Goocus vs Smart Boarding
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goocus
This mobile learning application is designed for smartphones, offering a user-friendly interface to make acquiring new knowledge enjoyable. It visualizes user achievements with graphs, aiming to reintroduce the fun of learning for individuals and organizations.
- Smartphone-optimized design
- Achievement visualization graphs
- User-friendly interface
- Focus on making learning fun
- Adopted by businesses and institutions
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Note: You will need to create a Goocus account before using this app. Overview: Goocus is Japan’s one-and-only learning app “specialized on Smartphones,” which has been adopted by a number of business enterprises and educational institutions. Features: A design that pursues user-friendliness on smartphones Graphs visualizing the achievements In nature, gaining a new knowledge is a fun thing to do. With Goocus, bring back the fun of “learning” that you have left behind somewhere.
Smart Boarding
This app provides online training courses for professional development, covering business skills, compliance, and communication. Users can access video and PDF content, participate in various training formats, and create personalized learning paths.
- Access video and PDF learning content
- Online training via lessons, discussions, and seminars
- Customizable 'My Course' for self-study
- Curriculum creation support for companies
- Wide range of e-learning categories
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Smart Boarding is an app for users who have an account with our Smart Boarding platform. E-learning categories: ・Business manner ・Compliance ・Communication ・Business Skill ・Sales Skill ・Management ・Business Mind Smart Boarding features: 1) Users are able to view a variety of video, pdf, test contents ranging from new graduates to management level employees. 2) Online training provided via 4 types of training: lesson, discussion, seminar and training. 3) Customizable My Course: Users can add any of the courses they find in the Library to their own My Course for their self study. Courses are also able to be added from the users' company administrators. 4) Support: Feel free to contact us if you need help in making a curriculum for your company and users. Contact: support@smartboarding.jp Privacy policy: https://www.training-c.co.jp/privacy/
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Verdict
Goocus and Smart Boarding are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goocus | Smart Boarding |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Castalia Co. Limited. | FCE Training Company |
Customer experience
Goocus
Smart Boarding
In-app purchases
Goocus
No in-app purchases
Smart Boarding
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Goocus free?
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Do Goocus or Smart Boarding have ads?
Which is updated more often, Goocus or Smart Boarding?
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