Photon Coding vs Scottie Go! Dojo
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.
Scottie Go! Dojo
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Notice: To work with this application you have to first set up an account on the Scottie Go! Platform - portal.scottiego.com. To complete quests created in Scottie Go! Dojo, you will need cardboard coding tiles, included in the Scottie Go! educational sets. Create your own adventure in the world of Scottie Go! Scottie is an extraordinary little alien. What makes him really special is his thirst for adventure, thanks to which he keeps finding himself in the center of incredible events. Now this friendly alien puts his next adventures in your hands! In Scottie Go! Dojo every user has the possibility to create a quest for Scottie by e.g. choosing the quest’s environment, obstacles and designing a route which our hero has travel on the quest board. This way, users can select the programming concepts and skills they want to teach e.g. during specific classes or extracurricular homeschool activities. That is why this application forms an excellent basis for creating one's own teaching materials, which can be used during classes, after-school activities, tutoring lessons or extracurricular homeschool activities. In Scottie Go! Dojo everyone can create and modify their own quests using all types of objects and environments for the Scottie Go! Edu application and more! Newly created quest boards can be subsequently shared via QR quest codes, generated in the application. Scottie Go! Dojo can be used to: - teach basics of programming through fun, creative activities, - create and modify any quests, as well as quest boards for specific solutions (programs), • support learners' development of logical and mathematical thinking skill, • support learners' development of creative and critical thinking skills, • give pupils interesting, engaging and creative homework, • create one's own teaching materials, • develop quizzes and coding competitions for the evaluation of pupils' knowledge and progress. Our privacy policy can be found here: https://portal.scottiego.com/privacy/ Application's terms and conditions can be found here: https://portal.scottiego.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Scottie Go! Dojo at every 4 weeks against Photon Coding's every 3 months. Scottie Go! Dojo also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Photon Coding ships an update every 3 months, Scottie Go! Dojo every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photon Coding | Scottie Go! Dojo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 727 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Photon Entertainment sp. z o.o. | BeCREO Technologies Sp. z o.o. |
In-app purchases
Photon Coding
No in-app purchases
Scottie Go! Dojo
No in-app purchases
Questions
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