App Intel

Pocket Ants: Colony Simulator

LiveAriel-Games3 apps · 19.8M installsStrategyFree · contains adsIn-app purchases: $0.99 - $99.99 per itemcom.ariel.zanyants

Gather resources, improve your nest, make an army, raid other player's colonies.

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Total installs
18,370,473
exact · Play shows 10,000,000+
Installs / day
+1.7K
since last crawl
Rating
4.3★
335.9K ratings · 13K reviews
Released
27 Jun 2020
6.3y ago
Last update
11 Oct 2026
v0.1154 · 1d ago
Countries
—
not checked yet

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
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Installs per day · last 90 days

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Change timeline

1 changes
  1. Update date
    14 Sept 202611 Oct 2026

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

estimate · charts of 12 Oct

Most downloads likely come from 🇧🇷 Brazil (~39%), out of 14 countries where it is charted.

  1. Brazil39%#82 Top free · Strategy games
  2. Russia13%#115 Top free · Strategy games
  3. United States13%#198 Top free · Strategy games
  4. Vietnam7.4%#164 Top free · Strategy games
  5. Philippines7.3%#166 Top free · Strategy games
  6. Thailand4.7%#156 Top free · Strategy games
  7. Argentina3.5%#178 Top free · Strategy games
  8. United Kingdom3.4%#184 Top free · Strategy games
  9. Ukraine3%#127 Top free · Strategy games
  10. Peru2.3%#179 Top free · Strategy games
  11. Kazakhstan1.9%#134 Top free · Strategy games
  12. Australia1%#164 Top free · Strategy games
  13. Belarus0.8%#107 Top free · Strategy games
  14. Kyrgyzstan0.3%#113 Top free · Strategy games

Estimated from top-chart positions weighted by each country’s Google Play market size. Countries where the app is not in a chart are not shown, so small markets may be missing.

Top chart positions

as of 12 Oct
ChartCountryRankChange
Top free · Strategy games BR#82▲ 5
Top free · Strategy games BY#107▲ 4
Top free · Strategy games KG#113—
Top free · Strategy games RU#115=
Top free · Strategy games UA#127▲ 1
Top free · Strategy games KZ#134▼ 3
Top free · Strategy games TH#156▲ 9
Top free · Strategy games AU#164—
Top free · Strategy games VN#164▼ 2
Top free · Strategy games PH#166▲ 15
Top free · Strategy games AR#178▼ 9
Top free · Strategy games PE#179—
Top free · Strategy games GB#184—
Top free · Strategy games US#198—
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App manifest

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Manifest analysis reads only the required APK ranges. Base APK downloads may need separate device splits to install.

Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • No data collected
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

8 in 2 groups
0 Sensitive1 Notable7 Routine
Wi-Fi connection informationRoutine1

Access to details about Wi-Fi networks your device sees or uses

  • See whether Wi-Fi is on and details of the network you are connected toview Wi-Fi connections · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
OtherNotable7

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
  • Read Google service settings stored on your deviceread Google service configuration · com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
  • Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
* Gather resources and bring them back to your nest * Improve your nest chambers for extra bonuses * Feed your queen ant and breed worker and soldier ants. * Defeat and capture other creatures and make them join your army. * Collect all the creatures and make them stronger * Raid other player's colonies for resources and bonus items. * Defend resources from enemy ants. * Defeat the red ants colony every day for extra items. * Recruit other players to join your clan. ----- follow @ArielGames on X for updates @pocket_ants on Instagram and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pocket-Ants-101715121606987/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PocketAnts/ Discord: https://discord.gg/KFBTBRe Song credits: Opening song: Jump and Run - Bart Kelsey https://opengameart.org/content/jump-and-run-8-bit Main map theme: Bit Quest - Kevin MacLeod Bit Quest Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Battle theme: Night Chip - Joshua McLean https://www.mrjoshuamclean.com/ Fire Ant nest theme: 8bit Dungeon Level - Kevin MacLeod 8bit Dungeon Level Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Bee nest theme: Bit Shift - Kevin MacLeod Bit Shift Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Termite nest Co-op theme: Boss Battle - Adam Haynes https://www.youtube.com/adamhaynesmusic Crab beach Co-op theme: Mountain Trials - Joshua McLean https://www.mrjoshuamclean.com/ Frog pond Co-op theme: 8bitRPG_Battle - PeriTune https://peritune.com/

What's new

v0.1154 Small changes. Bug fixes. For full release notes, please join our Discord.

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