Photon vs Select Spot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Select Spot
This app helps groups decide on a place to go by allowing users to swipe on potential locations and vote together. It eliminates indecision by tallying preferences to reveal the perfect spot for any occasion.
- Create occasions and invite friends
- Swipe right on preferred locations
- Vote together on choices
- Automatic spot selection
- Eliminates decision debates
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No debates. Just good spots. Tired of the “I don’t care, you pick” decision loop? Let Select Spot decide. Plan the vibe. Create an occasion, pick a location and time, and invite a friend or your group. Swipe your picks. Swipe right on places you’d go, or left to pass. Vote together. Whether it’s one friend or many, everyone weighs in, no endless back-and-forth. Get the spot. We tally the votes and reveal the perfect place for your plans. Remember the good stuff. Rate places you’ve been and log what you ordered so you never forget your favorites (or what to skip). No debates. Just good spots.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Select Spot at 100% against Photon's 38%. Select Spot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9). Photon's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Select Spot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Photon's written reviews are positive against 100% of Select Spot's.
Photon ships an update weekly, Select Spot every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Photon | Select Spot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Interdime, Inc. | Mycah Krason |
Customer experience
Photon
Select Spot
In-app purchases
Photon
No in-app purchases
Select Spot
No in-app purchases
