head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
The Guitar Hero entry that added drums and vocals to chase full-band play.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
The Phantom Thieves trade heists for choreography in this Persona 5 soundtrack rhythm game.
Guitar Hero: World Tour leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Guitar Hero: World Tour leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Fret-and-strum accuracy on expert note charts
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Fast six-lane note timing on remixed tracks
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Charts never adapt
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
No adaptive element
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Deterministic charts
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Deterministic charts
Guitar Hero: World Tour leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Guitar Hero: World Tour
Star power activation paths drive top scores
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Score modifiers and chart familiarity
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.