Photon Coding vs Stars Student
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.
Stars Student
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STARS is a SaaS platform that connects learners, parents, educators, and staff members seamlessly and improves the overall learning and administration experience. STARS offers a range of products built for dynamic educational environments, with simplicity as a top priority for us, so we made user-friendly interfaces and clear workflows. STARS seeks to become a trusted partner within the education sector and extend our cutting-edge software and technologies to digitise, structure, and integrate communication, learning, and administration, and hence optimize work efficiency, productivity & learning experience.
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Verdict
Photon Coding and Stars Student are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 ships an update every 3 months, Stars Student every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photon Coding | Stars Student |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Photon Entertainment sp. z o.o. | Future Stars Education Management System |
In-app purchases
Photon Coding
No in-app purchases
Stars Student
No in-app purchases
