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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 chloecorcoran999
Minnesota
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September 18th, 2023

As a student that ha to do ixl i hated it i did not look forward to it one bit and i didnt learn anything from it because the anwsers on ixl are sometimes wrong and i would get frustrated from it

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Ohio
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October 19th, 2020

I feel like they should lower the points they take away because when I do IXL when I get a question wrong the points get down by 5 or more normally it would not be a problem but when I get another question wrong it increaes by two I mean it will take a long time. I am not saying its bad but it is really stressful and I think they should lower the points they take away when I get wrong if you do that I will probally change my opinion

Thumbnail of user brodyb14
Kentucky
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December 14th, 2020

Evreything about this website is honestly pure idiocy. If you look at it some of the answers are wrong, sometimes when you look at the answers given on a multiple choice question and the explanation given to you (after you get the question wrong) the correct answer on the explanation WASN'T GIVEN TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE. So all in all this website should be deleted and burned in hellfire for all the stress and anger it's caused students and parent throughout grades K-12

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Washington
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April 18th, 2023

The smart score is tarrible it brings you up by 3 atmost and dropes you by 7 at least it also destorys my selfesteem I can' even get through my homework without braking down in tears.

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North Carolina
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May 9th, 2023

The smartscre doesnt deserve its name
The "challenge" zone is not a challenge
it takes 7-9 points and gives only 2-3
IT is also very boring
It doesnt teach and the explanations dont help
The skills are endless and there is not good prizes

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New Jersey
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September 1st, 2021

BRO THIS IS SO F RIGGED IXL OWES ME ************** BRAINCELLS THIS IS RIGGED TO LOOSE MY TEACHER FORCES ME TO DO THIS AND I SHOW HER THE REVIEWS SAYING SUCKS HORSE PP AND SHE THINKS THEY ARE GOOD REVIEWS PLS CANCEL IXL DONT WASTE MONEY O THIS OK AND IF U LIKE IXL STARRT DOING 7TH GRADE IXL THIS SO F RIGGED SMH

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pls dont waste money on this they owe you keyboards

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New York
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May 12th, 2023

Ixl has a timer and every time i use ixl the timer preesures me! I also hate that you have to be a member to get unlimuted time to practice,its a rip off to buy the membership! I hate ixl!

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Missouri
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September 29th, 2023

This website sucks so bad its rigged it ruins my day and its so boring like get something thats actually fun and educational like prodigy this game should be banned from schools i hate this WEBSITE SO MUCH! Stupid website like this it isnt even helpful this website should be deleted from all browsers all schools everything i hope this website gets removed just like tobacco ixl is trash and i want it to be removed from schools because of how boring and not helpful it is it doesnt help kids like why doesnt it help anyone i want the ceo to make it fun while you learn like make it a rpg game while we works because that would make this a 5 star review and everyone else will like ixl if that happens so but right know its a lifeless hated homelesss fat good for nothing piece of trash crap stupid ugly fat website i hope this gets removed soon

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MAKE THIS WEBSITE SUFFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thumbnail of user kimberlytw676
California
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June 12th, 2023

Alot of people dislike Ixl and I could see why. For me it's the point system that needs to be changed. A great example why is when I had to do a geometry lesson in 2nd grade. I still have no why I had to do this lesson since we never learned geometry but anyways, THIS LESSON WAS SO HARD I kept on getting the answers wrong so my mom had to do it for me and she couldn't figure it out EITHER. So my mom spent 100 min trying to finish it. And that was 100 mins of my life wasted. PLEASE IXL MAKE IT TAKE YOUR POINT SSTEM DOESN'T LOWER DOWN YOUR SCORE. PLEASE

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Florida
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August 2nd, 2022

This app sucks because it's totally rigged. On my smart score, I once had 99%, I got one wrong, and dropped me down 11 points!

