IELTS Studio

IELTS Academic & General Training

Practice IELTS the way the test thinks.

Real Cambridge tests, AI feedback graded to the four official band criteria, and a vocabulary loop that actually sticks. See exactly why you're stuck — and what to fix to hit your target band.

Free during beta · Cambridge IELTS 10–20 · Built by people who took IELTS

Writing review

Task 2 · CB18

Overall band

7.0

CEFR

C1

Task Response 7.5
Coherence & Cohesion 7.0
Lexical Resource 6.5
Grammatical Range 7.0

Suggested rewrite

a lot of a substantial proportion of

10–20

Cambridge IELTS books

4

skills + Speaking

4

official band criteria

0

card needed in beta

01

Real Cambridge tests, not generated questions.

Practice and mock tests use Cambridge IELTS 10–20 — the same passages and audio used in real exam centres.

02

AI grades to IELTS criteria.

Every essay gets a band breakdown across Task Response, Coherence, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range — the same four bands a human examiner uses.

03

Vocabulary you actually remember.

Every flashcard asks you to write a sentence using the word, then checks it. Production beats recognition, every time.

Sample feedback

This is what you get back.

Every essay is graded across the four official IELTS criteria — with the specific sentences holding your band down, and how to fix them.

Task 2 prompt · Cambridge 18

Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in the workplace. Others think the real function of a university is to give access to knowledge for its own sake. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Your essay · excerpt

Universities play a lot of roles in modern society. On one hand, many students attend university primarily to secure employment , and therefore practical, job-ready skills are essential. Moreover , others argue that knowledge has value in itself…

Strength Fix this

Overall band

7.0

CEFR

C1

Task Response 7.5

Position is clear and developed, but the second body paragraph drifts from the question.

Coherence & Cohesion 7.0

Logical paragraphing; a few cohesive devices are overused (“Moreover” ×3).

Lexical Resource 6.5

Generally accurate, but reaches for vague quantifiers where precise vocabulary exists.

Grammatical Range 7.0

Good mix of complex structures; occasional article slips under time pressure.

Strengths

  • Clear thesis answered in the introduction
  • Well-sequenced argument with topic sentences

Priority improvements

  • Replace vague quantifiers (“a lot of”) with precise nouns
  • Tie body paragraph 2 back to the exact question wording

Representative example. Your feedback is generated from your own essay. Grade your first essay free →

Inside the app

One workspace for the whole exam.

Writing

Real essay feedback, in minutes.

Submit Task 1 or Task 2. Get an overall band plus per-criterion breakdown and concrete improvements. Built around the Cambridge writing test bank.

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Writing review

Task 2 · CB18
7.0 Overall band
Task Response 7.5
Coherence 7.0
Lexical Resource 6.5

Reading

All 40 questions, full Cambridge passages.

Practice or mock mode. Inline review showing the exact passage sentence behind every answer. Drill specific question types when one keeps tripping you up.

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Reading review

11 / 13

Q12. The writer suggests that early cartographers…

relied on incomplete information
drew purely from imagination ✗ you
documented every coastline

Evidence: “…charts were drawn from fragmentary reports of returning sailors.”

Listening

Practice with the audio examiners use.

Real test audio plus transcript-aware review that jumps to the exact moment the answer is spoken.

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Listening review

Section 2
01:24

“…the tour leaves from the north entrance at half past nine.”

Q14 answer · north entrance

Vocabulary

Acquisition, not memorization.

Flip a card, write a sentence using the word, get instant feedback. Curated IELTS-themed clusters plus your own saved words from articles, podcasts, and videos.

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Flashcard

Sentence judge

ubiquitous

adjective · present everywhere

“Smartphones have become ubiquitous in modern classrooms.”
Natural and accurate — strong collocation.

Learn

A library of strategies, not a textbook.

Skill-by-skill lessons covering test format, question types, and band-7-plus moves.

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Learn · Writing

Syllabus
  • Understand the question types
  • Plan in 5 minutes
  • Write a band-7 introduction
  • Develop body paragraphs
  • Range without errors

How it works

Three steps. Repeat until you hit your band.

  1. 01

    Take a real test.

    Pick a Cambridge book, run a 60-minute reading or full writing test under exam conditions.

  2. 02

    Get AI feedback.

    See your band, your weakest criteria, and what to fix. Reading and listening get inline mistake review; writing gets the criteria breakdown.

  3. 03

    Drill what's weak.

    Targeted question-type drills plus a spaced-repetition vocabulary deck so the things you missed yesterday come back today.

The band scale

Know what each band actually means.

IELTS is scored 1–9. Most candidates are chasing the 6.5–7.0 window — here's what separates the bands, so you know exactly what you're aiming at.

Band 4 Band 9
5.5 Modest

Partial command of the language; copes with overall meaning in most situations.

6.0 Competent

Generally effective command despite some inaccuracies and misunderstandings.

Common target
6.5 Competent +

Common minimum for immigration and many undergraduate courses.

Common target
7.0 Good

Operational command with only occasional inaccuracies. Typical university entry.

7.5 Good +

Handles complex language well; required by competitive programs.

8.0 Very good

Fully operational command with only occasional unsystematic slips.

Band descriptors summarised from the public IELTS scale. Your required band depends on your university, employer, or immigration authority.

Pricing

Free during beta.

No card needed. No usage caps. Beta users get a launch discount on paid plans when they ship.

Beta access

$0 during beta
  • All four skills: Writing, Reading, Listening, Vocabulary
  • Cambridge IELTS 10–20 test bank
  • AI-powered writing feedback to IELTS criteria
  • Vocabulary flashcards with inline sentence judge
  • Skill-by-skill Learn lessons
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FAQ

Honest answers.

Is this for IELTS Academic or General Training? +

Both. The hero copy focuses on Academic because that's our largest audience, but the Reading and Listening test banks cover Cambridge IELTS books for Academic and General Training, and the Writing evaluator handles both Task 1 formats.

Are the practice tests real Cambridge tests? +

Yes. We use Cambridge IELTS 10 through 20 — the same passages, the same audio, the same questions used in real exam centres. Not AI-generated questions.

How does the AI grade my writing? +

Every essay gets an overall band plus a per-criterion breakdown across Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy — the same four bands a human examiner uses. You also get strengths, weaknesses, and concrete rewrites for weak sentences.

Can I use this for IELTS Speaking? +

Not yet. Speaking is deferred to a later release because it needs real recording and pronunciation feedback to be useful. We'd rather ship nothing for Speaking than ship something half-baked.

Is it really free? +

During the beta, yes — no card, no usage caps, all features. When we move to paid plans, beta users get a launch discount.

How is this different from Cambridge books or YouTube prep? +

Cambridge books are the gold standard for test material but give you no feedback. YouTube gives you tips but no practice loop. We combine the test material with AI feedback and a spaced-repetition vocabulary loop, so you actually know what's working and what isn't.

Will my essays be used to train AI? +

No. Your essays and answers are used to grade your work and show you feedback. They are not used to train any AI model.

What devices does it work on? +

Any modern browser. The exam studios are designed for desktop and laptop screens because that matches the real computer-delivered IELTS. The dashboard and vocabulary deck work fine on mobile.

How long does it take to go from 6.0 to 7.5? +

It depends on how much time you put in. Candidates who practice every day with structured feedback typically move a band in 8–12 weeks. The single biggest factor is whether you actually act on the feedback the evaluator gives you — that's why the question-type drills exist.

Your target band is closer than you think.

Start with one essay or one Cambridge test. Whichever you've been avoiding.