Comparison

Draw a Stickman vs Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

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

Head to head
About

Draw a Stickman

Unleash your creativity by drawing your own stickman hero and bringing it to life. Embark on a magical adventure, solve puzzles, and battle villains. Share your unique creations with friends and personalize your epic journey.

Highlights
  • Create and animate original stickman characters
  • Embark on a magical storybook adventure
  • Solve enigmatic puzzles and challenges
  • Battle unique creatures and bosses
  • Save and share custom drawings with friends
  • Unlock new drawing tools and color palettes
Features
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** Winner of 5 Webby Awards - Draw a Stickman Franchise ** ** Played over 100 Million Times around the Globe ** Grab your pencil and get ready for the most creative DRAW A STICKMAN adventure yet! Imagination is the key, as you enter a magical storybook full of mystery and wonder, unusual creatures and enigmatic puzzles! Create your own original stickman and then watch it come to life in DRAW A STICKMAN: EPIC 2! Challenge yourself to unlock every secret, collect every drawing and share your creativity with the world! BRING YOUR DRAWINGS TO LIFE Unleash your creativity as you draw a Stickman from your own unique perspective, and then watch your animated hero come to life before your eyes! Make every idea a reality by saving drawings in your Sketchbook, and sharing them with friends! A NEW STORY Embark on a perilous journey through time! Draw your Stickman and create a friend! But be warned….disaster falls upon your ally! It’s up to you to become the hero! Maneuver your way through the magical world of EPIC 2 in a quest to save your partner! YOUR DRAWINGS MATTER Create and save unlimited drawings in your Sketchbook that comes to life throughout your adventure! SHARE AND RECEIVE DRAWINGS WITH FRIENDS With the new share feature, you can now send your creations to your friends. They will then be able to use your drawings in their own epic adventures! FIGHT EPIC BATTLES Face off against inked-out goblins, tongue-lashing frogs, fire-breathing dragons, and BIG bosses! You must use your own strategies to solve intriguing challenges and puzzles, while battling all new villains! Jump in to this action-packed adventure that allows for endless creativity! As you explore each colorful environment, choose from an assortment of drawing pencils and tools to help you successfully overcome every obstacle along the way. New features and enhancements allow you to choose from a larger color palette, along with a variety of pencil sizes. With the new share feature, send your drawings to your friends! Unlock hidden Color Buddies, locate puzzle pieces, and enjoy new drawing pencils for Wires, Eggs, and Ice! This is an experience like no other, personalized by you! DRAW A STICKMAN: EPIC 2 is the sequel you’ve been waiting for and is sure to offer hours of entertainment to avid gamers and creative minds alike!

About

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

Design and build your own 2D platforming levels with a wide variety of tools and assets. Create intricate obstacle courses, adventure maps, or anything you can imagine, then share your creations online and explore those made by others.

Highlights
  • Create 2D platforming levels
  • 13 level themes
  • Hundreds of blocks, enemies, and objects
  • Foreground and background block placement
  • World map creation
  • Online level sharing and downloading
  • Challenge mode with unlockable hats
Features
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This app gives you the tools you need to create fantastic 2D platforming levels and share them with everyone. Build tricky obstacle courses, crazy contraptions, or even longer adventure-style levels. The choice is yours! Features: • Make all sorts of levels, big or small! • Select from 13 different level theme options to suit your mood. • Hundreds of blocks, enemies, and objects to place in each level. • Decoration blocks and sloped ground tiles to create more detailed environments. • Several powerups including upgrades to the player's armor and jump height. • Place blocks in the foreground and background. • Add a sub-area to your levels. • Electricity can be conducted by metal blocks to power pistons and more. • Dynamic fire spreading (wooden blocks can burn, and ice blocks melt!) • Create world maps to compile your levels into a story or adventure! • Share your levels and world maps online, and download those uploaded by other players. • Tackle the classic challenge mode to unlock cool new hats to wear!

