Photon Coding vs AlphaMini
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.
AlphaMini
This app serves as a companion for an intelligent humanoid robot, offering control over its functions, educational programming tools, and robot management. It allows users to learn about robot operation and configure device settings.
- Robot function control
- Graphical programming tools
- Robot operation learning
- Device configuration and information
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"Alpha Mini" APP is a supporting application for UBTECH Mini Robot. Alpha Mini is an intelligent humanoid robot produced by the company UBTECH. It provides a plenty of functions for education and entertainment purposes, including photo taking, programming and dancing, etc. This APP can help manage your robot: 1. Control and use some functions of the robot; 2. Use graphical programming tools to learn about robot programming; 3. Understand the way to control and use the robot; 4. View and set up the configuration and information of the robot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AlphaMini at 9.0 against Photon Coding's 15.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Photon Coding against 5.0 for AlphaMini. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Photon Coding ships an update every 3 months, AlphaMini every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Photon Coding | AlphaMini |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Photon Entertainment sp. z o.o. | UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP |
Customer experience
Photon Coding
AlphaMini
In-app purchases
Photon Coding
No in-app purchases
AlphaMini
No in-app purchases
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