Comparison

Animo Core vs 走路工

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

Head to head
About

Animo Core

Features
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Your first egg hatches in just 50 steps! Animo turns everyday walking into a cozy pet-collecting adventure. Every step hatches eggs, grows your pets, and keeps them happy. No timers, no waiting, just real movement. WALK TO HATCH & GROW Your steps are what bring your pets to life. Your first egg hatches in just 50 steps, then every step levels up your active pet and earns Kibble. Daily walks, commutes and travel all count. COLLECT 90+ PETS Discover pets across multiple lineages and 4 rarities, and watch them grow from Juvenile to Adult. CHOOSE THEIR PATH When a pet becomes a teen, you decide who it grows into: an artist, scientist, chef, pirate and more. CARE & BUILD Feed and care for your pets with Kibble, Candy and Elixirs. Your steps unlock trees, lanterns and ponds to decorate a free-roaming garden where your pets wander. JOIN CLUBS & CONNECT WITH FRIENDS Add friends with an invite code, climb the leaderboard and check in on each other's pets. Create or join a club, walk together and challenge other clubs to see who goes furthest. PLAY & EARN REWARDS Unlock rewards on the 30-tier Stride Pass. Train your pets with minigames that test your reflexes and memory. BRING YOUR PETS TO LIFE IN AR Watch your pet parachute in on an umbrella, feed it Kibble, play fetch and hunt for hidden crystals. Snap photos with custom AR frames. Walk. Hatch. Grow. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

走路工

Features
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Work is exhausting. At least let your hero do the grinding. Salary Walker is an idle RPG made for people with day jobs. Enter your monthly salary and the game turns your workday into adventure progress: while you're at the office, your hero walks the road, fights monsters and picks up gear. Progress keeps building after you close the app, ready to collect when you come back. ■ Get stronger while you're away Fully automatic combat, with XP and loot calculated offline too. Come back from a commute, a meeting or lunch to a full backpack. ■ Endless loot Weapons, armor, shields, helmets, runes, gloves and more, with upgrades and set bonuses. Equip your best gear in one tap, or save three loadouts and switch any time. ■ 80+ characters and 60+ pets Unlock characters and raise pets that walk the road alongside you. ■ A 12-chapter story in comics A hand-drawn main story that unlocks as you level up. Replay any chapter you've seen. ■ Guilds and world bosses Join a guild and take down world bosses with your team, or add friends and build up kill counts together. ■ Something to do every day Daily quests, a 7-day login cycle, a lucky wheel and limited-time events. Diamonds can be earned through play and never expire. ■ Focus mode A built-in Pomodoro timer. Finish a focus session to earn an extra event card. ■ Switch phones with no worries Sign in to sync to the cloud automatically and keep playing on a new device. Available in Traditional Chinese, English and Japanese. — Free to download and play. The app offers optional Diamond purchases and a Pro auto-renewable subscription (monthly / yearly). Subscriptions renew automatically within 24 hours before the end of the current period unless canceled in your Apple Account subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hnigel.ink/privacy

Screenshots

Animo Core4 screens
走路工4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 走路工 at none against Animo Core's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Animo Core sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and 走路工 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animo Core ships an update every 6 days, 走路工 every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Animo Core versus 走路工: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimo Core走路工
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size350 MB458 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKEITH TAKAWIRAtzuhsiang hung

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Animo Core

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Animo Pass$5.991 Month
One-time4
  • Handful of Star Shards$0.49
  • Pouch of Star Shards$2.99
  • Premium Animo Pass$5.99
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  • Vault of Star Shards$9.99
6 purchases

走路工

Subscriptions2
  • Salary Walker Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Salary Walker Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • 100 Diamonds$0.99
  • 600 Diamonds$4.99
  • 1,300 Diamonds$9.99
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  • 2,800 Diamonds$19.99

Questions

Is Animo Core free?
Animo Core is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 走路工 free?
走路工 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Animo Core or 走路工 have ads?
Animo Core shows ads; 走路工 does not.
Which is updated more often, Animo Core or 走路工?
Animo Core ships an update every 6 days, and 走路工 every 5 days. Most recently, Animo Core was updated on October 31, 2026 and 走路工 on October 31, 2026.

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