Idle Ant Colony
cameron drury Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Idle Ant Colony is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by cameron drury. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 18.6. Updated October 10, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 17 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 10
- 2026 · v1.3.0
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About Idle Ant Colony
Start with a queen. Turn a quiet patch of soil into a living ant colony. Watch animated workers travel through a warm underground nest as you forage, recruit ants and build useful chambers. Grow at your own pace, with clear goals and thoughtful choices along the way. Open food stores, a nursery, a fungus garden and the queen's chamber. Storage extends your offline capacity, the nursery hatches workers while you play, and nurse ants help your fungus garden produce more honeydew. Workers carry extra supplies. Scouts find shorter routes. Soldiers protect the squad. Carpenters repair crossings and help you build more efficiently. Before dispatch, see the supplies, travel time, success chance and income your nest will give up while the team is away. Follow short stories in the Home Garden, Fallen Orchard and Wild Woodland. Reinforce a crossing, establish trade or discover a shortcut. Choose a reliable approach or take a calculated risk, with clear rewards and setback payouts. Every ant returns. Ascend with a focus on Builders, Gatherers or Explorers. Strengthen construction, foraging or expeditions, with a predictable next honeydew goal. Royal upgrades, relics and established trails stay with you as your new colony begins. See actual upgrade gains, exact encounter rewards and running boost timers. Return to a clear breakdown of honeydew gathered while you were away. Offline collection pays 50% of calculated production, with storage upgrades extending capacity from eight to twelve hours. Build a nest worth returning to, on iPhone and iPad.
What’s new
Version 1.3.0 · Updated October 10, 2026
A major visual and gameplay overhaul is here. Welcome to your new living colony. - A new app icon brings the refreshed colony artwork to your Home Screen. - Explore a completely refreshed underground nest with animated ants and chambers that appear as you build. - All 11 existing themes now colour the living nest, lighting, panels and ambient details. - Preview each theme on your actual nest before buying. - Existing cosmetic unlocks are preserved in this update; no repurchase is needed. - Build functional food stores, a nursery, a fungus garden and the queen's chamber. Extend offline capacity, hatch workers while you play and strengthen production. - Choose workers, scouts, soldiers and carpenters for each expedition. Preview supplies, travel time, risky success and lost home income before dispatch. - Follow three-chapter regional stories. Your choices establish crossings, trading agreements and shortcuts that help future colonies. - Choose Builders, Gatherers or Explorers when you ascend. See a predictable next goal, even when you collect extra honeydew before ascending. - Follow clearer opening goals through your first objective, worker and expedition. - See actual upgrade gains, exact encounter payouts, boost types, durations and remaining time. Updated layouts keep descriptions and controls readable on iPhone and iPad. Economy update: honeydew earnings are balanced to half the earlier pace. Base prices and saved balances are preserved. Offline collection increases from 10% to 50% of calculated production; food storage can extend its eight-hour capacity to twelve hours. Existing colonies keep their saved progress.
App privacy
The developer, cameron drury, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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