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) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). Extempore's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 16). 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. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Extempore has 85 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. 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 September 6, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extempore | GoGaucho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (85 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deeloh Technologies LLC | Jackson Cooley |
Customer experience
Extempore
GoGaucho
In-app purchases
Extempore
No in-app purchases
GoGaucho
No in-app purchases
