Extempore vs Nectir
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.
Nectir
This app facilitates instant messaging and community building specifically for educational campuses. It allows users to create virtual spaces for communication, share feedback instantly, and conduct virtual office hours. The platform supports advanced text formatting and adheres to privacy compliance standards.
- Campus-wide instant messaging
- Create virtual communities
- Instant feedback with polls
- Virtual office hours
- KaTeX and Markdown support
- Secure and FERPA compliant
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Nectir is an instant messaging tool built for campus communication. Create virtual communities by connecting all your students in one place. Anyone on campus can create a channel and invite other members. Key Features - Message anyone in your class - Instant feedback with polls - Virtual office hours - KaTeX and Markdown support - Secure and FERPA compliant
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Extempore at 49% against Nectir's 0%. Extempore also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 18). Nectir's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 2.4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Nectir holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 18 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Extempore's written reviews are positive against 0% of Nectir'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, Nectir every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extempore | Nectir |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (85 ratings) | 4.3 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deeloh Technologies LLC | Nectir, Inc. |
Customer experience
Extempore
Nectir
In-app purchases
Extempore
No in-app purchases
Nectir
No in-app purchases
