Extempore vs GoGaucho
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.
GoGaucho
This campus app helps UCSB students manage their academic life. It provides access to class schedules, campus maps, and dining hall menus. Users can also receive registration reminders and view estimated wait times at dining facilities.
- View class schedules
- Access campus maps
- Check dining menus
- Receive registration reminders
- Estimate dining hall wait times
- Share schedules
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GoGaucho is the best campus app for UCSB students. Easily view your schedule, campus maps, dining menus, and more! **Schedule** - View schedules from each enrolled quarter by logging in with your UCSB account - Access the map location, building floorplan, and course info by tapping on a timeslot - Share your schedule directly from the app in an elegant mobile format - Receive course registration reminders before each pass time **Maps** - Search for campus buildings to view them on the map - Toggle the walking or bike overlays for building labels and accessible pathways **Dining Menus** - View dining items for each meal of the day - Star your favorite dining halls to pin them to the front - Open cameras outside select dining halls to estimate lines and wait times While we do access real-time info directly from UCSB, we are not an official app of the university. We are completely student-run, and are always open to suggestions or contributions. Learn more @ ucsb.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GoGaucho at 100% against Extempore's 49%. GoGaucho also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). Extempore's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 24). 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.
GoGaucho holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Extempore's written reviews are positive against 100% of GoGaucho's.
Extempore ships an update every 2 months, GoGaucho monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extempore | GoGaucho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (85 ratings) | 5.0 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deeloh Technologies LLC | Jackson Cooley |
Customer experience
Extempore
GoGaucho
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
GoGaucho
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Extempore
No in-app purchases
GoGaucho
No in-app purchases








