Unity is renowned, user-friendly, and an ideal option for beginners to gaming app development, whereas Unreal Engine is powerful and offers robust tools for enhancing the development experience.
Unity offers a versatile 2D toolset with excellent sprite management and animation tools. However, Unreal Engine excels in rendering, offering high-quality visuals even for 2D games.
Both engines are optimized for performance- but Unity is often preferred for 2D games due to its lightweight nature and efficient handling of 2D assets.
Unity offers a flexible licensing model including free tier for small developers whereas Unreal Engine is free to use with a royalty model for commercial games.