Tappy Ants vs The Math Zombie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tappy Ants
Tap as many ants as you can within a minute in this fast-paced game. Levels increase ant numbers and difficulty. Compete for the top spot on the leaderboard and enjoy satisfying ant explosions.
- Time-based ant tapping gameplay
- Increasing difficulty with levels
- High score leaderboard
- Satisfying ant destruction animations
- Single-player challenge
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Find and tap tap tap all of those pesky ants! You have 1 minute to find them all. Their numbers grow with each level. Are you up to the challenge? Compete with friends and be the best ant maiming master on the hiscore leaderboard. Watch in delight as these puny insects explode when you find them. You’ll feel like the ultimate exterminator. Get tapping today!
The Math Zombie
Engage your brain with a fun math game where you defeat zombies by merging number blocks to create target sums. Improve your math skills and memory in just a few minutes a day.
- Merge number blocks
- Solve math problems
- Improve math skills
- Increase memory ability
- Brain training game
- Timed challenges
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Are you ready to defeat the Math Zombies? Think fast, challenge yourself and exercise your brain with this game for people of all ages. Improve math skills and increase your memory ability. Tune-up your brain with this fun, engaging game by playing only a few minutes a day. Math Zombie is a huge success, a lot of people are having fun while improving their Math skills. Math Zombie was selected as Apple Staff's Favorite during the week of Christmas 2008. The goal of this math game is simple: You need to defeat the Math Zombies by creating the numbers they are asking. To create numbers, drag two number blocks to merge their values. If you get the right number, you will attack the zombie. You will must be quick, because if the timer goes out, the Zombie will attack you. Suggestions, reviews, and ratings are greatly appreciated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tappy Ants at Free against The Math Zombie's $0.99. Tappy Ants also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 20 months vs every 66 months). The Math Zombie's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On review sentiment, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Tappy Ants is free to download; The Math Zombie costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tappy Ants holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tappy Ants ships an update every 20 months, The Math Zombie every 66 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tappy Ants | The Math Zombie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months — better | Every 66 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben Walker | MM&F Software LLC |
Customer experience
Tappy Ants
The Math Zombie
In-app purchases
Tappy Ants
No in-app purchases
The Math Zombie
No in-app purchases
