OverclockeTD vs Ants vs Robots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OverclockeTD
A synthwave-inspired tower defense game where you strategically place towers to eliminate enemies. Overclock your defenses for temporary boosts and protect your heart across multiple worlds and levels. Enjoy a free experience with optional additional content.
- Strategic tower placement
- Overclocking for temporary power-ups
- Synthwave 80s pixel art style
- Multiple worlds and levels
- Free to play with optional purchases
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Build towers, protect your heart, overclock to be OP and enjoy the synth — in this 80s pixel synthwave inspired tower defense game. Strategically place towers to eliminate incoming enemy creeps. Overclock your towers to make them stronger for a short period of time, when you desperately need the extra firepower. Use the strengths of the different towers to your advantage to rise victorious! 7 worlds with a total of 33 levels await you for free and without ads! Get 3 more worlds with another 15 levels for a price of your choice! Can you defeat the enemies and protect your heart in all levels? OverclockeTD was selected as one of 16 'Favorite Swiss Made Games' on the App Store in Switzerland in August 2021.
Ants vs Robots
Engage in strategic colony management with two distinct factions: ants and robots. Choose between real-time strategy battles against other colonies or tower defense against waves of bugs. Explore a sandbox mode with a map editor or progress through a story mode.
- Colony management simulator
- RTS battles
- Tower defense mode
- Playable ant and robot factions
- Sandbox mode with map editor
- Story mode
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Ants vs Robots is a colony simulator game with simple and intuitive controls. The game has two modes: 1) RTS where you fight other colony, 2) Tower Defence where you fight waves of bugs. There are two playable factions — ants and robots. The game features sandbox mode with a map editor and story mode where you complete level after level.
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Verdict
OverclockeTD and Ants vs Robots both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of Ants vs Robots's written reviews are positive against 80% of OverclockeTD's. Ants vs Robots also leads on ratings volume (52 vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. OverclockeTD sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Ants vs Robots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ants vs Robots holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ants vs Robots has 52 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of OverclockeTD's written reviews are positive against 96% of Ants vs Robots's.
OverclockeTD ships an update every 2 months, Ants vs Robots every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OverclockeTD | Ants vs Robots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.6 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jonas Krucher | Ivan Khokhlenkov |
Customer experience
OverclockeTD
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In-app purchases
OverclockeTD
- Small Pledge$0.99
- Premium: small amount$0.99
- Medium Pledge$2.99
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- Premium: medium amount$2.99
- Big Pledge$4.99
- Premium: big amount$4.99
Ants vs Robots
- No ads and fast speed$3.99
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