Comparison

[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX vs Ludo's Quest

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

Create and play custom action game stages with a simple tap interface. Design your own levels using various items, test your creations, and share them with friends or discover stages made by other users worldwide. Enjoy retro pixel graphics and a global community.

Highlights
  • Create custom game stages
  • Play a variety of user-made stages
  • Share stages with friends
  • Discover popular stages online
  • Simple tap-based controls
  • Test creations during development
  • Retro pixel graphics
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Wide Version (Horizontal screen) ------------------------------------------- [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

Ludo's Quest

Embark on a side-scrolling platformer adventure inspired by classic games. Explore 16 levels, create your own with a built-in editor, and share them online. Save villagers from an evil sorcerer in a quest filled with bravery and resilience.

Highlights
  • Side-scrolling platformer gameplay
  • 16 challenging levels
  • Built-in level editor
  • Share custom levels online
  • Play community-created levels
  • Classic game inspiration
Features
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Ludo's Quest is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the arcade classics. Run, jump and swing your sword through 16 hand-crafted levels, from the village to the haunted forest, the graveyard and finally castle Monfort. Fun for young and old. • 16 levels across four worlds, each with its own music • 8 Christmas levels with their own festive music • Level Editor: build your own levels, then play, edit or delete them anytime • Collect coins, keys, potions and power-ups • Defeat orcs, skeletons, spiders, bats and the evil Vandaft • Play with the on-screen pad, a keyboard or a game controller • Your progress syncs between your iPhone and iPad with iCloud • Free: no ads, no in-app purchases The Story A long time ago lived a small boy called Ludo. Ludo lived in Piedmont, a small village at the foot of mount Massif. The mountain was a scary place upon which was erected castle Monfort, a relic from the past. Legends speak of an evil man who lived in the castle and had the ability to bring back people from the dead and control them. One day, an army of living dead kidnapped all villagers. All but one. Ludo escaped unnoticed napping in a stack of hay. He fell asleep after an exhausting knight-training session with sword and armor. Only to be awakened by the screams of the villagers being herded away to castle Monfort. Ludo is brave, resilient and resourceful. So starts his quest to free the villagers of Piedmont, to free his friends and family.

Screenshots

[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX3 screens
Ludo's Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX at 4.1 against Ludo's Quest's 3.3. [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX also leads on ratings volume (174 vs 3) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 17.0). Ludo's Quest's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 67%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX has 174 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX's written reviews are positive against 90% of Ludo's Quest's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update every 7 months, Ludo's Quest every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX versus Ludo's Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEXLudo's Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (174 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews66.9% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings174 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB71 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperGlobalGear Co. Ltd.Martin Drapeau

Customer experience

[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

All ratings175 ratings
Positive76.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative18.3%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive66.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative24.4%

Ludo's Quest

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

Bugs and requests

[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App incompatible with iOS 15, 17, 18
  • Cannot download or install on newer devices
  • Title screen buttons non-functional
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Data send feature unclear/broken
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  • App requires developer update to run

Requested features

11 requests
  • Update for iOS 17 and iOS 18 compatibility
  • Add more blocks and items
  • Implement checkpoints in levels
  • Add power-ups (speed boost, invincibility, star)
  • Custom character creation
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  • Scrolling background movement
  • More worlds and levels
  • Chat and dialogue system
  • Boss battles
  • Longer level designs
  • Better controls and movement mechanics

Ludo's Quest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX

No in-app purchases

None

Ludo's Quest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX free?
[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ludo's Quest free?
Ludo's Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Ludo's Quest?
[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX is rated higher. [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX averages 4.1 out of 5 from 174 ratings, while Ludo's Quest averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Ludo's Quest have ads?
Neither [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX nor Ludo's Quest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX or Ludo's Quest?
[WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX ships an update every 7 months, and Ludo's Quest every 2 weeks. Most recently, [WIDE] Make Action! PicoPicoMakerEX was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ludo's Quest on November 2, 2026.

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