Comparison

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX vs Hello, Yoshi!

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

Hello, Yoshi!

Engage with Yoshi's expressive face through interactive play, making silly faces and triggering various reactions. Discover hidden items and characters, and enjoy a built-in screen time management feature.

Highlights
  • Interactive face manipulation
  • Trigger various expressions
  • Add items and enemies
  • Peekaboo mini-game
  • Built-in screen time breaks
  • Offline play
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"Hello, Yoshi!" Are you ready to play? With this free application from the little-kid-friendly My Mario brand, you and your kiddo can play with Yoshi's face and delight in all his various expressions. ■Make Silly Faces Team up with your kiddo to see how silly Yoshi can get when you pull and stretch his face or take turns poking and spinning him around. Tap on the ? Block in the top-left corner of the screen and select an icon to make items—like a Super Mushroom, a Super Star, or pipes—and even enemies appear alongside Yoshi. ■Peekaboo! Invite Yoshi to play peekaboo by tapping on the leftmost icon in the ? Block menu. Boo may even make a guest appearance! ■Built-In Breaks Good night, Yoshi! Yoshi gets tuckered out after playing for a while and will fall fast asleep. At that point no amount of poking can wake him up! This is a great opportunity to take a break and help parents limit their child's screen time. If you want to keep the fun going, you can turn off this feature by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts. ■Play Offline There's no need to be connected to the internet to play this application. After you download it, you're good to go! Operation is not guaranteed for all devices that meet the operating conditions. It may not work properly depending on the device's performance and specifications, device-specific application usage conditions, etc. Please be sure to read the Health and Safety information provided in the application settings before you start playing. Settings can be accessed by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts to access the menu. ©Nintendo

Screenshots

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens
Hello, Yoshi!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hello, Yoshi! at 4.8 against Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's 4.2. Hello, Yoshi! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (251 vs 75). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Hello, Yoshi! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 251 and 75 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's written reviews are positive against 97% of Hello, Yoshi!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, Hello, Yoshi! every 5 months. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX versus Hello, Yoshi!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Action! PicoPicoMakerEXHello, Yoshi!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (251 ratings)4.8 (75 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews96.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings251 — better75
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB135 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGlobalGear Co. Ltd.Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

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

Hello, Yoshi!

All ratings75 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%

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

Hello, Yoshi!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

None

Hello, Yoshi!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX free?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hello, Yoshi! free?
Hello, Yoshi! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Hello, Yoshi!?
Hello, Yoshi! is rated higher. Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX averages 4.2 out of 5 from 251 ratings, while Hello, Yoshi! averages 4.8 from 75 ratings.
Do Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Hello, Yoshi! have ads?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX shows ads; Hello, Yoshi! does not.
Which is updated more often, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Hello, Yoshi!?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, and Hello, Yoshi! every 5 months. Most recently, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX was updated on September 25, 2026 and Hello, Yoshi! on September 25, 2026.

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