?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Animate Me 3D free?
Animate Me 3D costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Animate Me 3D?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is rated higher. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX averages 4.2 out of 5 from 251 ratings, while Animate Me 3D averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Animate Me 3D have ads?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX shows ads; Animate Me 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Animate Me 3D?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, and Animate Me 3D every 84 months. Most recently, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX was updated on October 16, 2026 and Animate Me 3D on October 6, 2026.

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