RPG Maker AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Game Development Tools for iPhone

RPG Maker is not available for iPhone but there are some alternatives with similar functionality. The best iPhone Game Development Tool alternative is GDevelop, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to RPG Maker and nine of them are Game Development Tools available for iPhone so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting iPhone Game Development Tool alternatives to RPG Maker are Cocos2d-x, Banquise, 001 Game Creator and Urho3D.

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  1. GDevelop icon
     193 likes

    GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone. Any kind of 2D games can be created with it and no programming skills are required to get started. Logic of games are made using visual events.

    121 GDevelop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
     
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    Comments about GDevelop as an Alternative to RPG Maker
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    While GDevelop has a lot of great features, it really isn't very similar to RPG Maker at all. The games you make for GDevelop are more like games you would play on your phone rather than actual RPGs.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    GDevelop icon
    GDevelop icon
    • GDevelop is Freemium and Open SourceRPG Maker is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Cocos2d-x icon
     45 likes

    cocos2d-x is a cross platform open source free 2D game engine for mobile gamedev, that is fast and stable, easy to learn and use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Blackberry 10
     
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    Comments about Cocos2d-x as an Alternative to RPG Maker
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    Negative
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    Cocos2d-x requires coding! A lot of it.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Cocos2d-x icon
    • Cocos2d-x is Free and Open SourceRPG Maker is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Banquise icon
     5 likes

    Banquise is a global community of players and creators. Create any games or other interactive content in no-code and share it with the whole community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
     
  4. Bring your game ideas and concepts to life with 001 Game Creator, which gives you the power to create a variety of game genres. With simple point-and-click scripting, and high customisability of characters, monsters, items and magic, you can make anything possible.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about 001 Game Creator as an Alternative to RPG Maker
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    Positive
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    More than just RPG Maker, you can make not only RPG game, also any genre of games, also more features like sprite customization, built-in pixel editor, camera viewport and more.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    001 Game Creator icon
    001 Game Creator icon
    • 001 Game Creator is Paid and ProprietaryRPG Maker is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. Urho3D icon
     43 likes

    Urho3D is a lightweight, cross-platform rendering and game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license. Greatly inspired by OGRE and Horde3D.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  6. Visionaire Studio is the top reference for the development of adventure games.

    14 Visionaire Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. PaletAI icon
     1 like

    App to create, play, and share AI-generated mobile games, no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  8. Bloxels icon
     Like

    Create your very own video games with just eight simple blocks. Each block has a specific gameplay trait and some can be configured.

    39 Bloxels alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Chrome OS
     
  9. Orx icon
     15 likes

    Orx is an open source, portable, lightweight, plugin-based, data-driven and extremely easy to use 2D-oriented game engine. Orx is mostly written in C, but allows you to develop with it with any language that can interface to C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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