Cosmo Desktop vs Invisible World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cosmo Desktop
Access stunning NASA astronomy pictures on your iOS device. Easily browse, save, and set them as your wallpaper. Enjoy a user-friendly interface for exploring the cosmos.
- View NASA astronomy pictures
- User-friendly browsing interface
- Save pictures to photo album
- Set pictures as iOS wallpaper
- Free and ad-less experience
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Cosmo Desktop serves the latest NASA astronomy pictures http://apod.nasa.gov/ to your iOS device in a few clicks. You can let you slide and flip through all the pictures in a user-friendly manner. If you would like to use the pictures to be your iOS wallpaper, just export the pictures to your iOS Photo Album first. You can then select the pictures at your iOS settings. All astronomy pictures are courtesy of the NASA Astronomy Pictures of the Day under public domain, or their respective owners. The Cosmo Desktop will always be free and ad-less. Please direct your appreciations to the APOD team by Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html Cosmo Desktop is also available on the Mac App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cosmo-desktop/id553916089?ls=1&mt=12
Invisible World
Experience an interactive film where you control the narrative through innovative split-screen technology. Explore a powerful story set in post-civil war Cambodia, offering multiple perspectives and a unique cinematic journey.
- Innovative split-screen storytelling
- Multiple perspectives
- Interactive film experience
- Based on actual events
- Available in multiple languages
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Be the director and take control of the story with this interactive film that follows three strangers whose lives intersect in post-civil war Cambodia. By using the innovative split-screen technology, you’ll enjoy a fully immersive cinematic experience. Invisible World puts the story in your hands. By manipulating the three separate panels on screen, you can create your own film with multiple perspectives of the same story. The film, based on actual events that occurred in Cambodia in 1994, focuses on three different people: Jeff, a reckless young North American working in Phnom Penh as an English teacher, Dr. Von, an intelligent and insightful man practicing medicine in his war-torn country, and Channa, the mother of a young boy whose drowning unites all three characters. The borders between East and West, past and present, and life and death dissolve as you travel through beautifully shot scenes that expose the poverty, drugs and crime that permeate the country. You’ll meet western expatriates like Jeff, who take advantage of the country without forming any real connection, and people who live there, like Dr. Von, who must deal with the fallout. Blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, this free app offers the rich experience of interactive video while still retaining the rhythm, momentum and emotional impact of a traditional film. Features: • Innovative split-screen technology that allows you to control the storytelling • Fluid and complete interactivity throughout the entire experience • Lush imagery accompanied by a haunting score • Available in English, French and Khmer Download Invisible World and experience a whole new kind of storytelling. Co-created by Tyler Enfield and Galen Scorer. Co-produced by Bonnie Thompson, Nicholas Klassen, and the National Film Board of Canada. *** Download these other amazing apps from the NFB: NFB Films, The Last Hunt, Circa 1948, and Welcome to Pine Point.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cosmo Desktop at every 10 months against Invisible World's every 29 months. Invisible World's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cosmo Desktop against 5.0 for Invisible World. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Cosmo Desktop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Invisible World's.
Cosmo Desktop ships an update every 10 months, Invisible World every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cosmo Desktop | Invisible World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 710 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pulsely Consulting | National Film Board of Canada – Office national du film du Canada |
Customer experience
Cosmo Desktop
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In-app purchases
Cosmo Desktop
No in-app purchases
Invisible World
No in-app purchases
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