Branch Social Medium vs Photon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Branch Social Medium
Connect with people locally and globally without the focus on media. Engage in local conversations, share moments, and discover new friends through a unique social experience. Earn points and get verified to enhance your profile.
- Local CloseChat conversations
- Send ScreenShot Proof Shots
- Create Posts and Quotes
- Earn points and get verified
- Discover new friends
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Branch is the world's first Social Medium, we give you the social not the media. Stay connected to the world near and far. Meet people from across the street and from across the planet. Things to do on Branch • See what events are happening around you • See what’s being said in the local CloseChat • Send ScreenShot Proof Shots and Double Shots • Capture a moment of time by making a Post or a Quote • Earn points and get verified • Swipe on the People tab to find new friends
Photon
Easily share videos from your phone and transform them into immersive 3D experiences. Watch your creations in compatible headsets for a new dimension of viewing.
- Share phone videos
- Convert videos to 3D
- Watch in VR headsets
- Spatial media platform
- AI 2D to 3D conversion
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Photon is a social app for sharing and discovering immersive spatial videos. Upload compatible videos from your iPhone, explore creations from the community, and enjoy immersive playback across supported devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Branch Social Medium at 100% against Photon's 38%. Branch Social Medium also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and device support (4 vs 2). Photon's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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.
Branch Social Medium holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Branch Social Medium's written reviews are positive against 38% of Photon's.
Branch Social Medium ships an update every 3 weeks, Photon weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Branch Social Medium | Photon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | 2.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jacob Zyla | Interdime, Inc. |
Customer experience
Branch Social Medium
Photon
In-app purchases
Branch Social Medium
No in-app purchases
Photon
No in-app purchases
