Comparison

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.

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About

Machine Attack. Crush them!

Features
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Army of robots is attacking. Protect your base. Crush the attacking machines. Test your agility and reaction speed.

About

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.

Screenshots

Machine Attack. Crush them!4 screens
Ant's Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Machine Attack. Crush them! versus Ant's Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMachine Attack. Crush them!Ant's Diary
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB10 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRuslan GoncharenkoNobuaki Kuwabara

In-app purchases

None

Machine Attack. Crush them!

No in-app purchases

None

Ant's Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Machine Attack. Crush them! free?
Machine Attack. Crush them! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ant's Diary free?
Ant's Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Machine Attack. Crush them! or Ant's Diary have ads?
Machine Attack. Crush them! shows ads; Ant's Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Machine Attack. Crush them! or Ant's Diary?
Machine Attack. Crush them! ships an update every 16 months, and Ant's Diary every 4 days. Most recently, Machine Attack. Crush them! was updated on September 28, 2026 and Ant's Diary on September 26, 2026.

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