Ant vs PILLY BUGS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Collect food for colony
- Recruit soldier ants
- Fight and eat bugs
- Upgrade ants for strength
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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!
PILLY BUGS
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A tiny garden. A handful of curious pill bugs. A little moment of play. PILLY BUGS brings a miniature garden to your screen, with chunky little isopods wandering among clover, flowers and pebbles. Tap a bug to watch it curl into a ball, then give it a moment to uncurl and carry on exploring. SUNNY DAYS, GLOWING NIGHTS Choose a warm daytime garden or switch to night mode for cool blue surroundings and glowing teal bugs. The mood changes while the simple touch play stays familiar. MAKE IT YOUR LITTLE GARDEN Choose your music from the home screen, tap PLAY, and spend some time with your tiny garden companions. SIMPLE PLAY, ON YOUR DEVICE PILLY BUGS works offline and does not require an account. There are no ads, in-app purchases or subscriptions. Made for little moments of curiosity and shared family play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PILLY BUGS at none against Ant's shown. PILLY BUGS also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). Ant's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ant ships an update every 4 days, PILLY BUGS daily. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ant | PILLY BUGS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Any Games OU | BRYNSTAR |
In-app purchases
Ant
No in-app purchases
PILLY BUGS
No in-app purchases
