A real formicarium is fascinating, and most of the time you can't tell what any single ant is doing.
Glass Colony puts a simulated colony behind glass, on your iPhone. Each ant follows simple rules — dig, carry, forage, tend the brood, follow the scent — and the nest emerges from all of them together, the way it does in real colonies. The magnifier and the "Did you know?" cards turn watching into learning: what you see is explained by real ant biology, with a source for every fact.
It is made to stay on — on a desk, a nightstand or a shelf — and to keep living when you close it. No account, no ads, and your colony stays on your iPhone. In English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Made in Mexico by Christian Irack at Ingeniería.dev.
Free to download — one optional purchase, no subscriptions
Glass Colony downloads at no cost with the black garden ant on garden soil or colored sand, and every way to watch it: feeding, the magnifier, the facts, red light and the journal. Complete Collection — $3.99 USD, one-time (a non-consumable In-App Purchase) adds three species — the harvester ant, the leafcutter ant and the honeypot ant — two substrates — edible blue gel and a plaster nest — and every species added in future updates. Pay once, keep forever. No subscriptions, no ads.
The purchase is handled by Apple through your Apple ID, can be restored at any time with Restore purchase (on the Complete Collection screen and in Settings), and supports Family Sharing. Full details in the Terms and Support pages.
