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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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Thumbnail of user mateoc21
Nevada
4 reviews
3 helpful votes
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September 2nd, 2023

Back in 5th grade I had Ixl homework to do so I did it I wanted my dad to help me so he did little did I know I was going to be crying up in tears bc I wanted to play my nintendo switch, so when I get just one question wrong it would drop the smart score(or should I say dumb score) I was in tears and It was so embarrassing. Parents and Teachers pls dont make your kid do IXL it will cause stress

Thumbnail of user iamnotaforgtypingfromtherainforestm
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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April 6th, 2022

Ixl is very horrible, it makes my blood pressure rise to levels it should not rise to. My teachers assign 4-5 lessons at a time and I literally have heart attacks. When your at 90 it will literally drop you to 75. LIKE WHAT KIND OF SYSTEM OF SCORING IS THAT. I LITERALLY HAVE MEANTAL BREAK DOWNS FROM THIS APP AND IS THE CAUSE OF ALL MY ANGER ISSUES.

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Texas
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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May 11th, 2023

IXL is a website sent from the devil himself. It sucks so hard and bad. It was made by a duranged lunatic and it can suck ma balls. This is mike hawk signing off. Kill IXL.

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IXL SHOULD HOLE

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I made them suck ma balls as seen in the image and i went to court.

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Thumbnail of user savannahd39
New York
7 reviews
11 helpful votes
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March 25th, 2021

As for my opinion, I do not think of IXL as one of the bests sites I have visited. As for one, it is very frustrating. For example, I will be at 99, and then I get the last one wrong, and then I am all the way down to the beginning of challenge zone. This can be very frustrating thinking that all the hard work I put in it to get to that score, I get just ONE wrong and I need to do like ten more questions. Also, if you compare IXL to some others sites, such as Khan Academy, IXL actually costs money, but Khan Academy does not.
Despite the fact that IXL is quite expensive and is very frustrating, IXL does help me learn, correctly put as grade level, however I do not like that learning.

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My tip is that unless you are fine with learning a very frustrating site, do not purchase and download IXL.

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Thumbnail of user felicityy3
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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December 31st, 2020

My sister and and i use ixl and it is STUPID. The smart score system is really horrible. We cry lots when we get one question wrong cause it takes down ten points and adds one when your answer is correct. DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE/APP!

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Please im begging you its bad for kid's mental health. DO NOT USE IT

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New York
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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March 22nd, 2023

It teaches, and teaches well. Doesn't make kids restart when they get one question wrong. It can be changed in some ways, like making it more customizable, but it is still pretty good.

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Thailand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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August 3rd, 2023

I hate this the smart score is unbalanced and stupid an it is overall bad dumb and mostly useless don't download and save your mental state and keep your sane its time to stop this

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North Carolina
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March 27th, 2023

I do not recommend this because you can't get to a 50% on certain subjects and math its just a monster I hate it and its coming from a 6th grade student.

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Thumbnail of user mohamedg34
North Dakota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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December 4th, 2020

$#*! it. I just hate it. Every time you get something wrong, I mean, you guys get 10-5 points taken away. BUT ME, MY DAD BOUGHT IT, AND EVERY SINGLE TIME, I GET 20 POINTS TAKEN AWAY. KHAN ACADEMY IS BETTER.
Do not waste your time on this son of a b! T¢h.

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Pennsylvania
1 review
3 helpful votes
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December 14th, 2021

This crap site is so costly and not worth it. Instead of encouraging students when they get the question wrong, it does the COMPLETE opposite. Say your at 99 and you press the wrong button, it brings you down in the 80's which is ridiculous. If you get one right, it only moves you up two or three points. Also, it makes students stressed out and get anxiety. IXL says it make practice feel like play but it actually makes practice feel like a nightmare. My grades used to be high, but after I used IXL, my grades dropped down. Teachers make students use this terrible app a lot, and let me just say that everyone HATES it. As a student, I use IXL and sometimes I start crying. It makes me want to destroy the device. So every time teacher assigns me to do IXL, I don't even do it at all no matter how much trouble I will get in. Plus, I wouldn't even give it ONE star. I would give it a NEGATIVE 5 out of 5 stars.
Please, please, please, don't use this hell site unless you want to destroy your device. IXL is JUNK. This site is really bad and I think NO ONE would recommend it at all. Don't waste your money on this terrible, trashy site. It's just so f***ed up.

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Don’t use this. It is crap.

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Texas
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September 15th, 2022

IXL score/ it is rigged it takes you down 20 POINTS!:(
Questions/ the questions are hard and can get really annoying
It costs money/ this is worth $0 and it costs MONEY!
Overall garbage delete this garbage

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Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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August 18th, 2022

The one thing I hate about IXL is when you put in a wrong answer it will move you back like 10 "points" and then when you get it right it will move you up two. For all the people out there I definitely say NO IXL

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Tennessee
2 reviews
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October 5th, 2022

This is worst then i-ready because it doesn't teach you! You will be board I promise you. If you're a a teacher i don't suggest to use this. There are much better sources and materials to use.

