About IELTSora

IELTS preparation shouldn't depend on what you can afford. IELTSora gives every learner structured lessons, realistic practice and useful feedback without a subscription.

What we believe

Method beats volume. Each question type is taught as a technique before you practise it.
Scores should be honest. Anything that isn't objectively marked is labelled an estimate.
Mistakes are the curriculum. Every error you make comes back for review until you stop making it.
A missed day is not a failure. Plans adapt; streaks don't punish.

How it stays free

Most of IELTSora — lessons, Reading and Listening practice, mock exams, vocabulary, the study planner and your progress — runs without AI, so it costs little to serve and is unlimited. Writing and Speaking feedback and the tutor use AI models, which cost money per request, so each learner has a fair daily allowance. We publish capacity on the service status page rather than hiding it behind a paywall.

How practice is marked

Reading and Listening answers are checked by code against an answer key with explicit rules for spelling, plurals and word limits, then converted to a band using a typical conversion table. Writing feedback follows the four public criteria — Task Achievement or Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy — and points to evidence in your own text. Speaking feedback does the same for Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, and Pronunciation, and says plainly when something can't be judged from the evidence.

Our content

Every passage, question, prompt and lesson is written for IELTSora or used under licence. We don't copy official test papers or other courses. Original content is released under CC BY-SA 4.0, so teachers can use and adapt it.

Independence

IELTSora is not affiliated with the British Council, IDP or Cambridge University Press & Assessment. For test dates and official information, visit the official IELTS website.