Extempore vs NovaSolve
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.
NovaSolve
This math learning app offers daily practice, flashcards, and quizzes to build student confidence. It features an in-app solver with step-by-step explanations and personalized study plans that adapt to performance.
- Daily practice sets
- Spaced-repetition flashcards
- Adaptive practice
- Timed quizzes
- In-app solver with explanations
- Personalized study flow
- Progress analytics
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NovaSolve is a math learning app that helps students build confidence through daily practice, flashcards, quizzes, and an in-app solver. Students can choose their course (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2), set goals (like daily study minutes and exam date), and follow a personalized study flow that adapts to their performance over time. Core learning tools include spaced-repetition flashcards, adaptive practice sets, timed quizzes, daily challenges, progress analytics, and step-by-step solver explanations. NovaSolve is designed for fast, focused learning sessions and tracks mastery by topic so users know exactly what to review next. This app is meant to make high-quality math support accessible to students regardless of their financial background. Many learners do not have access to private tutoring, paid prep platforms, or extra academic support outside school. NovaSolve is being built to close that gap by offering a practical, easy-to-use study system that helps students improve with consistent daily effort.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NovaSolve at 100% against Extempore's 49%. NovaSolve also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). Extempore's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). 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.
NovaSolve 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 2, 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 NovaSolve's.
Extempore ships an update every 2 months, NovaSolve every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extempore | NovaSolve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (85 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Deeloh Technologies LLC | Anatol Pomazau |
Customer experience
Extempore
NovaSolve
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
NovaSolve
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Extempore
No in-app purchases
NovaSolve
No in-app purchases









