Comparison

Pet Hotel Premium vs Ant's Diary

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

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About

Pet Hotel Premium

Manage a virtual pet hotel, caring for various animals like cats, dogs, and hamsters. Engage in quests, expand enclosures, and ensure all pets are happy and well-looked-after before their owners return.

Highlights
  • Care for 5 different pet types
  • Play with and cuddle animals
  • Complete exciting quests
  • Expand animal enclosures
  • Collect coins to improve hotel
  • Realistic 3D animations
Features
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The animals are coming! When pet owners go on holidays or on business trips, they certainly don’t want to leave their furry friends all alone. That’s where you come into play: care for cats, dogs, hamsters, chinchillas and rats, play with them and return happy pets to their owners. ***Care for 5 different types of pets and play with them!*** In your PetHotel, there's always a lot to do! Many pet owners come to your pension and demand the best care for their loved friends, so you'll need to give everything to make the animals' stay as cozy as possible. Play with your guests and make sure they have everything they need. ***Complete exciting quests and make sure all the animals are happy*** You'll never get bored in the hotel, thanks to the exciting quests you'll have to complete in order to advance in the game. Expand the hamsters' enclosures, buy new toys for the dogs! There is so much to be done, but of course you'll be rewarded for your work. ***Lots of different breeds and beautiful coat colors*** The cute and realistic 3D animations in PetHotel will make the PetHotel experience all the more enjoyable for all our animal friends. Watch the pretty Siamese groom herself and the happy Labrador frolic. Reward your pets with their favorite treats after washing them, and don’t forget to cuddle them! * Open your own pet hotel for hamsters, dogs, cats, and many more! * Expand the animals' enclosures and fill them with great items * Complete quests and collect coins to improve your hotel Get started, open up your pension and look after all the animals! Visit us on Facebook: facebook.com/tivolamobile

About

Ant's Diary

Features
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Protect the Queen—grow your colony to 100 ants! "Ant's Diary" is a real-time strategy game where you raise an ant colony. Adjust the roles of your worker ants around the queen, survive enemy raids, and build a thriving colony of 100. 4 Roles to Strategize • Foragers (Green): Gather food on the surface and carry it to the nest • Nurses (Pink): Feed larvae to raise new worker ants • Soldiers (Red): Fight enemies and defend the colony • Digger: Digs to expand the nest — Completing rooms increases food and brood capacity Adjusting the balance of roles to match the situation is the key to survival. Nest Expansion & Chambers • Assign workers to digging and the nest grows organically from existing tunnels. Food stores or brood chambers form automatically as needed. • Chambers raise food and brood capacity. When food storage is full, foragers wait and automatically resume as soon as space opens. • Nurses carry eggs from the queen's chamber to brood chambers and bring food from storage. After 3 feedings, a larva becomes a pupa. Explore 2 Worlds • Surface: A dangerous world where you gather food and battle enemies • Nest: A safe haven to raise larvae and dig new chambers Defend Against Enemy Raids As time passes, enemy attacks grow fiercer. Build up your soldiers in advance to prepare. Score Attack Challenge Your time to reach 100 ants is your score. Aim for the fastest record and try again and again! Earn Your Rank Your time to 100 ants decides which of 6 ranks you earn. Break 15 minutes to become the Mythic Queen. Share your result as a card whose artwork changes with your rank. Queen Power: High Risk, High Return Raise Queen Power to lay eggs up to 3× faster. The tradeoff: the Queen gets hungry up to 8× faster, while nurses must feed her, carry eggs and tend larvae. Adjust power as the colony changes.

Screenshots

Pet Hotel Premium4 screens
Ant's Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ant's Diary at Free against Pet Hotel Premium's $9.99. Ant's Diary also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). Pet Hotel Premium's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Ant's Diary is free to download; Pet Hotel Premium costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pet Hotel Premium ships an update every 3 months, Ant's Diary every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pet Hotel Premium versus Ant's Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPet Hotel PremiumAnt's Diary
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB10 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTrophy Games Development A/SNobuaki Kuwabara

In-app purchases

None

Pet Hotel Premium

No in-app purchases

None

Ant's Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pet Hotel Premium free?
Pet Hotel Premium costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ant's Diary free?
Ant's Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pet Hotel Premium or Ant's Diary have ads?
Neither Pet Hotel Premium nor Ant's Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pet Hotel Premium or Ant's Diary?
Pet Hotel Premium ships an update every 3 months, and Ant's Diary every 4 days. Most recently, Pet Hotel Premium was updated on November 2, 2026 and Ant's Diary on October 28, 2026.

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