Comparison

WWI Memorial Visitor Guide vs Xplore

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

WWI Memorial Visitor Guide

Enhance your visit to the National WWI Memorial with augmented reality experiences. Explore historical timelines, view 3D models of WWI vehicles and sculptures, and learn about the war's impact through interactive videos and user-submitted stories.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality historical timelines
  • 3D models of WWI vehicles and sculptures
  • Interactive video content
  • User-submitted Stories of Service archive
  • Memorial overview and area information
  • Virtual exploration of the memorial
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The WWI Memorial Visitor Guide can be an integral part of your experience when you visit the new WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. visitor guide map pageThe app provides an overview of the memorial and the various area. Not only does it provide insight into the Memorial and its history, but it also provides a plethora of information about WWI in an unique and interesting way by using Augmented Reality Each area has AR features that allow you to place objects, information, videos and more onto the grounds and surfaces of the memorial. Timeline Tower For example, in the Belvedere area, you can drop a giant timeline tower onto the ground that tells the story of WWI from 1914 through 1919 with over 50 narrated information panels. A Soldier's Journey Perhaps one of the most exciting features is the ability to place a full size model of Sabin Howard's 58', 48 character sculpture onto the back wall AT FULL SCALE. It's not like the real thing, but through your phone screen and the magic of augmented reality you get a very good sense of what this magnificent work of art will bring to the Memorial when it is installed in 2024. The Vehicles of WWI While you are on the Viewing Platform, with the giant reflecting pool, we allow you to place WWI era ambulances, motorcycles, planes, tanks, and ships out over the pool and when practical, we make them actual size to give a sense of what these craft were like. The Military History of WWI Moving over to the Pershing Memorial area you can place various presentation on the walls of the Memorial space and learn about how American created a nearly 5 million person military force from a tiny standing army and deployed a fighting force of 2 million to France to decisively change the course of the war in just 18 months How WWI Changed America At the North Lower Terrace at President Wilson's quote, you can place an augmented reality viewer on the wall and select from over 50 short videos covering all the social aspects of WWI and how the War that Changed the World completely transformed every aspect of American life. Virtual Remembrances And finally, and perhaps most important, on the upper terrace by the Peace Fountain is where you can use the Visitor Guide App to explore the hundreds of Stories of Service that have been submitted to us by the public over the centennial period. Everyone is invited to contribute to this archive that lets you submit your ancestor's story of service in WWI, whether military or civilian. All these stories will be accessible in both the WWI Memorial Apps, the "Visitor Guide" for those at the Memorial in D.C. AND the "Virtual Explorer" that bring the entire memorial to everyone, anywhere whether at home or in the classroom.

About

Xplore

Explore educational content in augmented reality, from historical sites to scientific concepts. Create and share your own immersive 3D AR experiences with powerful creation tools. Designed for classrooms and home learning, it offers interactive lessons and a vast library of artifacts.

Highlights
  • Immersive 3D augmented reality learning
  • Create and share AR experiences
  • Explore historical and scientific content
  • Library of 3D artifacts and primary sources
  • Accessibility modes for diverse learners
  • Teacher assignments and student portfolio review
Features
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** Best AR app for the classroom ** ** All content designed by leading experts ** ** Interactive, user driven exploration of social studies and science content ** Xplore your world with Xplore by TimeLooper. Xplore is the leading platform to consume, create and share highly immersive educational content in augmented reality. Whether you are consuming 3D experiences developed by the National Park Service, a Civil Rights site, or a tropical garden--or creating your own learning experience to share with the world, Xplore is your source for 3D inspiration. Navigate the most immersive and educational experiences, curated by experts the world over. TimeLooper has partnered with leading institutions to curate highly relevant content for natural and social sciences that can be easily plugged into any classroom curriculum or living room space. Inspired by what you see or have an idea that you’d like to share with the world? With Xplore Labs creator you can easily develop your own 3D AR experiences. As an expert, teacher, or student you have the power to now develop highly immersive experiences. With Xplore and XploreLabs.com you can: - Learn about the most important topics in highly immersive 3D augmented reality - Walk into the past, at UNESCO heritage sites that date back thousands of years up to the modern Civil Rights movement - Bring the rarest of plants from the farthest corners of the Earth into your room - Visualize the impacts of climate change - With xplorelabs.com build your own Xplore project - As a teacher, publish assignments to your students and review their submitted 3D augmented reality project portfolios - Share portfolio projects with private, secure links - Utilize our library of thousands of historically and naturally accurate 3D artifacts and primary sources - Import your own files- .mp3, .mp4, .jpg., .png, .obj, .stl, and many others! - With accessibility mode, ensure access for those of all learning modalities, including captions, multi-language, high-contrast, dyslexic font, and large font ALL FOR FREE, NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED

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WWI Memorial Visitor Guide4 screens
Xplore3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WWI Memorial Visitor Guide at 100% against Xplore's 0%. WWI Memorial Visitor Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Xplore's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WWI Memorial Visitor Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of WWI Memorial Visitor Guide's written reviews are positive against 0% of Xplore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WWI Memorial Visitor Guide ships an update every 2 months, Xplore monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WWI Memorial Visitor Guide versus Xplore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWWI Memorial Visitor GuideXplore
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size358 MB441 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperU.S. Foundation for the Commemoration of the World WarsTIMELOOPER INC

Customer experience

WWI Memorial Visitor Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Xplore

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

WWI Memorial Visitor Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Xplore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WWI Memorial Visitor Guide free?
WWI Memorial Visitor Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Xplore free?
Xplore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WWI Memorial Visitor Guide or Xplore?
WWI Memorial Visitor Guide is rated higher. WWI Memorial Visitor Guide averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Xplore averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do WWI Memorial Visitor Guide or Xplore have ads?
WWI Memorial Visitor Guide shows ads; Xplore does not.
Which is updated more often, WWI Memorial Visitor Guide or Xplore?
WWI Memorial Visitor Guide ships an update every 2 months, and Xplore monthly. Most recently, WWI Memorial Visitor Guide was updated on June 5, 2026 and Xplore on September 15, 2026.

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