GoGaucho vs BearCheck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
BearCheck
This app streamlines classroom attendance for students by allowing them to scan a dynamic QR code for secure check-in. It offers features like location verification and attendance history, while teachers manage sessions and review attendance via a web app.
- Secure QR code check-in
- Location-based verification
- Attendance history
- Required check-in questions
- Dispute resolution
- Account settings
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BearCheck makes classroom attendance fast and secure. Students scan a rotating BearCheck QR code to check in from their iPhone. The app supports secure sign-in, QR scanning, location-based attendance verification, attendance history, required check-in questions, disputes, and account settings. Teachers continue to manage courses, sessions, QR display, and attendance review from the BearCheck web app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: GoGaucho at 24 against BearCheck's 2. GoGaucho also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GoGaucho against 5.0 for BearCheck. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoGaucho has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GoGaucho ships an update monthly, BearCheck every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoGaucho | BearCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jackson Cooley | XUEFEI TAO |
Customer experience
GoGaucho
BearCheck
In-app purchases
GoGaucho
No in-app purchases
BearCheck
No in-app purchases