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Thumbnail of user cassiec103
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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May 4th, 2021

IXL is probably the WORST form of punishment to a child. It's down right abuse! IXL belongs in a dungeon as a way to interrogate people. Please save your money and DONT buy IXL. I have been forced at school to use this and it's horrible.and this is why it's so bad. 1.it's so frustrating! Every time you get an answer right your score goes up buy like 3 points (you have to get up to 100) and every time you get one wrong it goes down by 7-10 points. Also as you get further into that skill points go up by less and down by more. It's hard and stressful. 2.the skills just aren't grade appropriate. I'm in 6th grade and there is still counting money value which is also a second grade skill;-;. 3. It's expensive for just a month you will have to pay upwards of 20 bucks! Guys come on if you want trash it's outside for free! Don't waste your valuable money on this crap. Now there are good aspects of IXL to. 1.its good for making people spill their secrets one look at the IXL screen will have them spilling the beans real fast. Anyway I know I'm just some sixth grader and your pro lanky not gonna wanna except the truth that IXL is that bad but cmon go to any review site and you'll see the bad reviews overflowing.

Thumbnail of user andreas266
TW
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
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July 7th, 2018

The kids didn't seem engaged with the website we've tried a bunch of other ones. Our favorite so far would be Beestar - interactive and keeps the kids interested.

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Thailand
1 review
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June 21st, 2022

Since my english grades are dropping, my mom payed for ixl and made me do it for hours a day. The worst part is that its my summer break and i dont get to do the fun summer stuff that everyone does but im stuck inside doing stupid ixl. The smartscore thing sucks because you get one question correct, you get like 2 points but then you got one wrong and all of a sudden you lose 10 points. Like ffs just make the system balanced. Ixl makes me want to punch and destroy my computer because of how frustrating it is. I DO NOT RECCOMEND AS IT MAKES YOU HATE LEARNING SO MUCH. This is coming from a 12 year old who skipped a grade.

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DONT USE IXL. CHOOSE SOMTHING BETTER

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AE
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April 5th, 2022

It tortures you.
Ruins your mental health.
Literally is so frustrating.
When you get to 90% of the challenge zone you go up by one for each one you get right.

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Don't use IXL as it affects mental health a lot.

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Thumbnail of user karenmoo262
Canada
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September 25th, 2023

Don't even know why my parents even paid for this! I don't even learn anything! The only thing IXL has on me is that it's now on my list of things that bore the living sol out of me.

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Thumbnail of user privateinfos
Georgia
1 review
9 helpful votes
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February 1st, 2022

When I go to school I go eat the disgusting breakfast they have at school then I go upstairs to my classroom i git my chromebook and I go to the f'n website you call "good to learn in" if it was good I would not wright this dam review I am ten and i never say swear but this website is educational but makes me want to throw my computor half way across the room or at home, out the window this is the worst thing I have ever learned on.

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South Carolina
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February 23rd, 2022

It says to divide something so I did the math I checked it and guess what it says its wrong and my score goes down so I check with my teacher and end up getting the same answer and she says its wright so here I am wishing I could give it a 0 star review

Thumbnail of user cyrusp8
Arkansas
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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February 18th, 2022

Alright, ixl is tourture. Its WORSE than i ready! I waste 3 hours for a stupid lesson and all i get is a sticker!? WHAT, I WASTED 3 HOURS FOR A STICKER?! Anyways, the reveiws shown on the website are fake. And, who spends 80 dollars on this tourture device? I would use that 80 dollars for robux, or and 1980s ebay lego set? Why does this exist! Very $#*!ty, go to hell ixl.

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DONT USE THIS $#*!ING WEBSITE

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i ended up killing all my brian cells

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Thumbnail of user tomj646
Georgia
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January 14th, 2021

This takes my child forever to finish one small thing and it is totally useless and I hate it because his teachers tell him finish but it takes him so long and he gets super stressed.

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don't use it

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not much just khanacadami

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Thumbnail of user evanh232
Indiana
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1 helpful vote
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March 4th, 2022

This is the best app to learn on for kids now in days teachers need to assign it more often u have the option for language arts and math so much to learn and fun to.

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Massachusetts
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February 5th, 2022

My teacher uses IXL, in general I hate him, but this teacher just UGH then, omg THEN HE THROWS IXL AT US! NEXT HE MAKES US TAKE A GODDAMN TEST REVIEWING WHAT WE "LEARNED" WITH THIS SITE. Can someone help me please! I had an A in math now I have a goddamn C and my mom expects freaking As he used IXL I feel like he used it to make us feel like we're really bad at math, I'm a 7th grader in a abnormal school, what the hell is hon a get worse? I'm on my phone right now so I don't have any screenshots but the teaches say "Get 80% then you can be done," as if they think there is a certain amount of questions asked, then we're done. I swear IXL is worse than Kahoot-

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Just don’t do it, you’re dumb to even try-

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Thumbnail of user yourmomw
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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April 11th, 2023

You never should have made this stupid dumbass little $#*!ing application u dumb whore stupid $#*! $#*! i hate this please burn it and make sure it's gone forever u dumb whore $#*!

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