Comparison

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX vs Rock Paper Scissors

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

Rock Paper Scissors

Features
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Attack by winning Janken! Guard when you lose! "Whack it. Block it. Train it. — JANKEN PON" is an action-training game played with Janken (rock-paper-scissors) and quick reflexes, inspired by a classic Japanese playground game: swing a hammer when you win, duck under a helmet when you lose. ■ Easy to Play 1. Whack it, block it, Janken... Pon! 2. Win and tap Attack. Lose and tap Guard — fast. 3. Whittle down your rival's HP to win. ■ Rivals With a Twist A dojo rookie, a spirit surrounded by plushies, an old wooden robot, a water spirit living in a river, a substance made of pure unfairness, and a mysterious woman who knows the stars. Every rival plays by different rules: decoy buttons, buttons that run away, buttons that boss you around, or a game of Which-Way Challenge. No single strategy works twice. ■ Win, Train, Challenge Again Use the Score you earn in battle to raise four stats. Attack raises damage, View Area grows your buttons, Destiny improves your Janken odds, and Agility extends your time limit. Stats you've raised stay even after a loss. ■ Crown Shards and the World Ranking Crown Shards, bought with Score, don't make you stronger in battle. They exist only to be collected, and how many you've gathered shows up on the world ranking. Your rank also appears right on the Home screen, so you always know where you stand. ■ The Joy of Collecting Defeat a rival and you earn an achievement and an avatar. Reach an ending and the Gallery opens, filled with art from across the game. Save your favorites straight to your photos. ■ Play Together on One Phone Turn one phone into a hammer, a helmet, and a referee. "Real Match" lets two players face off with real Janken, right in front of each other. ■ Available in 11 Languages Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Indonesian, and Russian. Names on the ranking also appear in each language. Free to play through every stage, supported by ads.

Screenshots

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens
Rock Paper Scissors4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX at 14.0 against Rock Paper Scissors's 16.0. On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX versus Rock Paper Scissors: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Action! PicoPicoMakerEXRock Paper Scissors
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (251 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings251 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB88 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGlobalGear Co. Ltd.Non Kudo

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

Rock Paper Scissors

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

None

Rock Paper Scissors

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX free?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rock Paper Scissors free?
Rock Paper Scissors is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Rock Paper Scissors have ads?
Both Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX and Rock Paper Scissors show ads.
Which is updated more often, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Rock Paper Scissors?
Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update monthly, and Rock Paper Scissors monthly. Most recently, Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX was updated on October 26, 2026 and Rock Paper Scissors on October 24, 2026.

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