Comparison

Bug Art! vs Bug & Seek

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

Head to head
About

Bug Art!

Create unique insect specimens by assembling and decorating dead bug bodies. This DIY art game allows you to design your own masterpieces with a variety of bugs.

Highlights
  • Assemble bug bodies
  • Decorate insect specimens
  • DIY bug art creation
  • Variety of bugs
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This bug art looks like a master piece! Fix the dead bug body and DIY your own insect specimen now!

About

Bug & Seek

Become a bug collector in a peaceful simulation game. Catch over 200 real insects, customize your insectarium, and explore a charming town with a light mystery. Enjoy simple, stress-free gameplay and learn interesting facts about bugs.

Highlights
  • Catch 200+ real insects
  • Customize and expand insectarium
  • Explore the world
  • Meet locals and solve mystery
  • Simple, stress-free gameplay
  • Bug-based economy
  • Learn real bug facts
Features
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Catch 200+ real life bugs in this peaceful creature collector. You’ve bought the local insectarium (bug zoo) in the cozy town of Buggburg, so start swinging your net to build your dream bug collection and create the best insectarium Buggburg has ever seen. Developed by a tiny, two-person dev team, Bug & Seek is a relaxing bug-catching game with a mystery twist and pixel art bugs. You've just bought an abandoned Insectarium (bug zoo)—congratulations! Now, go catch real-life bugs, build your collection, and level up your skills. Bug & Seek features a very simple and peaceful gameplay loop, no stress, and no wrong choices. So relax and enjoy all those bugs (and learn about them too)! * Discover 200+ adorable and real insects * Customize and Expand Your Insectarium * Explore The World * Meet the Locals * Solve the Mystery What to Expect: * Simple Game Mechanics — Explore, shake objects to reveal hiding bugs, and swing your net. Bug & Seek was meant to be easy, peaceful, and stress-free. A leveling system increases the rarity of bugs you can catch, and some special items boost your chances too. * A Bug-Based Economy — To earn money, you will have to sell bugs at the stores and for jobs and quests. But don't worry, you will be able to catch more! * Cozy, Humorous Vibes — The cute little town of Buggburg to explore, lots of goofy and bug-obsessed NPC's, bugs with personalities and jokes, and a fun mystery about someone stealing a bunch of bugs. * Light Customization — There are a handful of adorable new decoration sets, and even a few new clothing items you can acquire. * Real Facts and Information — Every bug in the game is a real bug, and you'll learn things like why bugs are so important to biodiversity and environmental health. What Bug & Seek DOES NOT have: * Challenging gameplay; the gameplay loop in Bug & Seek is very simple. * Mini games; if you swing your net at a bug, you will catch it. * Energy meters or sleep requirements; after all, you can only catch certain bugs at night. * Multiplayer options; * Combat; while bugs in real life do attack and eat other bugs, they don't in Bug & Seek, and you won't fight NPC's with your bugs. The bugs also do not carry swords or wear medieval armor, as fun as that might sound. * Romance; while you can talk to NPC's, and do jobs for them involving catching bugs, you cannot romance them, nor can you romance the bugs, regardless of the superpowers that might give to your offspring.

Screenshots

Bug Art!4 screens
Bug & Seek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bug & Seek at 86% against Bug Art!'s 0%. Bug & Seek also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (61 vs 1). Bug Art!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bug & Seek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bug Art! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bug & Seek holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bug & Seek has 61 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Bug Art!'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Bug & Seek's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bug Art! versus Bug & Seek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBug Art!Bug & Seek
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (61 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings161 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB487 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer淑芳 董So Peculiar, LLC

Customer experience

Bug Art!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bug & Seek

All ratings61 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.9%

Bugs and requests

Bug Art!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bug & Seek

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • DLC not recognized as owned
  • Insectarium maxed, no room for bugs
  • Bugs disappeared after season change
  • Game restarts when closed
  • Expansion content not showing up
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  • Paying didn't unlock content
  • Furniture placement bug (aquarium opens storage)
  • Ads on iOS are over a minute long

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add controller accessibility
  • Include Latin names for bugs
  • Add scientific names for bugs
  • More expansions/DLC
  • Search/filter in field guide
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  • Apple Pencil support
  • Build a home or greenhouse
  • Add botany elements

In-app purchases

None

Bug Art!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bug & Seek

One-time1
  • English (U.S.)$6.99

Questions

Is Bug Art! free?
Bug Art! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bug & Seek free?
Bug & Seek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bug Art! or Bug & Seek?
Bug & Seek is rated higher. Bug Art! averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Bug & Seek averages 4.8 from 61 ratings.
Do Bug Art! or Bug & Seek have ads?
Both Bug Art! and Bug & Seek show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bug Art! or Bug & Seek?
Bug Art! ships an update weekly, and Bug & Seek weekly. Most recently, Bug Art! was updated on September 27, 2026 and Bug & Seek on October 16, 2026.

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