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At a Glance
Corona SDK
Corona SDK
Star Rating
(12)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (50.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$79 Developer/Month
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Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Star Rating
(141)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Corona SDK vs Unreal Engine

  • Reviewers felt that Unreal Engine meets the needs of their business better than Corona SDK.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Unreal Engine is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Unreal Engine over Corona SDK.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Corona SDK
CORONA SMALL BUSINESS
$79
Developer/Month
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Unreal Engine
No pricing available
Free Trial
Corona SDK
No trial information available
Unreal Engine
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
12
9.0
121
Ease of Use
7.6
12
7.5
122
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
7.8
31
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.0
23
Quality of Support
8.2
12
8.3
111
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.5
24
Product Direction (% positive)
8.1
12
9.2
121
Features by Category
Not enough data
8.7
333
Visual Fidelity
Not enough data
9.1
38
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
9.1
39
Creation Tools
Not enough data
8.6
36
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.3
33
Not enough data
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
8.4
34
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Corona SDK
Corona SDK
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Corona SDK and Unreal Engine share no categories
Unique Categories
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine is categorized as Game Engine, AR Game Engine, and VR Game Engine
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Corona SDK
Corona SDK
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
50.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
16.7%
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
70.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
17.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
12.9%
Reviewers' Industry
Corona SDK
Corona SDK
Computer Software
41.7%
Internet
16.7%
Research
8.3%
Marketing and Advertising
8.3%
Information Technology and Services
8.3%
Other
16.7%
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Computer Games
37.1%
Entertainment
9.3%
Computer Software
7.9%
Animation
5.7%
Higher Education
5.0%
Other
35.0%
Most Helpful Reviews
Corona SDK
Corona SDK
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jon H.
JH
Jon H.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Corona SDK provides a simple but very powerful Lua based development system. Paired with your editor of choice Corona forms a complete environment to allow anyone to create their own apps that will run on Apple iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad), Google Android,...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Internet
GI
Verified User in Internet

The LUA programming language is very limited and lacks features that advanced programmers would want to create a game that had an ambitious scope, therefore, the platform is best suited to simple games. Additionally, Corona's toolset was very minimal,...

Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Alex O.
AO
Alex O.
Verified User in Computer Games

The rendering capabilities rival most software rendering engines. Lighting, surface shaders, particle effects, and animation system are easy to use and easy to update. When you've got a few visual directors sitting around you're able to make changes to...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Davide A.
DA
Davide A.
Verified User in Research

There are two things I don't really like of UE. Background: I am a lonely programmer with poor artistic skills. The first problem is that UE requires you work in a particular way. You have to understand well how the engine is built (GameState,...

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Discussions
Corona SDK
Corona SDK Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Corona SDK has no discussions with answers
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine Discussions
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2 comments
Pranav S.
PS
Game designing primarily but you can use it to render 3d cinematics as well.Read more
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1 comment
Ross T.
RT
It is nothingRead more
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