Ant City vs Ant Farm Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ant City
Observe a virtual ant colony and increase their numbers to fill your screen. This simulation game is perfect for passing the time or relaxing before sleep.
- Observe ant colony
- Increase ant population
- Fill screen with ants
- Relaxing gameplay
- Time-killing activity
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This app allows you to kill time by observing an ant colony. Please enjoy it during your free time or just before bed. Increase ants and fill the screen with ant colonies.
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 rating: Ant Farm Simulator at 4.1 against Ant City's 3.3. Ant Farm Simulator also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 58%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). Ant City's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (185 vs 56). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ant Farm Simulator sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Ant City asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ant Farm Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 185 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Ant City's written reviews are positive against 83% of Ant Farm Simulator's.
Ant City ships an update every 4 months, Ant Farm Simulator every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ant City | Ant Farm Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (185 ratings) | 4.1 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.8% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 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
Ant City
Ant Farm Simulator
User reviews
Ant City
From 185 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😌 Relaxing and calming gameplay experience
- 👀 Engaging to watch ant behavior and tunneling
- 🎵 Pleasant background music
- 📱 Minimal ads compared to other games
- 💡 Unique concept for an ant simulation
Room to improve
- 😴 Extremely boring and repetitive gameplay
- 🎨 Poor graphics quality and outdated visuals
- 🖱️ Unresponsive touch controls and tap detection issues
- ❌ Lack of meaningful player interaction
- 🎮 Limited gameplay mechanics and depth
Ant Farm Simulator
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Realistic ant simulation
- 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Good for ant enthusiasts
- 👍 Simple and nice music
- 👍 Game continues offline
Room to improve
- 🐛 Low ant activity/AI issues
- 🐛 Forced ads
- 🐛 Game can be too simple/boring
- 🐛 Complicated currency system
- 🐛 Game feels outdated
Bugs and requests
Ant City
Reported bugs
10 issues- Touch screen unresponsive to taps and interactions
- Cannot place bombs or spiders effectively
- Menu swipe interferes with gameplay interactions
- Game crashes on older iOS versions (iPad 2, iOS 9)
- Black screen on startup and immediate crash
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- Ants cannot reach screen edges
- Interaction buttons don't affect ant behavior
- Glitches preventing menu access
- Cannot spawn or create new ants
- Tap detection conflicts with HUD display
Requested features
14 requests- Add more interactive gameplay elements and controls
- Implement food storage and feeding mechanics
- Create larger map and nest size
- Add different ant types and soldier ants
- Include weather effects and day/night cycles
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- Allow tunnel connection and customization
- Add more insects and enemy types
- Implement ant colony battles and multiplayer
- Add upgrades and progression system
- Create chambers for different purposes
- Allow egg collection and ant lifecycle stages
- Add ant skins and customization options
- Improve graphics and visual quality
- Add realistic ant behavior simulation
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
Ant City
No in-app purchases
Ant Farm Simulator
- Energy 5000$0.99
- Permanently VIP PREMIUM status$1.99
Questions
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