Extempore vs Shoreline UCSB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extempore
Facilitates asynchronous video and audio assignments for foreign language learners and educators. Ensures spontaneous speech by preventing the use of prepared scripts.
- Asynchronous video/audio assignments
- Extemporaneous speech enforcement
- No need for scheduled interviews
- Reduces class time for speaking
- Instructor-created assignments
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Extempore allows foreign language instructors and students to exchange video and audio assignments without having to schedule 1:1 interviews or take class time. By enabling the Extempore Parameters, Instructors ensure that the assignments students submit is extemporaneous speech and not the reading of prepared script. You must have a current username and password to use Extempore: please contact your teacher to obtain a sign up link.
Shoreline UCSB
This official campus platform connects students, staff, and faculty. Discover and join organizations, find and sign up for events, and interact with the university community. Build a co-curricular record and access important resources.
- Find and join organizations
- Browse and sign up for events
- Interact with community members
- Build co-curricular record
- Locate student resources
- Create and track events
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Shoreline is UC Santa Barbara’s official community engagement platform for students, staff, and faculty. In Shoreline, you can find and join organizations, browse and sign up for events, interact with community members, and much more. Download Shoreline, log in with your UCSB Net ID and password, and “dive in” today! NEW FEATURES ADDED QUARTERLY! STUDENTS - Discover events and organizations - Connect with staff, faculty, and University departments - Locate important student resources - Check-in at events, earn badges, and complete educational tracks - Build a co-curricular record that demonstrates your involvement, service, and leadership STAFF & FACULTY -Get involved in the campus community, including staff and faculty-only groups and events -Connect with students and provide mentorship -Create events, track attendance, and collect pre- and post-surveys -Take advantage of tools for your department, including a meeting scheduler and advanced form processing! (Some functionality is limited to the web version.) Support: shoreline@ucsb.edu Web Version: https://shoreline.ucsb.edu For more information: https://studentlife.sa.ucsb.edu/shoreline/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Extempore at 49% against Shoreline UCSB's 0%. Extempore also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). Shoreline UCSB's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 2.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Shoreline UCSB holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 212 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Extempore's written reviews are positive against 0% of Shoreline UCSB's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Extempore ships an update every 2 months, Shoreline UCSB monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Extempore | Shoreline UCSB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (85 ratings) | 4.3 (212 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 85 | 212 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Deeloh Technologies LLC | Novalsys, Inc |
Customer experience
Extempore
Shoreline UCSB
Bugs and requests
Extempore
Reported bugs
17 issues- App keeps locking assignments
- Recording issues
- Disappearing UI elements after stopping recording
- Error message: 'Error. Sorry, this question is unavailable.'
- App is slow and unusable
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- Elements of the app are cut off on newer iPhones
- Missing question answer choices on website
- Error message: 'Error - object object'
- App does not load assignments
- App buffers indefinitely on assignments
- App crashes when trying to record
- App glitches out of assignments multiple times
- Cannot play video assignments
- App glitches all the time
- App submits incorrect answers
- App crashes frequently
- Cannot log into the app after purchase
Requested features
1 request- Allow users to use web version on mobile
Shoreline UCSB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Extempore
No in-app purchases
Shoreline UCSB
No in-app purchases