Screenshots

Draw a Stickman4 screens
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ultimate Level Maker / Builder at Free against Draw a Stickman's $2.99. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (84% vs 63%). Draw a Stickman's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 69). On rating, 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

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download; Draw a Stickman costs $2.99 up front. Draw a Stickman sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Ultimate Level Maker / Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draw a Stickman has 2.1K ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Draw a Stickman's written reviews are positive against 84% of Ultimate Level Maker / Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draw a Stickman ships an update every 2 months, Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Draw a Stickman versus Ultimate Level Maker / Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraw a StickmanUltimate Level Maker / Builder
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2.1K ratings)4.7 (69 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews83.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better69
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size540 MB188 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHitcents.com, Inc.Joshua Bellmyer

Customer experience

Draw a Stickman

All ratings2,073 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews401 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative31.7%

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

All ratings69 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative6.5%

User reviews

Draw a Stickman

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome game
  • ⭐ Fun and creative
  • ⭐ Great graphics and animations
  • ⭐ Nostalgic and memorable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Glitches and issues with certain levels
  • 🕰️ Short and lacking in content
  • 💰 Paid DLC required for full experience

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

From 69 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game overall
  • 💡 Excellent level maker
  • 💰 No ads or purchases
  • 🤩 Highly creative possibilities
  • 🌟 Very fun and engaging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs present
  • 🐌 Slow updates
  • 🕹️ Controls not always good
  • 🔴 Too many ads
  • ⚠️ Online safety concerns

Bugs and requests

Draw a Stickman

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Loading issues and crashes
  • Invisible walls and obstacles
  • Inability to progress past certain levels
  • Sketchbook and drawing tools not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels and chapters
  • Ability to save progress
  • Free play/creative mode
  • Ability to customize characters further
  • Fix issues with Drawn Below DLC

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Did not get hat after completing 5th year 2nd time
  • Glitch with magnet on giant potion
  • Lose a life when restarting a level
  • Colors are too dark and don't match image
  • Username glitch (SOMEBODYCOOL vs SOMEBODYCOOL XD)
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  • Cannot add a Sonic level
  • New update not on iOS
  • Restarting level loses a life

Requested features

37 requests
  • Add multiplayer and friends list
  • Add more bosses
  • Add more cosmetics and pets
  • Add chat for multiplayer
  • Allow replaying levels
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  • Add gravity switching like GD
  • Add friends to play with
  • Add a story mode
  • Allow uploading levels without completion
  • Add different kinds of coins
  • Add more characters to play as
  • Add playable character maker
  • Add a family or friends for Carbo
  • Add a girl version of Carbo or a dog/little brother
  • Add lily pad blocks
  • Add search functionality in the level editor
  • Add more blocks and items
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Add ability to color Carbo
  • Add NPCs for storytelling
  • Add a view creator button with profiles
  • Add more lore for Carbo
  • Add side scrolling
  • Fix jet pack power up
  • Add plane power up
  • Add a bat boss
  • Add comments on user games
  • Add rating for user games
  • Add custom music for levels
  • Add more bone enemies
  • Add new bosses (Giga Beetle, Mansion Bat, Huge Riko)
  • Add mod support
  • Add level rating system
  • Improve lighting and shadows
  • Add playable character maker
  • Add boss maker
  • Add more world parts

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Draw a Stickman

One-time2
  • Drawn Below$0.99
  • Book of Seasons$0.99
None

Ultimate Level Maker / Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Draw a Stickman free?
Draw a Stickman costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Level Maker / Builder free?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Draw a Stickman or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder is rated higher. Draw a Stickman averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Ultimate Level Maker / Builder averages 4.7 from 69 ratings.
Do Draw a Stickman or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder have ads?
Ultimate Level Maker / Builder shows ads; Draw a Stickman does not.
Which is updated more often, Draw a Stickman or Ultimate Level Maker / Builder?
Draw a Stickman ships an update every 2 months, and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Draw a Stickman was updated on October 16, 2026 and Ultimate Level Maker / Builder on October 12, 2026.

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