Comparison

Ant's Diary vs Ant Village

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

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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.

About

Ant Village

Build and manage a thriving underground ant civilization. Dig your nest, explore the surface for resources and danger, and engage in strategic PvP raids against other players' colonies. Experience realistic ant behavior and manage multiple species.

Highlights
  • Nest building and chamber upgrades
  • Realistic ant behavior simulation
  • Surface exploration and resource gathering
  • Two playable ant species
  • Player-vs-player colony raids
  • Multiple colony management
  • Offline colony progression
Features
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Ant Village is a colony builder inspired by real ant biology. Start with a queen and a handful of workers, dig your nest into the earth and grow it into a thriving underground civilization. DIG YOUR NEST Build chambers: storage, brood chambers, healing chambers, tunnels and a throne room for your queen. Upgrade them with food and resin and shape a nest that works the way you want. WATCH REAL ANT BEHAVIOUR Your foragers don't follow scripts. They lay and follow pheromone trails, so busy ant highways emerge on their own between the nest and the best food sources. Ants hatch from eggs, grow through larva and pupa, and take on roles as foragers, builders, nurses or defenders. EXPLORE THE SURFACE An isometric overworld surrounds your nest, full of food, resin and danger. Spiders, beetles and frogs hunt your workers, so send defenders out with them or guide ants directly to a target. Tame aphids and milk them for a steady supply of honeydew. PLAY THREE SPECIES - Black garden ant: the flexible all-rounder to learn the game with - Leafcutter ant: cut leaves, feed a fungus garden and manage the waste it produces - Weaver ant: build your nest from silk high up in a tree, farm scale insects for honeydew and spin silk bridges between branches RAID OTHER PLAYERS Defend your nest and raid the colonies of real players. Every raid is simulated ant by ant. Win trophies, climb five leagues in weekly seasons and earn Wings for your dynasty. RUN SEVERAL COLONIES Unlock extra colony slots, play different species side by side and trade pupae between your colonies through a shared tunnel. YOUR COLONY KEEPS WORKING Come back after a break and find new resin and brood waiting for you. Sessions can be short; the colony grows over weeks. FAIR AND PRIVATE No account needed. Link an Apple or Google account only if you want cloud saves across devices. Ads are optional rewarded videos you start yourself. Purchases unlock extra colony slots and species, never gameplay you can't reach by playing. Ant Village is in development. Your feedback shapes what comes next.

Screenshots

Ant's Diary4 screens
Ant Village4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ant's Diary at none against Ant Village's 7. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Ant Village sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Ant's Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ant's Diary ships an update every 4 days, Ant Village every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Ant's Diary versus Ant Village: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnt's DiaryAnt Village
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB372 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNobuaki KuwabaraLuis Kuhn

In-app purchases

None

Ant's Diary

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Ant Village

One-time7
  • slot_2$2.99
  • Fourth Colony Slot$3.99
  • Weaver Ant$3.99
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  • slot_3$3.99
  • species_leafcutter$3.99
  • Weaver + Next Colony Slot$4.99
  • Leafcutter + Second Colony$4.99

Questions

Is Ant's Diary free?
Ant's Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ant Village free?
Ant Village is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ant's Diary or Ant Village have ads?
Neither Ant's Diary nor Ant Village shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ant's Diary or Ant Village?
Ant's Diary ships an update every 4 days, and Ant Village every 5 days. Most recently, Ant's Diary was updated on October 28, 2026 and Ant Village on November 10, 2026.

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