Invisible Ground vs DSE RecCenter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Invisible Ground
Experience local history through augmented reality and immersive audio storytelling. Explore historical sites with digital overlays and listen to place-based documentaries that bring the past to life in the exact locations where events occurred.
- Augmented reality historical site overlays
- Place-based documentary audio stories
- Multisensory historical engagement
- Explore community history
- Immersive storytelling experience
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Invisible Ground is an Athens, Ohio-based multimedia project that utilizes audio, augmented reality, visual elements, and place-based storytelling to engage people in their communities' history. Invisible Ground has successfully created 17 Immersive Historic Sites and documentary-style podcast episodes at locations across southeast Ohio. The project focuses on the region's diverse history and the stories of everyday people, places, and events in southeast Ohio. After downloading the Invisible Ground app on their mobile device, participants will access an augmented reality view of the historical site, where a digital image of the past is overlaid on the present-day camera view. The accompanying Invisible Ground podcast highlights these stories through engaging, place-based documentary storytelling. The audio in the Invisible Ground app provides the audience with an experience that podcast audio alone cannot offer, as it enables them to hear the voices connected to the story while in the same physical space. It is a multisensory storytelling experience designed to bring the past to life.
DSE RecCenter
Manage your recreation activities and check in effortlessly with this all-in-one companion app. Access detailed information and streamline your participation in various programs.
- Activity management
- Easy check-in
- Companion app functionality
- Access to program details
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All-in-one app to manage your recreation activities and check in with ease. Check out dserec.com for more details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Invisible Ground at 5.0 against DSE RecCenter's 2.1. DSE RecCenter's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
Invisible Ground holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively.
Invisible Ground ships an update every 8 months, DSE RecCenter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Invisible Ground | DSE RecCenter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 543 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Koscho | DSEREC |
Customer experience
Invisible Ground
DSE RecCenter
In-app purchases
Invisible Ground
No in-app purchases
DSE RecCenter
No in-app purchases
