Venture Kid vs Level Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Venture Kid
Embark on an 8-bit retro action platformer adventure. Battle an evil doctor's minions across action-packed levels, utilizing power-ups and responsive controls to save the world. Discover secrets and enjoy a chiptune soundtrack.
- 8-bit retro action platformer
- Excellent level design
- Responsive controls
- Variety of bosses
- 9 action-packed levels
- 8 unique power-ups
- Secret areas
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Take a trip down memory lane! Venture Kid is a lovingly crafted 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes. It shines with excellent level design, highly entertaining action levels, responsive controls and a great variety of bosses. Your Mission: The evil Dr. Teklov is about to build a secret weapon, disguised in his huge space fortress. Time is running out but our hero Andy stepped up to defeat him and fight his way through Teklovs minions. Join Andy and prepare yourself for a dangerous journey that demands great skill and determination. Will you succeed ? - 9 action packed levels and bosses - Chiptune soundtrack by Matt Creamer (Slayin) - 8 unique and useful Power-Ups to help you on your quest. - Many secret areas to find and explore - Highly accurate touch controls - MFi Controller Support --- This game is a premium product that can be fully played without In-App Purchases. All purchase offers are completely optional and may help you beating the game.
Level Maker
Unleash your creativity by designing and playing custom platformer levels. Explore an endless stream of user-generated content, from challenging obstacles to unique characters. Share your own creations and discover what others have made.
- Create custom game levels
- Play user-generated levels
- Share your creations
- Over 100 blocks, items, enemies, and characters
- Challenge levels
- Unlimited world levels
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Level Maker is a game of awesome creation and fun. You can PLAY, CREATE and SHARE levels with everyone, so let your imagination run wild! You love super classic platform games, now you can play, create and share your own creations to the world! Features: 100+ blocks, items, enemies and characters. Awesome Level Maker Play, Share and Like Levels Unlimited World Levels created by other players! Challenge Levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Level Maker at Free against Venture Kid's $2.99. Level Maker also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Venture Kid's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (92% vs 54%). On ads, 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
Level Maker is free to download; Venture Kid costs $2.99 up front. Venture Kid sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Level Maker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Venture Kid holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Venture Kid has 546 ratings behind it against 90, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Venture Kid's written reviews are positive against 54% of Level Maker's.
Venture Kid ships an update every 2 months, Level Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Venture Kid | Level Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (546 ratings) — better | 3.6 (90 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better | 53.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 546 — better | 90 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FDG Entertainment GmbH & Co.KG | Vorun Kreal |
Customer experience
Venture Kid
Level Maker
User reviews
Venture Kid
From 546 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Nostalgic retro style
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay and controls
- 🎮 Mega Man-like experience
- 🎵 Great chiptune soundtrack
- 💰 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes, especially in later levels
- 🔁 Lack of checkpoints in some levels
- 🔋 Potential battery drain issues
- 🔒 No cloud save support
Level Maker
From 90 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Incredible game
- 👍 Easy to make levels
- 👍 Lots of creativity
- 👍 Great level editor
- 👍 Fun gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of moderation
- 🔍 Inappropriate content
- 🔍 Difficulty unlocking level maker
- 🔍 Challenging controls
Bugs and requests
Venture Kid
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Issues with controller support
Requested features
3 requests- New levels and content updates
- Difficulty options or adjustments
- Cloud save support
Level Maker
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game crashes after ads
- Levels not loading properly
- Inability to retry levels after death
- Inconsistent jump mechanics
- Soft-locking in menus
Requested features
6 requests- Add more enemy types
- Improve search and discovery of levels
- Implement checkpoints
- Add more block types and customization options
- Introduce multiplayer functionality
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- Implement a story mode or campaign
In-app purchases
Venture Kid
- 150 Orbs Supply Box$0.99
- 500 Orbs Value Pack$2.99
- Orb Doubler (Permanent)$3.99
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- 1000 Orbs Mega Container$4.99
Level Maker
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Unlock All Blocks + Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlock All Characters + Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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