Photon Coding vs Highlights Library Reading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photon Coding
Create programs for your Photon robot using intuitive, icon-based languages like Draw, Badge, and Blocks. Explore your robot's capabilities and build custom programs directly from your mobile device.
- Icon-based programming languages
- Draw, Badge, and Blocks modes
- Mobile device control
- Explore robot possibilities
- Create custom programs
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Program your Photon robot from your mobile device anytime and anywhere. Photon Code is an application that allows you to create programs for your Photon robot in Draw, Badge and Blocks - fully icon-based robot programming languages that are super easy to use. Use the app to build any program for Photon and discover the unlimited possibilities of your robot. NOTE: This app requires a Photon robot and a Bluetooth 4.0 device to play.
Highlights Library Reading
This digital library offers a vast collection of engaging stories for young learners, designed to build reading confidence and foster a love for books. It provides an interactive experience with audio, videos, and puzzles, supported by a learning management system for educators.
- Extensive digital library of stories
- Audio support for all stories
- Engaging videos and puzzles
- Customizable learning management system
- Focus on building reading confidence
- Hidden Pictures puzzles
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Highlights Library is a reading platform designed to delight and motivate young learners, helping them become confident and capable readers. Highlights Library provides an engaging reading experience to help build self-confidence and a lifelong love of reading! Highlights Library aims to Change the World Through Reading in 4 ways: 1. Time – Students can start reading quickly, and keep reading effortlessly! 2. Access – Highlights Library has nearly 3,120 high-quality, engaging Highlights stories, all with audio 3. Delight – Highlights Library makes reading fun, by allowing users to choose their favorite topics, watch videos and earn Hidden Pictures puzzles 4. Support – Our innovative learning management system allows teachers to customize the experience for their students Inspire joyful learning with Highlights Library! ***At this time, Highlights Library is only available as a school or library subscription. To learn more, contact international@highlights.com.***
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Photon Coding at 5.0 against Highlights Library Reading's 3.2. Highlights Library Reading's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Photon Coding holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Highlights Library Reading has 41 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Photon Coding ships an update every 3 months, Highlights Library Reading every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photon Coding | Highlights Library Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.2 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 32.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Photon Entertainment sp. z o.o. | Chungchy Dot Com Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Photon Coding
Highlights Library Reading
In-app purchases
Photon Coding
No in-app purchases
Highlights Library Reading
No in-app purchases
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