You usually can use the samw sensors as on Arduino as long you are considering the 3.3V on Photon vs. 5V on Arduino.
Your particular sensor should not be a problem there.
You might have to consider that WiFi and Bluetooth/BLE use the 2.4GHz band, so you might get rare inteferences.
When you ask for a “better” module, the upcoming RedBear Duo might be interesting.
It has both radios on board and is “Particle powered”