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IXL has a rating of 1.2 stars from 611 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about IXL most frequently mention smart score, point system, and challenge zone problems. IXL ranks 4372nd among Education sites.

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Top Positive Review

“If you think IXL is bad than you've never done I-Ready.”

Ava K.
2/24/24

There are lots of reviews on here that have one or two stars but those are just kids who hate learning and don't know the Insufferable pain that is I-Ready. IXL has helped me a lot through middle school and to put how helpful IXL is into perspective I learned imaginary numbers in 7th grade. Please do not listen to all these whiny kids who don't like learning.

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Top Critical Review

“IXL is hurting the mental health of students using it.”

Airaz P.
8/30/24

IXL would have been great but, it makes no effort to actually improve the students that are using it. Unlike Khan Academy it does not have real time help options and a lot of time the explanations do not make sense. It has an extremely harsh points system that only gives about 3-4 points for correctness but takes close to 6 for a question input wrong. I have seen students have nearly 200 questions answered 2+ hours of time trying to pass and still give up at an 80. IXL causes more harm than good and has negative effects on the mental health of students. The image shown shows how long it took for a student to get to a 100 on their IXL through all 6 sessions

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Canada
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September 28th, 2021

As a student, all I can say is THIS SITE/APP is TERRIBLE. It always explains things in the most complicated way! Most of the time, it makes ZERO sense! You don't know how many people I've seen have major breakdowns. Teachers and parents honestly don't know how stressful this torcher device some people call a 'Fun Math Learning Website' is. If you are a teacher or parent, PLEASE: Do NOT use this site/app. It is expensive, not worth it, and just terrible. It doesn't help you learn. If you get some stuff right, you get a stupid new profile picture. If you get even ONE THING wrong, you go back ten spaces!
As you can see from most reviews, this is terrible. Absolutely terrible. Some of you may think, "Oh, this person is just saying this because they don't want to do work", well NO. That's NOT what it's like. It gives you extreme stress, as I mentioned earlier. I would give ixl zero stars if I could.
So to put it shortly, DON'T USE IXL

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Ohio
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May 11th, 2022

Ixl sucks because I had 99 and I got one wrong then I got bumped down to a 86! And when you go to the "Challenge zone" it's only challenging because you only get 1 point! I have become depressed and frustrated because of this website. AND I'M ONLY TEN! (And I don't have proof but I think this is good enough.

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Florida
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May 5th, 2023

Teachers will think ixl is so good to teach students but it is the opposite. Getting a question right might give you some points but getting 1 question wrong and your down 15 points. Once i used ixl and beacuse of the points system i answered over 100 questions and still was at a 57 smartscore.

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Florida
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March 22nd, 2022

Ok so i have report card today buti think ixl might ruin it it could probaly be a oe b and all c i am scared if it wasnt for this program i could have been a top student considering I am in private school and i have to do this ixl every day i sneak this on splitscreen to show my feelings about ixl i have got new account soo closse to all nesting dolls and every time i et so close to 60 getting only 2 points per question i get one wrong back to 52 yay if you dont belive me look at this

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Tennessee
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January 31st, 2023

Ixl do too much it makes u go back so far when u miss one answer and if u at 95 its pushes u back to 83 it make me mad cause i been working on ixl forn 2 hrs they need to be banned or re make this betta when u at 93 it pushes u back to 85 thats just not right

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North Carolina
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August 16th, 2022

Honestly as one of ixl's students am very happy with ixl. It really does help me get better. I understand some kids don't like the fact it bumps you down ten points when you get a question wrong but I honestly love it, as it helps me try harder so I won't be bumped down which helps me get better grades because it makes me try harder on other things too and I love the fact that it repeats questions gives me a chance to reanswer the ones I got wrong and remember the ones I got right.

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North Carolina
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40 helpful votes
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December 15th, 2022

IXL is a good website, despite sometimes not grasping the formulas we are taught in class, and it makes me and a lot of other people angry that it bumps you down 10 points. Despite that, it's a GOOD thing. It's training your brain to get questions correct so the SmartScore can go up to 100. Despite all of the criticizing reviews, I believe that IXL is GOOD. At least you're not doing iReady (ugh).

I have added screenshots that show IXL can grab from what you've done.

