Comparison

Work hard Hero vs Progress Knight

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Work hard Hero

An incremental game where you earn money by hiring soldiers to hunt monsters. Upgrade your soldiers and invest in property to continuously increase your earnings. Expand your empire by purchasing neighboring castles.

Highlights
  • Hire soldiers to hunt monsters
  • Tap to earn gold
  • Upgrade soldiers for increased gold
  • Invest in property for continuous income
  • Purchase neighboring castles
Features
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Let's make some money by hiring solders!! This is Incremental game. ※ STORY By when do we need to hunt monsters? Let's get some money easier! All you have to do is earning money by hiring solders! Hunting monsters is the hired solders' job. Please, level up to get the solders work hard without any break. If you save a lot of money, purchase the neighboring castles. The proper investment into property brings you another fortune. ※ GAME TIPs 1. Tap on the screen helps you to get golds. 2. If you add more functions, your solders would get more golds. 3. If you invest into property, you can continuously get more golds. ※ DEVELOPER'S REMARK Please, enjoy it and have fun!! If you have any advice to improve our games, feel free and let us know. It would be very appreciated. Also, if there are bugs, let us know. We'll fix it as soon as possible. E-mail : terryyoung.studio@gmail.com Naver cafe address : http://cafe.naver.com/terryyoung.

About

Progress Knight

Embark on a fantasy life-simulation where you progress through careers, gain skills, and manage expenses. Choose your path from commoner to military or magic, and eventually prestige for faster progression in subsequent lives.

Highlights
  • Fantasy medieval life simulation
  • Career progression
  • Skill acquisition
  • Expense management
  • Multiple career paths (commoner, military, magic)
  • Prestige system for multipliers
  • Idle gameplay
Features
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Progress Knight is a life-sim incremental based in a fantasy/medieval setting, where you must progress through the career ladder and acquire new skills to become the ultimate being. You first start off as a beggar, barely being able to feed yourself as the days go by. However, over the years you learn new skills and gain plenty of work experience to enter new high paying jobs while managing your living expenses... Will you decide to take the easy route of doing simple commoner work? Or will you go through harsh training to climb the ranks within the military? Or maybe will you decide to study hard and enrol in a magic academy, learning life-impacting spells? Your career path is open-ended, the decision is up to you. Eventually, your age will catch up to you. You will be given an option to prestige and gain xp multipliers (based on the performance of your current life) for your next life at the cost of losing all your levels and assets. Fear not though, as you will re-gain your levels much, much more quickly than in your previous life...

Screenshots

Work hard Hero4 screens
Progress Knight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Work hard Hero at none against Progress Knight's shown. Work hard Hero also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.4). Progress Knight's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Work hard Hero sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Progress Knight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Work hard Hero against 4.4 for Progress Knight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 262 and 257 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 73% and 73% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Work hard Hero ships an update every 2 months, Progress Knight every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Work hard Hero versus Progress Knight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWork hard HeroProgress Knight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (262 ratings)4.4 (257 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.1% of reviews — better72.9% of reviews
Number of ratings262 — better257
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB53 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJong Jin KimNoe LE PHILIPPE

Customer experience

Work hard Hero

All ratings262 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral7.6%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive73.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative20.9%

Progress Knight

All ratings257 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative15.6%

User reviews

Work hard Hero

From 262 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game concept
  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Nice 8-bit theme
  • 👍 Good for casual play
  • 👍 Easy to comprehend

Room to improve

  • 😴 Repetitive gameplay
  • 🐌 Slow progression
  • 😴 Boring after a while
  • 😴 Tedious clicking
  • 😴 Game doesn't run in background

Progress Knight

From 257 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 💡 Interesting progression
  • 🤩 Satisfying incremental experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🔒 Lack of accessibility features
  • ⏱️ Slow progression at endgame

Bugs and requests

Work hard Hero

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after iOS update
  • Overflow error trivializes game
  • Poor English translation

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add background idle money making
  • Add a 100x upgrade option
  • Add an upgrade for random large gold chance
  • Allow app to make money when closed
  • Refine leveling system
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  • Add explanation for leveling mechanics
  • Add a Buy Max button for upgrades
  • Clarify purpose of conquest characters
  • Add more benefits for idle play
  • Make game more difficult
  • Add visual representation of buildings

Progress Knight

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Progress and data loss issues
  • Skill level resets after transcendence
  • Autopause not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More content and updates
  • Auto-purchase feature for the store
  • Offline progress tracking
  • Improved autopause functionality

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Work hard Hero

One-time2
  • 100 Ruby$0.99
  • 1,500 Ruby$9.99
1 purchases

Progress Knight

One-time1
  • Remove the ads$2.99

Questions

Is Work hard Hero free?
Work hard Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Progress Knight free?
Progress Knight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Work hard Hero or Progress Knight?
Progress Knight is rated higher. Work hard Hero averages 4.3 out of 5 from 262 ratings, while Progress Knight averages 4.4 from 257 ratings.
Do Work hard Hero or Progress Knight have ads?
Progress Knight shows ads; Work hard Hero does not.
Which is updated more often, Work hard Hero or Progress Knight?
Work hard Hero ships an update every 2 months, and Progress Knight every 3 weeks. Most recently, Work hard Hero was updated on October 15, 2026 and Progress Knight on October 13, 2026.

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