Ant Hunt vs Tappy Ants
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ant Hunt
Test your observation skills by finding a special ant among many others. Face changing behaviors, time limits, and distracting creatures. Compete with friends or players worldwide in various game modes.
- Find special ants
- Challenging distractions
- Story mode progression
- Local multiplayer (up to 4 players)
- Daily challenges
- Achievement hunting
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A special ant hides among other ants. So many specialized ants to search through while their behavior continuously changes. Your reflexes and skills of observation will be stressed! But wait, there is more! Time is running out, greater distractions like the black spider, capricious flies, agitated aphids, or thieving anteater will thwart your victory. * Play in story mode and progress through different levels to access new and exiting animals. * Play with your friends (up to 4 players on the same device) and challenge them to a whole new level of craziness. * Play the daily challenge and compare your performance to many other players around the world. This will be a serious challenge for those who want to make all the achievements! Will you dare to be the great Ant Hunter ?
Tappy Ants
Tap as many ants as you can within a minute in this fast-paced game. Levels increase ant numbers and difficulty. Compete for the top spot on the leaderboard and enjoy satisfying ant explosions.
- Time-based ant tapping gameplay
- Increasing difficulty with levels
- High score leaderboard
- Satisfying ant destruction animations
- Single-player challenge
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Find and tap tap tap all of those pesky ants! You have 1 minute to find them all. Their numbers grow with each level. Are you up to the challenge? Compete with friends and be the best ant maiming master on the hiscore leaderboard. Watch in delight as these puny insects explode when you find them. You’ll feel like the ultimate exterminator. Get tapping today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tappy Ants at none against Ant Hunt's 5. Ant Hunt's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 20 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Ant Hunt sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Tappy Ants asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ant Hunt against 5.0 for Tappy Ants. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ant Hunt ships an update every 4 days, Tappy Ants every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ant Hunt | Tappy Ants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | Ben Walker |
Customer experience
Ant Hunt
Tappy Ants
In-app purchases
Ant Hunt
- Add 1 500 Cereal pieces$0.99
- Add 5 000 Cereal pieces$1.99
- Add 15 000 Cereal pieces$4.99
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- Add 50 000 Cereal pieces$9.99
- Add 150 000 Cereal pieces$19.99
Tappy Ants
No in-app purchases
