Comparison

Ant Sandbox vs Ant's Diary

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ant Sandbox

Experience being a god in a miniature world. Guide a colony of ants from their queen's arrival to a thriving civilization. Manipulate their environment and observe their struggle for survival in this unique simulation.

Highlights
  • Ant colony simulation
  • God-like environmental control
  • Ant feeding and survival mechanics
  • Sandbox environment
  • Observe ant behavior
Features
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Once upon a time, an ant queen flies into a sandbox. She burrows a hole and makes a new home for herself. There she lays eggs and tenderly nurses them, waiting for them to hatch to become the first workers of a new colony... ANT SANDBOX is a mobile ant simulator. You play god over this sandbox of ants. Feed them, touch them, squash them, trap them. Do whatever you want, and watch them struggle to survive.

About

Ant's Diary

Features
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Protect the Queen—grow your colony to 100 ants! "Ant's Diary" is a real-time strategy game where you raise an ant colony. Adjust the roles of your worker ants around the queen, survive enemy raids, and build a thriving colony of 100. 4 Roles to Strategize • Foragers (Green): Gather food on the surface and carry it to the nest • Nurses (Pink): Feed larvae to raise new worker ants • Soldiers (Red): Fight enemies and defend the colony • Digger: Digs to expand the nest — Completing rooms increases food and brood capacity Adjusting the balance of roles to match the situation is the key to survival. Nest Expansion & Chambers • Assign workers to digging and the nest grows organically from existing tunnels. Food stores or brood chambers form automatically as needed. • Chambers raise food and brood capacity. When food storage is full, foragers wait and automatically resume as soon as space opens. • Nurses carry eggs from the queen's chamber to brood chambers and bring food from storage. After 3 feedings, a larva becomes a pupa. Explore 2 Worlds • Surface: A dangerous world where you gather food and battle enemies • Nest: A safe haven to raise larvae and dig new chambers Defend Against Enemy Raids As time passes, enemy attacks grow fiercer. Build up your soldiers in advance to prepare. Score Attack Challenge Your time to reach 100 ants is your score. Aim for the fastest record and try again and again! Earn Your Rank Your time to 100 ants decides which of 6 ranks you earn. Break 15 minutes to become the Mythic Queen. Share your result as a card whose artwork changes with your rank. Queen Power: High Risk, High Return Raise Queen Power to lay eggs up to 3× faster. The tradeoff: the Queen gets hungry up to 8× faster, while nurses must feed her, carry eggs and tend larvae. Adjust power as the colony changes.

Screenshots

Ant Sandbox4 screens
Ant's Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ant's Diary at every 4 days against Ant Sandbox's every 10 months. Ant Sandbox's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ant Sandbox ships an update every 10 months, Ant's Diary every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ant Sandbox versus Ant's Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnt SandboxAnt's Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB10 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKwok Tim ChanNobuaki Kuwabara

In-app purchases

None

Ant Sandbox

No in-app purchases

None

Ant's Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ant Sandbox free?
Ant Sandbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ant's Diary free?
Ant's Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ant Sandbox or Ant's Diary have ads?
Neither Ant Sandbox nor Ant's Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ant Sandbox or Ant's Diary?
Ant Sandbox ships an update every 10 months, and Ant's Diary every 4 days. Most recently, Ant Sandbox was updated on October 14, 2026 and Ant's Diary on October 12, 2026.

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