Tip for consumers:
It is a little pricy, at $9.95/month.

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North Carolina
1 review
10 helpful votes
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October 23rd, 2022

My name is Owen, I'm a ms student, our teacher is fourcing us to use ixl. Ixl is completely trash, no encourging, and the question is very stupid, there's no points of it, and I hope that education center delete ixl from the system.

In the pic below, I've read the question and i've tried 94 question and it still don't let me pass, what I like about mathia is that they'll give us hint.

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California
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2 helpful votes
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October 8th, 2017

11/10 Compared to aleks this website is the pinnicle of human achievement. Compared to that hellish monstrosity this website is like god's gift to humankind. Never would I have though I would say this but, I actually MISS ixl. R. I. P me

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Georgia
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October 14th, 2021

I have had IXL for a day. I hate it. I had it in 3rd grade and I remember it being really bad. The fact the developers haven't done anything in 6 years to change it shows how crap this app is and how little it is cared for by people that don't need to use it. If I was in a room with Stalin, Hitler and the creator of IXL, and a gun with 2 bullets. I would shoot the creator of IXL twice. Thank you for your time. If I could give 0 stars I would.

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Wyoming
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August 28th, 2022

It is so fricken stressful when you get to 99 get one wrong and it brings you back to 79, and then it gives you 2 points for each you get right. It is sometimes wrong and gives you bs answers. I have so much ixl I have to do 62 ixl to do and that is just for one part out of five. Overall super stressful and more infuriating rather than making you smart.

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New York
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February 10th, 2022

My name is Brian Jiang, and as a middle school student in FMS, I have realized that the harder the IXL question, the fewer points you get. This, along with the fact that the IXL smart score guidelines say they factor in the difficulty of the problems, is troubling. Also, IXL has a consistent number of points lost when you get things wrong. IXL is a good company with nice ideas, but, sad to say, they are poorly done and no one would want to do it except when asked to.

Tip for consumers:
Consider using blooket quizlet or kahoot instead.

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Michigan
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2 helpful votes
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July 7th, 2020

I loved math but now i hate it thanks to ixl for that my teacher thinks it's good for my class but most of my class hates it
I do it at home and when i get it wrong i HURT myself i all most broke my arm cuz of ixl.

If i was you i will not do ixl for your kids.

Good bye

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New Jersey
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March 6th, 2022

This $#*! is $#*!ing $#*!. I hope whoever made this dies in a $#*!ing fire. Yeah. I'm looking at you Paul $#*!ing Mishkin. Ugly bastard. You clearly hate kids, and decided to make this bull$#*!ting "educational" "teaching" website. I really hope the $#*!ing worst from you. You only get 2-3 points up, but when you get a question wrong it goes down by like $#*!ing 6. I really hope you $#*!ing die you ugly bastard. Because of your dirty $#*! website, I'm probably gonna get a bad grade. Happy? $#*!ing dirty $#*!. I really hope you $#*!ing die. And any teachers reading this, shame on you $#*!. You already know students hate this $#*!ing website, yet you still assign 4 ixls that need to be completed in one $#*!ing night? I hope you get the same fate as "Paul Mishkin" ugly $#*!. I really hate anyone who loves this website, I hate anyone who assigns this to students, and I hate Paul Mishkin for making this disgusting website. I wish I can give this dirty $#*! a 0 but I cant.

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Washington
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3 helpful votes
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April 15th, 2022

Honestly I would eat dog poop rather then doing this.

1. Ixl causes LOTS OF STRESS.
2. people can cry over it ((guess what CUZ OF STRESS!)
3. ITS SYSTEM is rigged, (ex I got to 98 and it brought me down to 81 ixl this your program?)
4. Its stupid little lEarNINg this are terrible and barley make sense half of the time.

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Canada
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June 24th, 2022

Ixl is trash its score system is trash everything about it is so trash and i just want to say that i cry every time I do ixl it doesn't help me the only thing it does is make my life even trash and my life is already trash I don't understand why they make there point system like this just improve it and people will like your app more yet you are like in slaving millions of kids doing this sad depressing dumb saying its helping but its just trash and so is its trash owner Paul that doesn't understand us and i would give you a 0 review ratting but i cant so fix that to.

