Comparison

Mind The Ant vs Poly Rules!

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

Head to head
About

Mind The Ant

Control an ant using a brainwave headset to navigate obstacles and bring food home. This game enhances concentration and brain flexibility through focus and meditation mechanics.

Highlights
  • Brainwave neuro-feedback interaction
  • Control ant with focus and meditation
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Multiple scenes and unlockable tools
  • Focus/Meditation mode switching
  • Brainwave data visualization
Features
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==IMPORTANT NOTE== This App is compatible with the following devices: BrainLink BrainLink (International Version) Mindwave Mobile Intro: Mind the Ant is classic brain training game using the affordable brainwave technology BrainLink headset. You can use your concentration and meditation to control the main character, the Ant, to move, run, and float in the game. The goal is to help the ant push the food back to its home. The more focus you are, the faster the Ant moves. You need to keep focus to pass a series of obstacles, such as monsters, floating bridges, and slopy hills. It is a perfect game for focus/relax exercise to increase the concentration time and flexibility (neuro-plasticity) of the brain. Features: Brainwave neuro-feedback interaction (BrainLink headset needed) Brainwave data feedbacks with trend diagrams and charts Use focus to run, meditate to float Level carefully designed with difficulty increase to gradually train your brain and make it stronger 4 main scenes, 30+ level, and unlockable tools Switch between Focus/Meditation modes

About

Poly Rules!

A challenging sorting game where the rules dynamically change as you progress. It offers increasingly complex scenarios to test your cognitive abilities. Researchers can inquire about using the game for studies.

Highlights
  • Dynamic rule changes
  • Increasingly complex scenarios
  • Cognitive benefit focus
  • Research support available
  • Log storage and analytics (coming soon)
Features
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PolyRules is a challenging sorting game where the rules change as you play. As you progress through the game you will encounter increasingly more complicated scenarios that challenge you in ways you can't imagine. The current release is our first prototype and we will update the game semi-frequently as we move towards a design that features tried and true game design to facilitate the cognitive benefits this game aids to provide. Researchers who are interested in using this game for their own studies please reach out to us to us through our support page for more information on how to best use this App. We have several ways to support you including a central server to store logs and automatic analytics which will be implemented in the coming weeks.

Screenshots

Mind The Ant4 screens
Poly Rules!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Poly Rules! at 80% against Mind The Ant's 0%. Poly Rules! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). Mind The Ant's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poly Rules! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poly Rules! has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Mind The Ant's written reviews are positive against 80% of Poly Rules!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mind The Ant ships an update every 10 months, Poly Rules! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mind The Ant versus Poly Rules!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMind The AntPoly Rules!
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size477 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Macrotellect LimitedNortheastern University Information Services

Customer experience

Mind The Ant

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Poly Rules!

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mind The Ant

No in-app purchases

None

Poly Rules!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mind The Ant free?
Mind The Ant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poly Rules! free?
Poly Rules! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mind The Ant or Poly Rules!?
Poly Rules! is rated higher. Mind The Ant averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Poly Rules! averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Mind The Ant or Poly Rules! have ads?
Neither Mind The Ant nor Poly Rules! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mind The Ant or Poly Rules!?
Mind The Ant ships an update every 10 months, and Poly Rules! monthly. Most recently, Mind The Ant was updated on October 9, 2026 and Poly Rules! on October 11, 2026.

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