Machine Attack. Crush them! vs Ant's Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Machine Attack. Crush them!
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Army of robots is attacking. Protect your base. Crush the attacking machines. Test your agility and reaction speed.
Ant's Diary
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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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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ant's Diary at none against Machine Attack. Crush them!'s shown. Ant's Diary also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 16 months). Machine Attack. Crush them!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 17.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Machine Attack. Crush them! ships an update every 16 months, Ant's Diary every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Machine Attack. Crush them! | Ant's Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ruslan Goncharenko | Nobuaki Kuwabara |
In-app purchases
Machine Attack. Crush them!
No in-app purchases
Ant's Diary
No in-app purchases
Questions
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