Comparison

Ant vs RE

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

Head to head
About

Ant

Build and manage an ant colony by collecting food and recruiting soldier ants. Engage in combat with bugs to grow your forces and upgrade your ants for increased strength. Experience a strategy game focused on resource management and combat.

Highlights
  • Collect food for colony
  • Recruit soldier ants
  • Fight and eat bugs
  • Upgrade ants for strength
Features
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- Collect food for your colony! - Get soldier ants and wander for food! - Fight with bugs and eat them! - Upgrade your ants to get stronger!

About

RE

Features
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Let's take a peek at the lives of ants.Easy to play in your free time. All you have to do is choose the ants you want to produce. So the ants will then act automatically. You can observe their various activities such as searching for food and fighting with their enemies. You can produce three types of ants. ・Worker Ant Worker Ant can search for food and collect them. However, they cannot fight against their nemeses. They are important in terms of increasing their herd. ・Soldier Ant Soldier ants can fight against their nemeses. However, they cannot collect their food. They don't usually work, but they are important when they are facing their nemeses. ・Universal Ant Universal Ant can fight against their nemeses and collect teir food. However, their skills in either one is slightly inferior to that of specialized ants. Increase your herd by combining various ants well. Defeating enemy nests expands your territory, allowing you to move to other areas. Conquer various areas! [Notice] This app is a remake of its predecessor app "Ant's Life", using the new framework Flutter. The basic game content will be the same as Ant's Life, but New elements such as tools and levels have been added.

Screenshots

Ant4 screens
RE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ant at every 4 days against RE's every 5 weeks. Ant also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ant ships an update every 4 days, RE every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ant versus RE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAntRE
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB43 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAny Games OUDaisuke Shinzato

In-app purchases

None

Ant

No in-app purchases

None

RE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ant free?
Ant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RE free?
RE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ant or RE have ads?
Both Ant and RE show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ant or RE?
Ant ships an update every 4 days, and RE every 5 weeks. Most recently, Ant was updated on November 4, 2026 and RE on October 31, 2026.

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