Battlecruisers vs Ants vs Robots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Battlecruisers
Command a colossal floating auto-fortress in this visually striking RTS. Strategically build and deploy autonomous units, focusing on tactical decisions and unleashing devastating ultraweapons. Enjoy a single-player campaign or dive into multiplayer mayhem with customizable fleets.
- Build and deploy autonomous units
- Strategic fleet command
- Unlockable weapons and customization
- Single-player campaign
- Multiplayer mayhem
- Visually striking RTS gameplay
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Command the ultimate floating auto-fortress in Battlecruisers, the visually striking RTS praised for its explosive gameplay, hand-drawn art, and delightfully addictive soundtrack. Also, nukes. Command your colossal Battlecruiser as you strategically build and deploy autonomous units: Turrets, Gunships, Artillery, AttackBoats, GatlingMortars, SiegeDestroyers, and SteamCopters. Your fleet self-operates, freeing you to focus purely on strategic decisions. Accelerate construction by deploying more BuilderDrones, racing your opponents to unleash devastating Ultraweapons and dominate quick, intense battles. Embark on an award-winning single-player campaign as Charlie, an amusingly reckless utility-bot whose joyride aboard the UAC Presidentron’s prized Battlecruiser spirals into chaos. Survive increasingly sophisticated waves of AI warships, cunning mercenaries, and colossal adversaries determined to reclaim the stolen superweapon. Dive into endless multiplayer mayhem, unlocking new weapons each year and customizing your fleet with cosmetic Bodykits, Exoskeleta, and hilarious Heckles—perfect for taunting friends and foes alike. Premium Mode offers ad-free gameplay and unlocks two turbocharged game modes. All in-app purchases are purely cosmetic; victory is solely dependent on your tactical genius. Winner of international and indie game design awards every year 2021-2026, Battlecruisers boasts a 90%+ positive rating and has been deemed "prutty good eh" by the esteemed New Zealand Herald. Official site: https://BattlecruisersGame.com Discord: https://discord.gg/7GmAqawadE Youtube: https://youtube.com/@BattlecruisersGame TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@battlecruisers Developer: Mecha Weka
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
The clearest difference is update cadence: Battlecruisers at weekly against Ants vs Robots's every 3 months. Battlecruisers also leads on ratings volume (373 vs 52). Ants vs Robots's advantage is review sentiment (96% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Battlecruisers sells 5 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: Battlecruisers has 373 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Battlecruisers's written reviews are positive against 96% of Ants vs Robots's.
Battlecruisers ships an update weekly, Ants vs Robots every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Battlecruisers | Ants vs Robots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (373 ratings) | 4.6 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 373 — better | 52 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — 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, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 812 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mecha Weka Limited | Ivan Khokhlenkov |
Customer experience
Battlecruisers
Ants vs Robots
Bugs and requests
Battlecruisers
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes on loading screens
- Progress and purchases not saving properly
- AI opponents stuck in repetitive strategies
Requested features
4 requests- Multiplayer PvP mode
- More levels and campaign content
- Ability to customize ships and loadouts
- Sandbox/custom battle mode
Ants vs Robots
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Battlecruisers
- Coin Bag$0.99
- Coin Sack$2.99
- Premium Version$7.99
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- Coin Pile$9.99
- Coin Freighter$49.99
Ants vs Robots
- No ads and fast speed$3.99
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