Idle Ants vs Insect Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Ants
Command a growing colony of ants to devour everything in sight, from bugs to airplanes. Earn money to upgrade your colony, supercharge your workers, unlock new ants, and defend your nest. Experience the organized world of ants and lead them to empire status.
- Command ant colony
- Devour various items
- Collect gems and resources
- Upgrade colony and workers
- Unlock fighter ants
- Defend ant nest
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Ants are the true lords of the underground. They’ve been building cities and expanding their communities well before man was able to cobble together his first hut. Now, you can enter the land of ants and see firsthand their organized and structured world taking shape. Command your growing colony of ants and have them devour other bugs, hot dogs and even an airplane! Let your army consume everything in sight and earn money that you can use to: - Collect gems and building resources! - Upgrade and grow your colony into a mighty ant empire! - Supercharge your worker ants: make them faster and stronger! - Open ants' eggs to unlock fighter! - Defend the ants' nest from intruders These ants are waiting on a new commander, will it be you? We make casual moments turn into mad adventures! We’re a gaming studio composed of ‘Casually Mad’ game makers. We produce all of our games internally. We live to tell unique stories and express those in the games we create for players around the world. This passion is echoed by millions that enjoy playing our games like Stickman Hook, Parkour Race and Sausage Flip. Play with us and see what’s next! Let’s hear from you! Join the official Madbox Discord server and share your thoughts. https://bit.ly/35Td03Y Looking for the latest fun and more? Check us out on Instagram - https://bit.ly/3eHq3YF
Insect Quest
Embark on an adventure in the world's first insect role-playing game. Explore a unique world and engage in exciting gameplay.
- Insect role-playing gameplay
- Unique world exploration
- Adventure elements
- First of its kind
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world's first! Insect role-playing game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Insect Quest at 100% against Idle Ants's 56%. Insect Quest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Idle Ants's advantage is ratings volume (172K vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Idle Ants sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Insect Quest sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Insect Quest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Ants has 172K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Idle Ants's written reviews are positive against 100% of Insect Quest's.
Idle Ants ships an update every 4 weeks, Insect Quest every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Ants | Insect Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (172K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 172K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 281 MB | 252 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MADBOX | Yasuhiro Mizuki |
Customer experience
Idle Ants
Insect Quest
Bugs and requests
Idle Ants
Reported bugs
3 issues- Money going backwards at higher levels
- Inability to progress to new worlds
- Game progress being lost after updates
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and worlds
- Offline earnings
- Ability to customize ants
- Less intrusive ads
Insect Quest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Ants
- Fast Ant$0.99
- Mech Ant$0.99
- Small Gems Pack$0.99
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- Mut-Ant$2.99
- Gold-Ant$2.99
- The Queen$4.99
- Ali Ant$4.99
- Medium Gems Pack$4.99
- No Ads pack!$9.99
- Special Offer$9.99
- Large Pack of Gems$19.99
Insect Quest
- 1,000 Coin$0.99
- 5,000 Coin$2.99
- 20,000 Coin$11.99
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- 60,000 Coin$32.99
