Ant Colony vs PolyPine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ant Colony
Build and manage your own ant colony in a wild forest. Command swarms, expand your territory, and evolve your ants to survive against hostile insects and predators. Prove your strategic skills in this real-time simulation game.
- Freestyle anthill building
- 10+ unique ant types
- Swarm mechanics
- 50+ enemies
- Raids and battles
- Evolution system
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Build your ant empire in the wild forest! Create a thriving underground colony, command swarms of ants, and survive against hostile insects. Expand your territory, evolve your ants, and prove your strategy in this real-time simulator. Features: • Freestyle anthill building - design and expand your underground base. • 10+ unique ant types - from builders to fighters, with more coming soon. • Swarm mechanics - lead massive armies to overpower enemies. • 50+ enemies - termites, spiders, crabs and other dangerous predators. • Raids and battles - conquer enemy nests and defend your colony. • Evolution system - adapt your ants to new challenges and grow stronger. • Difficulty levels - relax in Normal or test survival in Hard. Every choice matters: gather resources, build your empire, and fight for survival. Will your colony rise as the strongest kingdom of the forest? Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PolyPine
Cultivate a vibrant forest ecosystem by planting seeds and nurturing trees through their life cycles. Attract diverse wildlife by meeting their specific habitat needs and observe how their interactions influence the environment. Adapt to or reshape varied terrains and overcome natural disasters to foster a thriving, dynamic woodland.
- Plant and grow trees through full life cycles
- Attract and manage diverse animal habitats
- Observe animal interactions and their impact
- Adapt to or terraform varied terrains
- Survive and utilize natural disasters
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Create your own cozy forest! Plant Seeds and Watch Them Grow Experience the full lifecycle of trees: seed, sapling, adult tree, dead tree and fallen trunk. Each step creates a different habitat for other plants and animals. Fill Your Forest with Animals Each animal has specific habitat needs you have to fullfill before adding them. Squirrels need trees, butterflies need flowers etc. Click Animals to Make Them Poop and More Clicking on animals trigger different behaviors that influence the forest ecosystem: Moose poop, fertilizing the soil. Voles eat tree roots, damaging the tree. Foxes hunt other animals. Adapt to the Terrain or Terraform It to Your Needs Create forests in diverse terrains including hills, lakes, mountains, fjords and wetlands. Terraform the terrain if you want even more control. Survive Natural Disasters Forest fires, storms and bark beetle swarms affect the forest in various ways. Can you use them to your advantage and create a thriving ecosystem?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ant Colony at Free against PolyPine's $3.99. Ant Colony also leads on ratings volume (6.4K vs 297) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). PolyPine's advantage is chart position (#102 vs unranked) and review sentiment (77% vs 68%). On update cadence, 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
Ant Colony is free to download; PolyPine costs $3.99 up front. Ant Colony sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and PolyPine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ant Colony holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ant Colony has 6.4K ratings behind it against 297, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Ant Colony's written reviews are positive against 77% of PolyPine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ant Colony ships an update every 3 weeks, PolyPine fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ant Colony | PolyPine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.4K ratings) — better | 4.5 (297 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.8% of reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.4K — better | 297 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #102 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 489 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HYPERCELL SIA | Yaozuo Games Ltd |
Customer experience
Ant Colony
PolyPine
User reviews
Ant Colony
From 6.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Commitment to the game
- 👍 Charming and unique gameplay
- 👍 Optional ads, not forced
- 👍 Great art style and animations
- 👍 Addictive and fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Save corruption and data loss issues
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes, unbalanced levels
- 🐛 Ants not behaving as expected
PolyPine
From 297 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 High-quality graphics
- 👍 Clean and smooth user experience
- 👍 Interesting and engaging gameplay
- 🌱 Educational content about plants and animals
- 🕰️ Relaxing and peaceful game experience
Room to improve
- 🔒 Paywall for full game access
- 🐛 Audio issues and glitches
Bugs and requests
Ant Colony
Reported bugs
5 issues- Soft locks and crashes
- Ants getting stuck or not responding
- Save file corruption
- Inability to exit certain screens
- Gameplay freezes and performance issues
Requested features
6 requests- More ant species and colony customization
- Endless/sandbox mode
- Ability to control ants more directly
- Faster gameplay speed options
- Multiplayer functionality
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- Cloud save/sync across devices
PolyPine
Reported bugs
1 issue- Audio breaks down and turns into 8-bit track
Requested features
2 requests- Add more content and updates
- Improve the evolution/upgrade system
In-app purchases
Ant Colony
- Premium Subscription$4.997 Days
- Premium Subscription$7.497 Days
- Premium Subscription$9.997 Days
- Handful of sugar$0.99
- Starter pack2 variants$0.99
- Small bag of sugar$2.99
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- Small Mini Offer$2.99
- No pop-up ADs pack$3.49
- Premium Pack$3.69
- Queen path$4.99
- Medium Mini Offer$6.99
- Sugar bowl$6.99
- Premium Pack$7.49
- Premium Pack2 variants$11.49
- Crate of sugar$14.99
PolyPine
- Unlock Full Game$5.99









