2026 FIRST® Championship vs PurdueGuide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
2026 FIRST® Championship
This app celebrates STEM and innovation by bringing together students for a robotics competition. Explore an archaeology-inspired theme where students use STEM skills and teamwork to uncover discoveries and connect with past ideas.
- STEM and innovation celebration
- Robotics competition
- Archaeology-inspired theme
- Teamwork focus
- Discovery exploration
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The 2026 FIRST® Championship presented by BAE Systems will bring together thousands of students from around the world for the ultimate celebration of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and innovation. Join our archaeology-inspired robotics season. In this 2025-2026 season, FIRST® AGETM presented by Qualcomm, every artifact we uncover holds a story. Each tool, each innovation, and each work of art connects us to the people and ideas that came before us. Using STEM skills and teamwork, today we can dig deeper into discoveries than ever before.
PurdueGuide
This app offers resources for Purdue students and guests, including an orientation guide and self-guided campus tours. It also lists event schedules for key university activities.
- Orientation guide
- Self-led campus tours
- Event schedules
- Boiler Gold Rush information
- Family Weekend details
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PurdueGuide provides tools and resources for Purdue students and guests, including an orientation guide and a self-led campus tour feature. The app also contains schedules for events such as Boiler Gold Rush/Boiler Gold Rush International, and Family Weekend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 2026 FIRST® Championship at 3.8 against PurdueGuide's 2.8. PurdueGuide's advantage is review sentiment (17% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
2026 FIRST® Championship holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of 2026 FIRST® Championship's written reviews are positive against 17% of PurdueGuide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
2026 FIRST® Championship ships an update every 5 months, PurdueGuide every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 2026 FIRST® Championship | PurdueGuide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (33 ratings) — better | 2.8 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | UNITED STATES FOUNDATION FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Purdue University |
Customer experience
2026 FIRST® Championship
PurdueGuide
In-app purchases
2026 FIRST® Championship
No in-app purchases
PurdueGuide
No in-app purchases
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