IELTS preparation with an AI examiner
Speak with a live AI examiner, get every essay marked against the four official criteria, and sit full timed mock tests, all guided by a week-by-week plan built from your own placement check.
Up from 6.5 at your placement check
Everything in one subscription
Why good candidates miss their band
Most people preparing for IELTS work hard. They still fall half a band short, for the same three reasons.
You can't fix a mistake you can't see. Without a band and an explanation for every essay and every answer, the same errors follow you into the exam.
Bandcrest marks every essay and every speaking test, criterion by criterion.Hours go into what feels comfortable, not into the question types and habits that actually lose marks.
Your placement check and results show exactly where the marks go, and your plan follows them.Nerves, timing and fatigue drop scores more than vocabulary does. Practising in pieces doesn't prepare you for nearly three hours under the clock.
Full mock tests with real timings and no pausing, so test day feels familiar.Inside Bandcrest
Here is what you work with every day. Each tool feeds your plan, so every session counts towards your target.
Speaking
Speak out loud with an AI examiner that runs the test the way it runs on the day: Part 1 questions about you, a Part 2 cue card, then a Part 3 discussion that follows up on what you actually said.
You should say: what the skill is · how you learned it · how long it took · and explain how it has helped you.
Writing
Submit a Task 1 letter or a Task 2 essay and get a band for each official criterion, with Task 2 counted double just as in the exam. Then see why, paragraph by paragraph.
In the other hand, On the other hand, remote work saves commuting time.
Clear topic sentenceThe example needs a result: what changed because of it?
Listening and Reading
Work through complete papers with the audio and timing of the real exam, answer inside the paper, and get your band straight away.
Full mock tests
Sit a complete IELTS General Training test in exam order, under exam timings, with no pausing. Answers save as you go and each section submits itself when time runs out.
Your plan and progress
A short placement check in all four skills sets your starting band. Bandcrest then builds a week-by-week plan up to your test date and ticks off tasks as you complete them.
How it works
Four steps. You can start the first two today, for free.
No card. Try a full Listening test, a full Reading test, one marked essay and Speaking Part 1 with the live examiner.
Short Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking sections give you a starting band for each skill.
Lessons, timed practice and marked work, scheduled up to your test date and adjusted as your bands change.
Sit full timed mocks. Book your exam when your mock bands are where you need them.
The real cost
An IELTS retake costs several times the price of our longest plan, and it adds weeks of waiting to your plans for study, work or migration. For some programmes, every extra half band also matters.
Bandcrest is built to help you walk in ready the first time: marked practice in every skill, an honest band estimate, and full rehearsals before you pay the exam fee again.
Plans and pricing
Every paid plan includes every feature. Longer plans give you more full mock tests and a lower price per month.
For seeing your level and how Bandcrest works.
For a test date within the next month.
For moving up a full band with time to practise.
For a big jump in score or a later test date.
Plans renew automatically at the end of each period so your practice never stops. Cancel anytime from your Account page, and you keep access until the period ends. Payments are processed securely by Paystack. Compare plans in detail
Exams
Start with IELTS today. CELPIP, PTE Core, TEF Canada and TCF Canada join your plan the day each one launches, at no extra cost. One account, one plan, every test you might need.
The complete library: 27 Listening and 12 Reading tests, Task 1 letters and Task 2 essays marked by AI, the live Speaking examiner and full mock tests.
Listening, live Speaking and marked Task 2 essays ready today. Academic Reading passages and Task 1 charts are being added now.
The computer-delivered Canadian English test, with the same live examiner and instant marking.
Integrated speaking, writing, reading and listening tasks, practised the way PTE scores them.
French comprehension and expression for Canada PR, with an AI examiner that speaks French.
Subscribe once and every new exam appears in your dashboard as soon as it opens. No new plan, no extra fee.
Learner stories
Every one of these learners started where you are now, with a goal, a challenge, and the hope of a better result. If they could stay consistent, keep improving, and move closer to their target, so can you.
Questions
Yes. Create an account with your email and you can try a full Listening test, a full Reading test, one marked essay, Speaking Part 1 with the live examiner and the placement check. We never ask for a card for the trial.
The examiner marks against the same four public criteria that human examiners use, and explains every score. Treat the result as a well-informed estimate rather than an official score: it is there to show you what to fix and whether you are improving.
You see every price in your local currency. Payment is taken in Nigerian naira through Paystack, and your bank converts the amount, so the final figure on your statement can differ slightly.
Yes, anytime, from the Account page. You keep everything until the end of the period you paid for, and the plan simply doesn't renew.
A phone, tablet or computer with a modern browser. For Speaking, use Chrome, Edge or Safari with a microphone; headphones help with Listening.
Find your level in the placement check, try the live examiner, and get your first essay marked. It's free.
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