Comparison

Animo Core vs Queen Ant

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

Head to head
About

Animo Core

Features
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Your steps aren't just numbers, they're what brings your companions to life! Animo turns everyday walking into a cozy pet-collecting adventure. Every step hatches eggs, grows your companions, and keeps them happy. No timers, no pretending, just real movement. WALK TO HATCH & GROW Your first egg hatches in just 200 steps. Keep walking to level up your active companion and earn Kibble to feed them. Turn your daily walks, commutes, or travel days into progress for your companions. COLLECT 90+ COMPANIONS Discover 90+ unique companions across multiple lineages and 4 rarities. Hatch adorable creatures, discover rare companions, and watch them grow from Juvenile to fully-grown Adult. CHOOSE THEIR PATH Your choices shape who they become. Will your teen companion become an artist or a scientist? A chef or a pirate? Choose their path and create a collection that's uniquely yours. CARE & BUILD Feed your companions Kibble, Candy, and Elixirs to boost their mood. Use the steps you walk to unlock trees, lanterns, ponds, and more, then create a free-roaming garden for your companions to explore. PLAY & EARN REWARDS Progress through the 30-tier Stride Pass just by walking. Need a break? Take on quick training minigames that test your reflexes and memory for bonus rewards. BRING THEM TO LIFE IN AR Place your Animo in the real world. Watch them arrive with a magical umbrella parachute, feed them Kibble, play fetch, hunt for hidden crystals, and take photos with custom AR frames. CONNECT WITH FRIENDS Add friends with an invite code, compare your progress on the leaderboard, check out their companions, and show off your own collection. Walk. Hatch. Grow. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Queen Ant

Experience the realistic journey of raising an ant colony from a single queen to a thriving kingdom. Manage your colony's growth in real-time, respecting their need for darkness and quiet. Unlock new species and nest designs as your ant room expands.

Highlights
  • Realistic ant-keeping simulation
  • Real-time colony growth
  • Red light mode for observation
  • Expandable ant room with new species
  • Home screen widgets for colony status
Features
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One rainy summer night, a young queen lands, sheds her wings, and looks for a safe place to start her kingdom. That place is your test tube. QUEEN ANT is an ant-keeping simulator that follows the real hobby, step by step. Start with a single queen in a founding test tube. Keep her warm, dark and undisturbed while she raises her first tiny workers. Move your growing colony into a proper nest. Then do it all again with a new species — every colony on your shelf is its own little world. RAISE HER IN REAL TIME Eggs hatch and workers emerge over hours and days, not seconds. Check in for a few minutes a day and come back to real progress. Your colony keeps living while you are away. THE GOLDEN RULE: DO NOT DISTURB HER A founding queen wants darkness and silence. Check on her too often and she gets stressed — real ant keepers know the hardest part is waiting. Patience is the game. RED LIGHT MODE Ants cannot see red light. Switch it on to watch her quietly at night, just like real keepers do. GROW YOUR ANT ROOM • Move your colony from test tube to a proper nest when it is ready • Keep multiple colonies side by side on your shelf • Unlock new species, each with its own look, pace and personality • Home Screen widgets: population and hatching countdowns at a glance FAIR BY DESIGN The full journey from queen to thriving colony is free. We sell new species and nests — never timers, never energy. Waiting is the soul of this game, and it is not for sale. New species and seasonal events are on the way. Your first queen is waiting.

Screenshots

Animo Core4 screens
Queen Ant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Queen Ant at none against Animo Core's 5. Queen Ant also leads on ads (none vs shown). Animo Core's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Animo Core sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Queen Ant asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animo Core ships an update every 6 days, Queen Ant every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Animo Core versus Queen Ant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimo CoreQueen Ant
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size349 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKEITH TAKAWIRAKUAN HUANG

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Animo Core

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Animo Pass$5.991 Month
One-time4
  • Handful of Star Shards$0.49
  • Pouch of Star Shards$2.99
  • Premium Animo Pass$5.99
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  • Vault of Star Shards$9.99
None

Queen Ant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animo Core free?
Animo Core is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Queen Ant free?
Queen Ant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animo Core or Queen Ant have ads?
Animo Core shows ads; Queen Ant does not.
Which is updated more often, Animo Core or Queen Ant?
Animo Core ships an update every 6 days, and Queen Ant every 3 days. Most recently, Animo Core was updated on October 19, 2026 and Queen Ant on October 16, 2026.

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