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North Carolina
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April 16th, 2021

So let me just say IXL is the greatest website ever FOR TORTURING STUDENTS! I SAW ONE KID IN MY CLASS BANG HER HEAD ON A BOOK WHILE SOBBING BECAUSE OF IXL AND I KEPT GETTING THEM WRONG AND THEY WOULD SET ME BACK 10 POINTS! ITS LIKE STUDY ISLAND BUT WORSE! ALSO WHY DO WE HAVE TO GIVE IT ONE STAR IT SHOULD HAVE ZERO STARS

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Tennessee
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3 helpful votes
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February 28th, 2024

Don't use this app it's annoying and rigs your answer. Don't use unless your willing to make a video on it

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California
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46 helpful votes
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February 17th, 2021

Apparently teachers still do not understand that THIS SITE IS NOT GOOD AND SHOULD NEVER EVER< EVER BE USED! I am assigned 3 topics a week, and even that's extremely annoying. IXL takes away so many points any time you get one question wrong. In the challenge zone (90 points and up) it will give only one point for every question correct, and then has a fun time bringing you down to like 84 points when you get one wrong. If I could give this horrible, awful, annoying, and terrible website zero stars, definitely would. If a teacher is reading this DO NOT MAKE YOUR STUDENTS GO THROUGH THE PAIN OF DOING EVEN ONE TOPIC A WEEK!

Tip for consumers:
JUST DON'T DO IT
DO NOT JOIN THE MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SCAMMED BY THIS

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Thumbnail of user dontaviouse1
New Hampshire
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May 3rd, 2022

IXL is completely garbage. It makes me get brain cancer and the Smart score system is SO rigged. I get 3 points for getting a question write, hooray! But I get 8 points taken off because I get ONE QUESTION WRONG. IXL should be BANNED. Everybody in my school agrees with me as well. I have been doing this for 4 months for math class, and it truly sucks. I sometimes have to spend 1 whole DAMN HOUR just to get one item done.

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Virginia
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June 13th, 2023

IXL is honestly great... IF YOU WANT TO FIND A WAY TO TORTURE YOUR KIDS!

1) Videos don't go into depth about what you're learning
2) You lose too many points when you make a mistake
3) The explanation of why I got a question wrong is not clear to me
4) Lack of fun or interaction while doing the skills. (It feels more like you're doing problem after problem to just finish instead of trying to learn.)

Don't use IXL because of these reasons!

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Mississippi
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February 15th, 2022

Ixl is a perfect example of what not to do when making a learning website. It punishes you too much for messing up once. It takes ages to get a single skill done let alone multiple, and it gets extrememly hard in the 90s and you go down more. There was once a time I spent over 1 hour on a single skill and over 100 questions. Even using google didn't help, and I am no idiot. I am quite smart., but that does not matter when it is designed in a way to torture people. It should either, give you multiple chances, or give you a redemption question thats different than the original. Not bump you from 93 to 78 from one question (that has happened to me). It has not helped me at all learn anything. All it has done is put me through hell and tell me that I have to do that again, and once I do it again they scream "Oncore."

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Thumbnail of user gracet170
Michigan
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May 14th, 2021

IXL is the best... If you want to RUIN KIDS SELF ESTEEM! Every one in my class cries because they were at 99 and then got bumped down to 72! IXL dose not help people learn at all! Lots of people think that they are not smart enough if they don't get 100 smart score. I highly recommend you stop doing IXL if you do.

Thumbnail of user angelar739
Missouri
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3 helpful votes
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August 3rd, 2020

I love IXL! It is formulated to be a tool of rigor. Oftentimes, students want to move through the questions so quickly that when something is wrong, IXL is able to ensure that students are understanding by requiring that students receive extra practice.

It is not about the answer, which is why I see so many students and parents get upset. IXL is a tool of mastery. If you are looking for a tool to expose your child/student to a concept IXL is NOT the right tool. However, if you are looking for a supplemental tool for mastery, CHOOSE IXL. It will not be easy but it will be beneficial for your child's growth and stamina in learning!

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Virginia
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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February 17th, 2023

Whenever I use IXL It's a hit or miss. It just depends on how well I understand a subject. I'm assigned these a lot but whenever I get a wrong answer I can go from 91 to 84 like WHAT?! It's so stupid I hate it so much :/

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