Catch The Ant vs Ant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catch The Ant
A logic game where players strategically place stones to trap an ant. The ant moves to adjacent cells after each player's turn. The objective is to block all escape routes for the ant.
- Strategic stone placement
- Ant movement mechanics
- Goal-oriented gameplay
- Turn-based moves
- Offline play
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This is a logical game in which you are fighting against a clever opponent - the Ant. Your goal is to close the chain of stones around the ant. The goal of the ant is to escape from the playing field. You alternately make moves: The first move is made by the player: You put the three stones in any free cells. In response, the ant moves to one of the neighboring cells. All next moves: You add one stone, and the ant moves to one of the neighboring cells. Your goal is to cut off all possible exits. Catch the ant!
Ant
Build and manage an ant colony by collecting food and recruiting soldier ants. Engage in combat with bugs to grow your forces and upgrade your ants for increased strength. Experience a strategy game focused on resource management and combat.
- Collect food for colony
- Recruit soldier ants
- Fight and eat bugs
- Upgrade ants for strength
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- Collect food for your colony! - Get soldier ants and wander for food! - Fight with bugs and eat them! - Upgrade your ants to get stronger!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ant at every 4 days against Catch The Ant's every 29 months. Ant also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Catch The Ant's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ant holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Catch The Ant ships an update every 29 months, Ant every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catch The Ant | Ant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ruslan Goncharenko | Any Games OU |
Customer experience
Catch The Ant
Ant
In-app purchases
Catch The Ant
No in-app purchases
Ant
No in-app purchases
