Cog Hero vs Ants vs Robots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cog Hero
A puzzle game where you make gears spin by tapping and moving them. Stacked gears turn if their colors match neighbors, and different colors can overlap. Unlock new color schemes and enjoy infinite replays with random levels.
- Gear rotation puzzles
- Color matching mechanics
- One-way gear challenges
- Unlockable color schemes
- Randomly generated levels
- Offline play
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A board full of Gears. Can you make them all turn? Tap to select, then tap to move. Stacked gears turn if either of the colors match their neighbor. Different colors can overlap and spin. One-way gears can't be moved. Use others to connect and spin them. Win to unlock more color schemes. Random levels for infinite replays. No ads. No WiFi needed. Play Easy as much as you want, upgrade for higher difficulty levels!
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 Cog Hero's 3.4. Ants vs Robots also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months). 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. Cog Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ants vs Robots has 52 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Cog Hero's written reviews are positive against 96% of Ants vs Robots's.
Cog Hero ships an update every 12 months, Ants vs Robots every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cog Hero | Ants vs Robots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (8 ratings) | 4.6 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Headlight Software, Inc. | Ivan Khokhlenkov |
Customer experience
Cog Hero
Ants vs Robots
In-app purchases
Cog Hero
- Unlock All Difficulty Levels$0.99
Ants vs Robots
- No ads and fast speed$3.99
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