Robo Live vs Photon Robot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Robo Live
This app offers a unified coding environment for controlling robots. It features three coding levels suitable for various skill sets, from beginner to advanced, and includes interactive tutorials to guide users in bringing their creations to life. Designed for hands-on learning, it makes technology and STEAM education engaging for children, educators, and parents.
- Unified coding environment
- Three coding levels (Live, Code, Blockly)
- Interactive tutorials
- Color-coded building blocks
- STEAM education focus
- Hands-on robot control
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Our latest app combines our previous apps into one coding environment to provide you with the best Robo Wunderkind experience. Our app still provides three coding levels - Live, Code and Blockly - to match all levels of ability and coding skill. For ages 5 and up; prior coding experience is not required, neither are reading skills. Prototype, design and build your robot with our color-coded building blocks in just a few minutes and use our app to bring the robot to life! To start off, we provide you with 19 interactive tutorials. A truly hands-on experience for children, teachers and parents that transforms learning about technology and STEAM into a fun game.
Photon Robot
This educational app allows children to program a robot companion, unlocking new abilities and senses as they complete tasks. Progress is visualized, serving as a motivational tool for learning programming concepts.
- Robot programming
- Unlockable abilities
- Skill progression
- Motivational learning
- Interactive companion
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The robot develops along his owner by gaining new abilities, senses and functionalities with each programming related task completed. Completing a quest to create a simple program may let the kid pick some sort of upgrade for Photon, like the ability to see or detect obstacles. This way, progress is visible right away and works as wonderful motivational tool. It's not just another toy, it's a true friend and companion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Photon Robot at none against Robo Live's shown. Photon Robot also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Robo Live's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Robo Live | Photon Robot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robo Technologies | Photon Entertainment sp. z o.o. |
Customer experience
Robo Live
Photon Robot
In-app purchases
Robo Live
No in-app purchases
Photon Robot
No in-app purchases
Questions
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