Comparison

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX vs 3D Game Maker

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!

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3D Game Maker

Easily create and share your own 3D physics action puzzle games. Explore over 200 pre-made levels or unleash your imagination to build infinite new challenges. Collect stars, navigate obstacles, and reach the goal in this creative game-building experience.

Highlights
  • 3D physics action puzzle game creation
  • Level editor with various interactive parts
  • Over 200 pre-made levels included
  • Collect stars and reach the goal
  • Share created games with others
  • Unlock themes, players, and items with coins
Features
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This game makes it easy for anyone to create a 3D physics action puzzle game and share it. About 200 existing levels are also included. There can be an infinite number of games! Unleash your creativity! ・ Game Overview It's a simple game, just move the player to reach the goal. Collect as many "stars" placed in the game level as possible before reaching the goal. ・ The elements that make up the game Various types of parts can be placed in the game level. The following parts can be placed - Ground (plane, slope) The player rides on it to move around. The ground can be set to move automatically, or it can be linked to a switch to control its appearance or non-appearance. - Start and Goal The player goes from the starting point to the goal point. - Jump (small, medium, large) On this, the player jumps. There are three different heights to jump. - Acceleration Get on it and accelerate the player in the specified direction. - Magma If a player touches it, the game is over. - Switch (all 9 colors) Touching a switch or placing an object on it can turn it on or off. The ground will appear and disappear when the switch is turned on or off. - Warp (all 9 colors) Touch it and move instantaneously to a warp point of the same color to be paired - Objects (spheres, cuboids) An object that the player can move freely by touching it. - Obstacles If the player hits one of them, the game is over. There are various types of obstacles, such as stationary ones, ones that move back and forth to a fixed location, ones that move randomly, and ones that track the player. - Wings Touch it and the player will grow wings and be able to fly for a certain amount of time. - Invincible Touching it will make the player invisible and the game will not be over if the player touches magma or an obstacle for a certain amount of time. - Stars Up to 3 stars can be placed in a level. Collect all the stars to reach the goal and complete the level. - Coins They are placed in the bonus level. The more coins you collect, the more you can expand the game's features and buy themes and items. Please note that you can place coins in your own games and in games created by others, but the number of coins you have will not increase if you get them outside the bonus level. ・ Upgrade the game By playing the game or playing the commercial videos, you can acquire coins that can be used in the game. The coins you collect can be used for the following. - Get a new background theme - Get a new ground theme. - Acquire new players. - Acquire special consumption items. - Add more sheets to the "Make Game" menu (more complex levels can be created). - Add more pages and slots to save your game. - Increase the number of histories that can be saved when importing a game made by someone else. ・ How to make a game The actual gameplay is on a 3D screen, but the game is created on a 2D screen. Place the items in the 10x10 flat squares and determine their positions on the 2D screen. After that, you can create a blueprint of the 3D stage by setting the altitude of the items you placed. When you play this blueprint, you will be able to play as a 3D level. The ground can also be linked to switches or set to move. ・ Share your game! The games you create can be converted into "codes" that you can share with anyone. The code is the blueprint data of the game. You can share the code itself, but you can also create a "code link" that contains the code information, so you can share it with your friends or publish it on social networking sites for everyone to play your game. Clicking on the code link will allow you to play the game directly. (If the app is not installed, you will be redirected to the app store.) ・ Let's play the games that everyone has made! You can play games made by people all over the world by searching for games that have been published on social networking sites. Use the hashtag #3DGMWork to find the best games!

Screenshots

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens
3D Game Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX at monthly against 3D Game Maker's every 13 months. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX also leads on ratings volume (251 vs 29). 3D Game Maker's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

3D Game Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX has 251 ratings behind it against 29, 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 75% of 3D Game Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, 3D Game Maker every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX versus 3D Game Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3D Game Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (251 ratings)4.4 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings251 — better29
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB47 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGlobalGear Co. Ltd.KAZUYA KAMIOKA

Customer experience

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

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

3D Game Maker

All ratings29 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

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

3D Game Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

None

3D Game Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX free?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 3D Game Maker free?
3D Game Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or 3D Game Maker?
3D Game Maker is rated higher. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX averages 4.2 out of 5 from 251 ratings, while 3D Game Maker averages 4.4 from 29 ratings.
Do Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or 3D Game Maker have ads?
Both Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX and 3D Game Maker show ads.
Which is updated more often, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or 3D Game Maker?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, and 3D Game Maker every 13 months. Most recently, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX was updated on September 25, 2026 and 3D Game Maker on August 28, 2026.

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