Vactics vs Ants vs Robots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vactics
Engage in tactical, chess-like combat by building powerful mechs to battle robotic enemies. Face randomly generated challenges and fight for a better future in this strategic warfare game.
- Mech building
- Tactical chess-like combat
- Randomly generated challenges
- Mech and tech upgrades
- Extended campaign
- Leaderboard competition
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Build the mech to fight against robotic Vactics in tactical chess-like combat. The war is already over and the heroes of the city have fallen. Take on a new randomly generated challenge every time you play and join with the citizens to fight for a better future. Vactics is designed to let you play as much as you like and upgrade to the full version at any time. Unlocking the pro version of the game provides: • Access to all 18 mech types and dozens of additional tech modifiers. • Access to the full 24 colour palettes to choose from with custom app icons each. • An extended campaign with additional enemy types and areas to fight through. • An additional phase to the campaign with the true ending and all the co-pilots. • The daily district challenge where you can compete with others on the leaderboards. • Much more to discover.... -- Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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 rating: Ants vs Robots at 4.6 against Vactics's 4.0. Ants vs Robots also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 71%). Vactics's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Vactics sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months 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 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Vactics's written reviews are positive against 96% of Ants vs Robots's.
Vactics ships an update every 3 weeks, Ants vs Robots every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Vactics | Ants vs Robots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (56 ratings) | 4.6 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 52 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — 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 | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gerard Delaney | Ivan Khokhlenkov |
Customer experience
Vactics
Ants vs Robots
Bugs and requests
Vactics
Reported bugs
6 issues- Combo attack bonus cancelled by heavy landing
- "Restore purchases" not working after update
- Cannot equip more than one ability
- Inconsistent combat: adjacent Vactic not hitting
- Cannot mount one tech in Chassis and one in Engine
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- Line-of-sight for ranged enemies unclear
Requested features
20 requests- Add more upgrades
- Add more game modes
- Add online co-op
- Add infinite wave competition
- Add diverging paths on map like FTL
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- Add small story elements at decisions
- Add new enemies and technologies
- Add a big boss
- Add Russian language support
- Improve tutorial clarity
- Faster restart function
- Option to confirm selection before moving
- More customization options for mechs
- Unlock more mechs for free
- Add wallpapers in the art style
- Support for lowercase game text
- Option to change palettes easily
- Save progress on runs
- Adjustable difficulty settings
- Add more content
Ants vs Robots
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vactics
- Subscribe to Vactics Pro$2.993 Months
- Vactics Pro$8.99
Ants vs Robots
- No ads and fast speed$3.99
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