Comparison

Guildmaster Idle 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

Guildmaster Idle

Manage and grow an interactive idle RPG guild. Engage in various minigames to gather resources, craft gear, and train adventurers for quests and dungeons. Attract new heroes and forge alliances to become a legendary guildmaster.

Highlights
  • Interactive idle gameplay
  • Professions minigames (mining, crafting, bartending, etc.)
  • Questing and dungeon crawling
  • Guild and hero progression
  • Talent tree upgrades
  • Ad-free option
Features
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With many immersive features including: Interactive Idle Gameplay: Break free from conventional clicker games as you actively personalise and grow your guild, making every decision count. A World of Minigames: Explore a rich tapestry of professions through completing various minigames such as mining, potion-crafting and bartending to gather the materials needed to equip your guild for missions. Their strength is forged through your skills, and the path to victory lies in your mastery of these professions. Quest for Glory: Embark on daring adventures of quests and dungeons. Rise to fame as you conquer challenges and complete feats, attracting new classes of adventurer to your guild, each bringing unique skills and abilities. Ad-Free Enjoyment: Bid farewell to intrusive ads with our optional ad system, ensuring uninterrupted gameplay. Take your gameplay a step above other idle games with interactive minigames for each profession: - Bartending: Serve drinks to the citizens for the gold needed to purchase upgrades for your guild. - Apothecary: Experiment with different herbs and other ingredients to discover magical potions, giving your adventurers the edge when fighting the powerful monsters scattered throughout the dungeon. - Foraging: Search through the forests to find wild vegetables and the herbs needed to craft potions. - Gardening: Manage your garden to grow the crops needed to cook the best food for your guild-members. - Cooking: Combine collected ingredients in the kitchen to provide food for your adventurers, granting them powerful buffs. - Hunting: Hunt wild beasts for meats to use in the kitchen, and hides to craft the armour needed by your adventurers. - Mining: Search through the mines for precious metals and gemstones to be used when crafting gear at the blacksmith. - Tree Felling: Chop trees for the building materials needed to expand your guild, with each new structure adding opportunities for your guild to prosper. - Blacksmithing: Craft enchanted weapons and armour at the forge to equip your adventurers with the tools they need to defeat the strongest foes. Use talent trees to upgrade each profession, dynamically changing each minigame to accelerate the growth of your guild. Grow your guild's fame to attract heroes with powerful spells and abilities from around the world to fight for you. Use the resources you gather from each profession to enhance your adventurers. Fight through quests, dungeons and tournaments, with advanced combat simulation. Gain the best loot possible as you progress through the game and use it to defeat powerful bosses. And that's just the beginning! Stay on the lookout for upcoming features that will expand your 'Guildmaster' experience in the next update. Forge alliances, conquer challenges, and become the legendary 'Guildmaster' you were destined to be. Are you ready for the challenge? Download now.

About

Progress Knight

Embark on a fantasy life-sim adventure where you climb the career ladder, acquire skills, and manage your expenses. Choose your path from commoner to military or magic, with options for good or evil. Prestige to gain multipliers for faster progression in subsequent lives.

Highlights
  • Life-sim incremental gameplay
  • Fantasy/medieval setting
  • Career progression
  • Skill acquisition
  • Prestige system
  • Good vs. Evil paths
  • Graphic/UI redesign
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... After multiple rebirths, the paths of good and evil beckon you. Will you embrace the darkness, becoming a formidable force that strikes fear into the hearts of others? Or will you choose the path of righteousness, embodying the essence of purity and compassion? -- This remastered version integrates the base game from ihtasham42, featuring a complete graphic/UI redesign and new exclusive content (choose your path between evil or angelic). Estimated total gameplay time: 50 hours (without boosts).

Screenshots

Guildmaster Idle4 screens
Progress Knight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Guildmaster Idle at 4.7 against Progress Knight's 3.8. Guildmaster Idle also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 63%). Progress Knight's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Guildmaster Idle sells 9 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

Guildmaster Idle holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 536 and 182 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Guildmaster Idle's written reviews are positive against 63% of Progress Knight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guildmaster Idle ships an update weekly, Progress Knight every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Guildmaster Idle versus Progress Knight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuildmaster IdleProgress Knight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (536 ratings) — better3.8 (182 ratings)
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings536 — better182
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size314 MB23 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperElvenry StudiosStephane Wouters

Customer experience

Guildmaster Idle

All ratings533 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative19.5%

Progress Knight

All ratings182 ratings
Positive65.9%
Neutral13.7%
Negative20.3%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

User reviews

Guildmaster Idle

From 536 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Practical idle game mechanics
  • 🚀 Smooth and responsive gameplay
  • 💡 Interesting concept and depth
  • 🔒 No forced ads or paywalls

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Bugs with certain features
  • 🔍 Lack of in-game information and guidance
  • ⏱️ Overly long dungeon timers

Progress Knight

From 182 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great progression system
  • 👍 Visually appealing
  • 👍 Engaging gameplay loop
  • 👍 Smooth offline progress
  • 👍 Customizable character

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs with skill/job unlocking
  • 🔚 Abrupt ending after completing both paths
  • 🕰️ Slow offline progress
  • 🔍 Lacking in content/features compared to original

Bugs and requests

Guildmaster Idle

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes and crashes
  • Talent tree enhancements not working as expected
  • Gear enhancements have no material requirements
  • Unable to construct certain buildings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add a wiki or knowledge base
  • Improve UI and accessibility
  • Reduce dungeon completion times
  • Introduce character/guild customization

Progress Knight

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Angelic passive skill not unlocking at expected level
  • Ads not closing properly on some devices
  • Progress reset due to inactivity

Requested features

4 requests
  • More content and progression beyond current ending
  • Automatic skill/job leveling
  • Ability to continue progress after completing both paths
  • Longer duration for offline progress boosts

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Guildmaster Idle

One-time9
  • 1000 Runes$1.99
  • 2500 Runes$4.99
  • Increase Max Offline Work$4.99
Show 6 more
  • Purchase Runes (Scrolls)$4.99
  • Purchase Rune Bundle$4.99
  • 7500 Runes$9.99
  • 15000 Runes$19.99
  • 50000 Runes$49.99
  • 100000 Runes$99.99
1 purchases

Progress Knight

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$2.99

Questions

Is Guildmaster Idle free?
Guildmaster Idle 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, Guildmaster Idle or Progress Knight?
Guildmaster Idle is rated higher. Guildmaster Idle averages 4.7 out of 5 from 536 ratings, while Progress Knight averages 3.8 from 182 ratings.
Do Guildmaster Idle or Progress Knight have ads?
Both Guildmaster Idle and Progress Knight show ads.
Which is updated more often, Guildmaster Idle or Progress Knight?
Guildmaster Idle ships an update weekly, and Progress Knight every 2 days. Most recently, Guildmaster Idle was updated on October 20, 2026 and Progress Knight on October 8, 2026.

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