For anyone who dreams of studying abroad
You have the dream — the university, the visa, the move abroad.
Only IELTS stands in the way.
Train the four Band 7 skills that finally break through.

Not another 80-page grammar book. Not another pile of tips. A diagnostic training system for Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking — built to move your band, not just your confidence.

5 free practices · no card to start · cancel anytime
The reason you’re still stuck

More practice has not been more progress.

If you’re stuck around Band 5.5–6.5, it’s almost never laziness. It’s the wrong kind of practice — testing yourself instead of training the skill.

Another vocabulary list you never use out loud.
Another full mock that reveals the score but repairs nothing.
YouTube tutorials that haven’t moved you a band in six months.
One memorised structure you force into every answer.
Diagnose the exact block that keeps costing you marks.
Isolate it, drill it, and transfer it into real IELTS tasks.
Picture this, six months from now

The wall is gone. The dream is open.

1

You sit in front of the examiner. The cue card lands — and you don’t freeze. You ride your system through the full two minutes.

2

You open the email. “Band 7.5.” You screenshot it for your mum. The visa, the offer, the move — all unlocked.

3

You’re on the call with the admissions office. They tell you that you sound natural. You laugh — six months ago that felt impossible.

The real diagnosis

Four skills. Four different ways to stay stuck.

IELTS is not one problem called “English.” Each section hides a different leak — and each course trains the exact fix.

IELTS Reading Band +1

You find words, but miss meaning.

Paraphrase Decoder, Meaning Microscope, evidence tracking and the distractor traps that steal easy marks.

IELTS Listening Band +1

You know the word, but can’t hear it.

Ear Block Map, Distractor Radar, connected speech and one-listen prediction — train the ear, not just the transcript.

IELTS Writing Band +1

You write a lot, but don’t answer precisely.

Task X-Ray, Essay Spine, Idea Depth and Band 7 Surgery — clear thinking on paper beats decoration.

IELTS Speaking Band 7+

You know your ideas, but freeze.

Answer DNA, Fluency Railway, the Story Engine and pressure-trained retrieval that survives real questions.

Everything you get on day one

The whole exam, in one app.

Not a course you watch. Four skills you train — with an AI examiner that marks you against the same criteria the real one uses.

Speaking · the examiner

Sit a full mock speaking test, any time.

Part 1 → cue card → Part 3, exactly like the real thing, then a full band report against the public descriptors. Your pronunciation band is measured from your audio, sound by sound — not guessed from a transcript.

Speaking · the trainers

Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, each trained separately.

The Show Room for Part 1 topics, Story Studio and its story skeletons for the two-minute long turn, and Logic Lab for Part 3 — answer shapes, linkers by function, and how to argue the other side.

Writing

Task 1 and Task 2, marked in minutes.

Report Builder for Academic charts, Essay Builder for Task 2, and a timed writing test with 50 real prompts — every one marked against the four criteria with the specific fix, not a grade.

Reading

50 full reading papers, auto-marked.

Plus the 8-module Reading Breakthrough course — paraphrase decoding, evidence tracking, and the distractor traps that quietly cost you marks.

Listening

50 full listening papers with real audio.

And Unblock Your English Ears — 11 modules of minimal pairs, weak forms and connected speech, because knowing the word is not the same as hearing it.

Pronunciation

44 sounds, scored by the waveform.

Say “sink” when you mean “think” and most apps tell you it was perfect. This one hears the difference, shows you the sound, and drills it — vowels, diphthongs, consonant clusters, accent polish.

Mock exams

50 complete four-skill exams.

Listening, reading, writing and speaking, sat like the real thing, with your overall band tracked across every attempt.

Vocabulary & grammar

The words you can actually retrieve under pressure.

Clusterbombs for lexical depth, the adjective and paraphrase trainers, tap-any-word flashcards, and the Foundations Lab for the fossilised habits (“yesterday I go”) that cap your grammar score.

Your progress

It remembers what you got wrong.

Today's Plan, your four criteria tracked over time, a review list built from your own mistakes, the Band Map to Band 9, and a weekly checkpoint re-test so you can see the line move.

Writing and speaking are marked by AI against the official criteria. AI scores are training estimates, not official IELTS results.

Everything, unlocked

All-access — everything included, one simple monthly price.

IELTS Reading Band +1 — full course£9.99
IELTS Listening Band +1 — 12-week course£9.99
IELTS Writing Band +1 — 12-week course£9.99
IELTS Speaking Band 7+ — 12-week course£9.99
Band 7 Masterclass — 28 lessonsFREE
The Actually Speak app — all four skills£120/yr
Every future course & updateIncluded
All of this, valued separately£29/mo
Your first 5 practices£0
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Serious about Band 7? Go one step further.
Add live group coaching with a native coach — the 12-week group programme. Speak under real pressure, get corrected, and re-perform every week. It’s the pressure practice solo study can’t give you.
See the group programme →
Real students · real bands

They were stuck too. Then the loop changed.

Macy — Band 8.0 Ozora — UC Berkeley Teddy — Newcastle Luna — 7.5 + Uni offer Jessica — 7.5 Max — 7.0
Macy
Band 8.0

“I stopped doing endless mocks and started training the exact skill that was leaking. My reading and listening finally moved.”

Ozora
UC Berkeley

“The speaking system meant I didn’t freeze under pressure. I walked out knowing I’d hit my band — and the offer came.”

Luna
7.5 + offer

“Writing was my wall. Task X-Ray and the essay spine taught me to answer precisely instead of writing more.”

Individual results vary and depend on your starting level and the work you put in.

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Two layers of protection

First, the 5 free practices: they cost nothing, need no card, and let you try the app before you decide. Second, if you subscribe and it isn’t for you, we’ll refund you in full within 30 days. You are never stuck with something you don’t want.

Before you decide

Honest answers

How do the 5 free practices work?
You get 5 free practices in the app, with no card and nothing to cancel. When you’ve used them, you decide whether to subscribe — and you’ll see the exact price on the next screen, before you enter any card details.
When am I charged?
On the day you choose to subscribe — never before. There’s no trial and no card until then. You keep a 14-day right to cancel from the moment you pay.
How do I cancel?
Any time, in two taps from your account. You keep access until the end of the period you’ve already paid for.
Am I charged anything today?
Only if you subscribe today. Your 5 free practices need no card at all — you’re only charged on the day you choose to subscribe.
Is the Masterclass really free?
Yes. All 28 lessons, no card. It diagnoses why you’re stuck in all four skills — that alone is worth the time.
What’s included in the membership?
Everything — all four skill courses, the full Actually Speak app, the Band 7 Masterclass, and every new course we add. One membership, cancel anytime.
Can I study in my own language?
Yes. Every course has a language toggle, so you can read the transcript in your native language while the lessons stay in English.
Do I need to be advanced already?
No. This is built for students stuck around 5.5–6.5 who want a clear path to Band 7 — and who are ready to practise, not just collect tips.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. It’s a simple monthly membership — stay as long as it’s helping you, and cancel in a click whenever you like.
Your decision point

Your next band isn’t hiding in more information.

It’s hiding in better training. Try it free and find out — you don’t have to decide today whether this is worth a year.

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