Ants Life vs Ant
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
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
Ants Life and Ant both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Ants Life's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ant's. Ants Life also leads on ratings volume (88 vs 2). Ant's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Ants Life against 4.0 for Ant. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ants Life has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Ants Life's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ant's.
Ants Life ships an update every 2 months, Ant every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ants Life | Ant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (88 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 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 | 11.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Daisuke Shinzato | Any Games OU |
Customer experience
Ants Life
Ant
In-app purchases
Ants Life
No in-app purchases
Ant
No in-app purchases
