Swarm Defender vs Ants vs Robots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swarm Defender
A new turret defense game where players swipe to manage battery connections to turrets. Power up defenses by creating multiple connections or conserve energy by breaking them. Recharge your battery by connecting to external energy sources to fend off an incoming swarm.
- Intuitive swipe controls
- Connect/disconnect battery
- Power up turrets
- Conserve battery
- Recharge battery
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Download Swarm Defender, the fun and new turret defense game where you swipe to make and break connections from your battery to your turrets. This game is great for those who enjoy managing resources and units to try and beat the odds! - Intuitive swipe controls to connect or disconnect your battery - Power up your turrets with multiple connections to increase your fire rate - Break connections to conserve your battery - Connect to other energy sources to recharge your battery Get Swarm Defender today, and help prevent the swarm from destroying your turrets!
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 Swarm Defender's 3.8. Ants vs Robots also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (96% vs 80%). Swarm Defender's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Ants vs Robots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Swarm Defender asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ants vs Robots holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Swarm Defender's written reviews are positive against 96% of Ants vs Robots's.
Swarm Defender ships an update every 5 months, Ants vs Robots every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swarm Defender | Ants vs Robots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) | 4.6 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Adknown | Ivan Khokhlenkov |
Customer experience
Swarm Defender
Ants vs Robots
In-app purchases
Swarm Defender
No in-app purchases
Ants vs Robots
- No ads and fast speed$3.99
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