Match Attack vs Antbound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Match Attack
Engage in roguelike match-3 combat where tile swaps trigger attacks, defense, and healing. Collect powerful relics and build game-breaking synergies across multiple chapters. Enjoy single-player, offline gameplay with no timers or energy systems.
- Match tiles to attack, defend, and heal
- Create powerful tile cascades
- Collect over 280 synergistic relics
- Progress through three distinct chapters
- Unlock permanent relics through runs
- Ascension tiers for increased difficulty
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Match Attack is a match-3 roguelike game where the board is your weapon! Swap tiles to make matches and watch satisfying cascades. Set up the perfect board, collect upgrades and create gamebreaking builds! - Match tiles to attack, defend, recharge and heal - Get rewarded for bigger matches with clears, empowered tiles, wildcards, and bombs - 280+ relics with synergizing mechanics - Three chapters, each with fights, elites, events, shops, rest sites, and a boss finale - Earn experience from every run to permanently unlock new relics - Ascension tiers add difficulty for uncapped replayability Single-player, fully offline. No timers, no energy. One optional in-app purchase to removes ads and support the solo developer!
Antbound
Embark on an epic adventure as a tiny ant exploring vast environments, from gardens to kitchens. Forage for food, build thriving colonies, and uncover a heartwarming story of courage and community. Enjoy two distinct gameplay modes for a personalized experience.
- Ant-scale exploration
- Colony building and resource management
- Peaceful Explorer mode
- Adventure campaign mode
- Offline play
- No ads or in-app purchases
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See a giant world through tiny eyes. Guide Red, a brave little ant, across meadows, gardens, rain-soaked ground, desert wilds, moonlit forests, autumn leaves, and a bustling kitchen. Forage for food, help new colonies grow, overcome natural hazards, and discover a warm story about courage, home, and community. ANT-SCALE EXPLORATION Every leaf, puddle, mushroom, berry, and forgotten crumb becomes part of a richly detailed world built for iPhone and iPad. BUILD THRIVING COLONIES Gather resources, deliver food, unlock new paths, and watch each nest grow as your journey expands. TWO WAYS TO PLAY Choose a gentle Peaceful Explorer experience or follow the full Adventure campaign with challenges, wildlife, and colony defense. MADE WITH FAMILIES IN MIND Clear goals, forgiving progress, and room to explore at your own pace. No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No tracking. OFFLINE AND COMPLETE Play without an internet connection. Your progress and settings stay on your device. Antbound is a handcrafted adventure about being small, brave, and bound to something bigger.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Antbound at none against Match Attack's 1. Antbound also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Match Attack's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, review sentiment 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. Match Attack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Antbound asks for nothing beyond the download.
Antbound holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Match Attack has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Match Attack ships an update every 2 days, Antbound every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Match Attack | Antbound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 958 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Ip | Gigabizon Inc. |
Customer experience
Match Attack
Antbound
In-app purchases
Match Attack
- Match Attack Remove Ads$1.99
Antbound
No in-app purchases
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