Comparison

Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 vs Ant Colony Life Simulator

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

Head to head
About

Ultimate Spider Simulator 2

Experience life as a realistic spider in a detailed macro-world. Hunt, grow your family, spin webs, and battle to become the strongest brood. Features advanced AI, dynamic webs, and deep customization.

Highlights
  • Hyper-realistic spider simulation
  • Dynamic web spinning and crafting
  • Advanced AI and alert system
  • Omnidirectional dodge battle system
  • Relationship and personality system
  • Expandable family up to ten spiders
  • Next-gen graphics and detailed wildlife
Features
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Take on the life of our most realistic spider ever! Explore a macro-scale world with stunningly realistic insects and animals alike. Find other spiders and raise your family, spin webs, hunt for food, and become the strongest brood in the forest! HYPER REALISTIC SIMULATION The wild has never been more alive! Explore and hunt to maintain your spiders thirst and hunger in the most detailed animal simulator we’ve ever created! SPIN DYNAMIC WEBS Create webbing anywhere on the map to help you traverse the terrain and capture your prey! NEW ALERT SYSTEM Creep through tall grass and leaves to avoiding alerting nearby animals and giving them a head start trying to escape you! Animal AI is smarter and faster than ever! NEW BATTLE SYSTEM Omnidirectional dodge system brings a new level of skill to your fights! Quickly react to your opponents attack direction to dodge and avoid damage! NEW RELATIONSHIP SYSTEM Build deeper bonds with your spiders through the new relationship and personality system. Your brood recognizes heroic and caring acts that will alter the relationships. Gain bonuses from synergetic spiders hunting together! EXPANDED FAMILY Have up to TEN spiders in your family! Seek out friendly spiders and pass their challenges to recruit them to your brood! Play as your new spiders and train them as brave warriors or cunning hunters! BABY AND TEEN SPIDERLINGS A brand new age makes raising your spiderlings even more real! Breed babies that will grow into teens and eventually full grown members of your clan! NEW CUSTOMIZATIONS Introducing expanded animal customization options for fine-tuning your spider's look! Alter physical features like height, leg size, and body shape to accentuate your spider's personality! CONQUER THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST Challenge the four elemental spirits of the forest to battles on an EPIC scale! Dodge poison needles, escape deadly lava falls, and face shockingly difficult tests of your reflexes and timing! UPGRADE STATS AND SKILLS Gain experience and level up your spiders to unlock stat bonuses and unique skills! Skills will grant specialized abilities like healing, tracking, and battle strength! NEW WEB CRAFTING Collect materials to decorate and upgrade your webs and make life for your spiders even better! Build useful additions that provide food and water while safe in your web! INCREDIBLY DETAILED ANIMALS Discover all new wildlife! Improved AI and animations combined with species specific action trees will immerse you in our most detailed world to date. Track down mammals and insects like Fly, Bee, Beetle, Ladybug, Praying Mantis, Hornet, Cockroach, Rat, Crow, Scorpion, Rabbit, Ants and of course Spiders! IMPROVED NEXT-GEN GRAPHICS Introducing AAA PC quality graphics in a mobile simulator! With meticulously optimized models and textures, we’ve managed to reach an unrivaled level of visual quality! OPTIONAL BLOOD EFFECTS If you are of age or have your parents permission, turn on the blood effects to add even more realism! GLUTEN-FREE PROMISE With all of our games you will always get the full game with no ads or additional purchases! Download Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 and prove you can survive as a wild spider in our all-new completely revamped simulation! If you liked living as a Spider then be sure to check out our other animal simulators! We plan on creating more sequels so give us a shout and let us know what you want to play next! facebook.com/glutenfreegames twitter.com/glutenfreegames

About

Ant Colony Life Simulator

Experience the life of an ant in an open-world simulation. Establish your colony, gather food, and defend your queen from forest predators like spiders and scorpions. Choose from various ant species and complete quests for rewards.

Highlights
  • Open world simulation
  • Colony establishment
  • Food gathering
  • Enemy defense
  • Multiple ant species
  • Quest completion
  • Smooth controls
Features
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Enter the fascinating world of ants and experience life from a completely different perspective in Ant Colony Life Simulator. Explore a world where every small creature can become a threat. Build your colony, search for resources, protect your nest and help your ants survive against dangerous insects and predators. BUILD AND GROW YOUR ANT COLONY Start your journey as an ant and discover the challenges of colony life. Explore the environment, find useful resources and help your colony grow stronger. Protect the queen and keep your nest safe as you progress through the insect world. EXPLORE THE INSECT WORLD Leave the safety of your nest and explore the surrounding environment. Search different areas, discover resources and encounter other creatures along the way. From tiny bugs to dangerous spiders, survival is never guaranteed when you are as small as an ant. SURVIVE AND DEFEND YOUR NEST Danger can appear anywhere. Face hostile insects, spiders and other threats while defending your territory. Fight when necessary, survive challenging encounters and return safely to your colony. GAME FEATURES • Experience ant life in a tiny insect world • Explore the environment from an ant’s perspective • Build, grow and protect your colony • Protect the queen and defend your nest • Search for useful food and resources • Encounter spiders, bugs and other insects • Fight enemies and survive dangerous encounters • Defend your territory against threats • Enjoy an immersive ant simulator experience Explore, fight, survive and grow your colony in Ant Colony Life Simulator.

Screenshots

Ultimate Spider Simulator 24 screens
Ant Colony Life Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 at 77% against Ant Colony Life Simulator's 20%. Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.6) and ads (none vs shown). Ant Colony Life Simulator's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 35 months). On in-app purchases and device support 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 Colony Life Simulator is free to download; Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 has 238 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Ultimate Spider Simulator 2's written reviews are positive against 20% of Ant Colony Life Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 ships an update every 35 months, Ant Colony Life Simulator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 versus Ant Colony Life Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Spider Simulator 2Ant Colony Life Simulator
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (238 ratings) — better2.6 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews77.3% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings238 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB175 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGluten Free GamesHassan Zaman

Customer experience

Ultimate Spider Simulator 2

All ratings238 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.6%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative14.1%

Ant Colony Life Simulator

All ratings15 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative53.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Ultimate Spider Simulator 2

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when trying to mate
  • Spiders getting stuck in the environment
  • Incorrect eye patterns and body proportions
  • Enemies behaving erratically (flying rats, roaring spiders)
  • Inability to web and capture prey

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more spider species and customization
  • Improve web functionality and interaction
  • Implement breeding and mating system
  • Introduce new game modes and challenges
  • Optimize performance for smoother gameplay

Ant Colony Life Simulator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ultimate Spider Simulator 2

No in-app purchases

None

Ant Colony Life Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 free?
Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ant Colony Life Simulator free?
Ant Colony Life Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 or Ant Colony Life Simulator?
Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 is rated higher. Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 238 ratings, while Ant Colony Life Simulator averages 2.6 from 15 ratings.
Do Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 or Ant Colony Life Simulator have ads?
Ant Colony Life Simulator shows ads; Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 or Ant Colony Life Simulator?
Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 ships an update every 35 months, and Ant Colony Life Simulator every 6 weeks. Most recently, Ultimate Spider Simulator 2 was updated on November 10, 2026 and Ant Colony Life Simulator on November 7, 2026.

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