Comparison

Ant's Diary vs Ant Manager

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

Head to head
About

Ant's Diary

Features
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Protect the Queen—grow your colony to 100 ants! "Ant's Diary" is a real-time strategy game where you raise an ant colony. Adjust the roles of your worker ants around the queen, survive enemy raids, and build a thriving colony of 100. 4 Roles to Strategize • Foragers (Green): Gather food on the surface and carry it to the nest • Nurses (Pink): Feed larvae to raise new worker ants • Soldiers (Red): Fight enemies and defend the colony • Digger: Digs to expand the nest — Completing rooms increases food and brood capacity Adjusting the balance of roles to match the situation is the key to survival. Nest Expansion & Chambers • Assign workers to digging and the nest grows organically from existing tunnels. Food stores or brood chambers form automatically as needed. • Chambers raise food and brood capacity. When food storage is full, foragers wait and automatically resume as soon as space opens. • Nurses carry eggs from the queen's chamber to brood chambers and bring food from storage. After 3 feedings, a larva becomes a pupa. Explore 2 Worlds • Surface: A dangerous world where you gather food and battle enemies • Nest: A safe haven to raise larvae and dig new chambers Defend Against Enemy Raids As time passes, enemy attacks grow fiercer. Build up your soldiers in advance to prepare. Score Attack Challenge Your time to reach 100 ants is your score. Aim for the fastest record and try again and again! Earn Your Rank Your time to 100 ants decides which of 6 ranks you earn. Break 15 minutes to become the Mythic Queen. Share your result as a card whose artwork changes with your rank. Queen Power: High Risk, High Return Raise Queen Power to lay eggs up to 3× faster. The tradeoff: the Queen gets hungry up to 8× faster, while nurses must feed her, carry eggs and tend larvae. Adjust power as the colony changes.

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Ant Manager

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Ant Manager is a strategy and management game in which you build your ant colony from scratch and grow it into an unstoppable force. Build your anthill: Dig, expand, and specialize your chambers: warehouses, nursery, farms, research room, pantheon, artifact chamber… Every construction permanently strengthens your colony. Prepare your army: Hatch different combat ants, set up your formation across multiple lines, and adapt your strategy to the enemy. Fight termites, hunt creatures, and go on expeditions to bring back rare artifacts. Research and optimize: Explore multiple research branches to reduce construction times, increase your production, and upgrade your units. Every decision matters. Play with players from around the world: Join or create a guild, challenge other players in the arena, climb the leaderboards, and compare your progress. Progress at your own pace: Idle or with the game open, Ant Manager adapts to the way you play. Ant Manager is the ant colony simulation that blends resource management, strategy, idle progression, and tactical combat in a living, ever-evolving universe.

Screenshots

Ant's Diary4 screens
Ant Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ant Manager at 15.0 against Ant's Diary's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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's Diary ships an update every 4 days, Ant Manager every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Ant's Diary versus Ant Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnt's DiaryAnt Manager
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB210 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNobuaki KuwabaraMathieu Charon

In-app purchases

None

Ant's Diary

No in-app purchases

None

Ant Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ant's Diary free?
Ant's Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ant Manager free?
Ant Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ant's Diary or Ant Manager have ads?
Neither Ant's Diary nor Ant Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ant's Diary or Ant Manager?
Ant's Diary ships an update every 4 days, and Ant Manager every 3 days. Most recently, Ant's Diary was updated on September 26, 2026 and Ant Manager on September 18, 2026.

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