Obra vs Cognito Media Services AV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Obra
Easily discover job opportunities by swiping through postings to indicate interest or disinterest. The app learns your preferences to show you more relevant jobs and tracks your application status, preventing you from being ghosted. Find your ideal job quickly and efficiently.
- Swipe interface for job selection
- Personalized job recommendations
- Application status tracking
- Job filtering by location, salary, title
- Learn user preferences
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Just swipe left, right or up on job postings to indicate whether you're not interested, interested, or you'd like to apply. Obra will then learn your preferences and start showing you more jobs that you're likely to be interested in. You can also filter jobs by location, salary, job title, and more. Once you apply to a job, Obra will let you know the status of your application, so you'll never be ghosted... Obra is the perfect way to find your dream job, fast!
Cognito Media Services AV
Book professional TV mounting, home theater setup, and smart home automation services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Get transparent pricing and expert installation from licensed technicians with a 90-day workmanship warranty.
- Luxury TV mounting
- Home theater installation
- Smart home automation
- In-wall wire concealment
- Transparent upfront pricing
- 90-day workmanship warranty
- Same-week availability
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Book a TV mount, a Sonos system or a full home theater in about a minute, then watch your technician drive to your door. Cognito Media Services is a family-owned Dallas–Fort Worth installer, in business since 2012, and this is our app: flat prices, real people, no four-hour window. BOOK IN A MINUTE Pick the service, pick the time, confirm. Prices are the same flat package prices as our website, shown before you book. Book as a guest, or sign in with your email or Apple ID to keep every install in one place and add a photo to your profile. WATCH YOUR TECH DRIVE TO YOU The moment your technician starts driving, you see them on a live map with a real arrival time. Every install also lives in Projects as a ticket: a countdown, a progress bar, and who is coming. Tap Track and it is live. ASK THE INSTALL ADVISOR Not sure how high to mount over the fireplace, which soundbar fits your room, or whether your wall can hide the wires? Ask the Install Advisor. It answers install questions in plain language and books the right service when you are ready. BIG UPGRADES Backyard Theater, Media Room, Sonos, UniFi Network and The Art Wall, with real photos and real brands. Tap one for a quote and it lands with us in seconds. WHAT WE INSTALL TV mounting from $149 on drywall, brick, stone or over the fireplace. The Finished Wall, TV mounted with the wires hidden inside the wall, from $329. Home theater from $549, up to Finished Theater and Dolby Atmos 7.1. Sonos: soundbar wall install from $149, Sonos Arc with Finished Wall from $549, in-ceiling speakers from $349 a pair, whole-home audio from $449 a zone. Smart home from $169, plus security cameras and UniFi networks, quoted for your home. WHY COGNITO One in-house crew, not subcontractors. Family-owned since 2012 with a 5.0 Google rating across 37 reviews. Every install is covered by a 90-day workmanship guarantee: if anything we installed shifts, sags or fails inside 90 days, we come back and fix it at no charge. We serve all of Dallas–Fort Worth, including Dallas, Plano, Frisco, Fort Worth, McKinney, Southlake and the Park Cities. Download the app, pick a time, and your next install is a few taps away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cognito Media Services AV at 100% against Obra's 25%. Cognito Media Services AV also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Obra's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Cognito Media Services AV holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obra has 104 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Obra's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cognito Media Services AV's.
Obra ships an update every 2 months, Cognito Media Services AV every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Obra | Cognito Media Services AV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (104 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Obra, LLC | Demarkuss Day |
Customer experience
Obra
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In-app purchases
Obra
No in-app purchases
Cognito Media Services AV
No in-app purchases
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