Ants Life vs Ant Farm Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ants Life
Observe the intricate lives of ants, from foraging for food to engaging in battles. Strategically produce and manage three distinct ant types—Worker, Soldier, and Universal—to expand your colony and overcome challenges.
- Observe ant activities
- Produce three ant types
- Worker ants for food collection
- Soldier ants for combat
- Universal ants for dual roles
- Colony expansion strategy
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Let's take a peek at the lives of ants. You can observe their various activities such as searching for food and fighting with their enemies. You can produce three types of ants. Worker Ant Worker Ant can search for food and collect them. However, they cannot fight against their nemeses. They are important in terms of increasing their herd. Soldier Ant Soldier ants can fight against their nemeses. However, they cannot collect their food. They don't usually work, but they are important when they are facing their nemeses. Universal Ant Universal Ant can fight against their nemeses and collect teir food. However, their skills in either one is slightly inferior to that of specialized ants. Increase your herd by combining various ants well.
Ant Farm Simulator
Experience the life cycle and behaviors of an ant colony with realistic AI. Manage your formicarium by feeding, hydrating, and cleaning to ensure your ants thrive. The colony develops even when you're offline, with ongoing updates adding new content.
- Realistic ant AI and life cycle
- Colony management (feeding, hydration, cleaning)
- Offline colony development
- Variety of ant types
- New formicarium designs
- Regular updates
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Ant farm (formicarium) with a colony of ants. Ants have artificial intelligence that mimics the full life cycle, behavior, nature and physics of real insects. You need to take care of your ant colony, feed it, keep it hydrated, and clean up the trash. The colony continues to develop even when the game is not running. The game-simulator is constantly updated, adding different types of ants, new ant care modes, other types of food, new forms of formicaria and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ants Life at none against Ant Farm Simulator's 2. Ants Life also leads on iOS requirement (11.2 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Ant Farm Simulator sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Ants Life asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Ants Life against 4.2 for Ant Farm Simulator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 58 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Ants Life's written reviews are positive against 83% of Ant Farm Simulator's.
Ants Life ships an update every 2 months, Ant Farm Simulator every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Ants Life | Ant Farm Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (89 ratings) | 4.2 (58 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 58 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Daisuke Shinzato | Dzmitry Smirnou |
Customer experience
Ants Life
Ant Farm Simulator
Bugs and requests
Ants Life
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ant Farm Simulator
Reported bugs
4 issues- Forced ads when clicking energy button
- Game stopped working
- Most ants don't do anything
- Game continues to run when app is closed
Requested features
47 requests- More content (designs, bugs, maps)
- Combine colonies into a "super colony"
- Add species names
- Add aphids and ladybugs
- Add honeypot ants
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- Map with underground digging
- Add other insects (spiders, scorpions)
- Add blue ants
- Faster ant growth
- Pause button for offline activity
- Limits for waste piles and litter
- Recycle dead ants as food
- Clean up dead ants to prevent mold
- Add green ants
- Add bullet ants
- More food options (super worms, berries, larger food items)
- Ants move garbage to waste pile
- More food variety and unlocked system
- Option to raise two colonies and make them face each other
- Bigger food items requiring multiple ants
- Sugar food option
- More ants attacking spawned creatures
- Option to start with a smaller colony
- Multiple species of ants with different behaviors
- Queen walks around
- Add males and alates with wings
- More realistic AI for idle workers
- Workers check on brood/queen, clean themselves
- Outworld ants forage more
- More spots for eggs in nests
- Different stages for egg development in chambers
- Different types of waste (food, bathroom)
- Observe trophylaxis between ants and queen
- More diverse farm and food color schemes
- Alates and up to 2-3 queens (rare)
- Ants run on their own
- More live food options that attack back
- Different species and farms
- Workers that sit in the nest get up and work
- Queen walks around more
- Different ant species
- More realistic mechanics (soldier roles, food qualities)
- Clearer mechanics for ant roles and food properties
- Start with 5-10 workers
- Egg laying rate scales with colony population
- Food and water demand scales with colony population
- More chambers for eggs
In-app purchases
Ants Life
No in-app purchases
Ant Farm Simulator
- Energy 5000$0.99
- Permanently VIP PREMIUM status$1.99
Questions
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