Ants and Mantis vs Ant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ants and Mantis
Manage a delicate ecosystem where ants and mantises must survive. Navigate a complex food chain and aim to prevent extinction. This casual game is perfect for short bursts of play.
- Ecosystem management
- Food chain simulation
- Simple touch controls
- Survival gameplay
- Casual play
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Maintain the ecosystem! Don't let Ants & Mantis go extinct. How long can you survive? · · · · · · Game Feature · · · · · · · » Simply touch to play game » Becareful food chain system » Just play this game on your 10 min free time :) Developer - Best Hyper Casual Game Developer South Korea
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
The clearest difference is rating: Ants and Mantis at 4.6 against Ant's 4.0. Ants and Mantis also leads on ratings volume (202 vs 2) and review sentiment (18% vs 0%). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ants and Mantis holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ants and Mantis has 202 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Ants and Mantis's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ant's.
Ants and Mantis ships an update daily, Ant every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ants and Mantis | Ant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (202 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 202 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MondayOFF | Any Games OU |
Customer experience
Ants and Mantis
Ant
In-app purchases
Ants and Mantis
No in-app purchases
Ant
No in-app purchases