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New Jersey
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June 27th, 2022

I believe that IXL is runned by the Jehovah Witnesses trying to get me to stop being Catholic, IXL really licked my toes clean off. It is more rigged than the December 7th election, I wish my brother were still alive but ya know he was mauled by a Grizzly Bear. I give IXL a 1 star because it is runned by China, you just ruinin it mate. Then my dog nonclipped into the backrooms thank god where was no entities then Lombo pulled out an AKM and started shooting the homeless in New York City. Unfortunately Lombo had a heart attack which started World War III with the African Countries. Sudan was annexed and everyone rerturned back to normal. This is why I don't like IXL

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Michigan
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January 18th, 2023

Pulled this website from the deepest layer of hell no joke dude it actually makes me want to end it all

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Tennessee
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February 24th, 2022

1 we should shut down IXL because of how stupid the smart score is. Some of my teacher do not even like but the school makes them use it.

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Michigan
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February 12th, 2021

It's ok, but It can be frustating. It only gives you one atemp to get an answer right, and when you get it wrong it makes a big fuss, and some times you put in the right awnser, but it marks it wrong for the sheer fun of it.
This site is very terable, and disorages young learners. I wouuld recomend your students to play prodigy math game instead. https://sso.prodigygame.com/game/start?rid=a2f57a2d-88c4-468c-bc99-46b*******.

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Maryland
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June 22nd, 2020

DO NOT USE THIS $#*!ING PIECE OF DOG $#*! WEBSITE. THEY GET ANSWERS WRONG AND WHEN YOU "GET AN ANSWER WRONG" THEY TAKE AWAY 10 $#*!ING POINTS BUT ONLY GO UP 1 $#*!ING POINT.

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California
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December 1st, 2021

I have to do this every day except Friday, and I hate it. The SmartScore sucks. It should be called the StressScore. It actually starts out fine, giving you 14 points when you first get a question right and taking away 2 points. The Challenge zone. Ugh, dont get me started. If you get a question right, you only get 1-2 points. If you get a question wrong, kiss 8 of your points goodbye. That's right, they take away QUADRUPLE to 8 times of your points to points you earn when getting a question correct. The SmartScore claims that doesn't penalize students. It is like slavery. Even Adolf Hitler was better than this monstrosity. I would rather get arrested than do IXL. Plus, when I do IXL, I feel stupid when I get a question wrong. So, please do me a favor, go to IXL's headquarters and shut it down. Same for Iready's headquarters.

It costs too much by the way. If you want an actual good site that has a good cost, try Prodigy.
If you like this site, I can see where you're coming from, but I despise this with a passion.

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Please don't waste your money on this if you haven't already.

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Florida
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April 10th, 2022

IXL $#*!ing sucks. It's stressful painful and sounds like a whore this $#*! should be shut down. Ok ok

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Japan
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May 26th, 2022

This site sucks, first the points are rigged you do 25 minutes of work than get one question wrong boom 15 more minutes of pratice for you. The timer doesn't help either its just more stress to get it quick but also not getting a question wrong probably. Only 4 or maybe 5 years old might like it but it destroys your mental well being. Second you have to do around 20-40 questions and they are extremly cunfusing and wears your brain out they give the worst examples and mark you wrong if you write it a certain way. Third ITS AUCATUALLY ASIGNED AS HOMEWORK AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO DO 3-15 A DAY THIS IS ANNOYING AND TAKES UP SO MUCH TIME FOR A SCORE THIS IS LIKE DOING 3-15 PAGES OF HOMEWORK EVERYDAY. I don't have images but one time I had to do 130 something questions.

Thank for your time and have a nice day!

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Tip! If you get a lot of wrongs go to progress and you can check the answers of questions you answered already and get them correct next time.

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New York
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December 13th, 2023

Ixl is trash ounce you get past the 90 percent it gives you crazy hard question and is overall very stresfull for students and we even get hw on ixl its HELLLL! Ixl is a sumb website.

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Thumbnail of user isabellaj28
North Carolina
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March 18th, 2021

I am a student in IXL i am 10 years old, i can say that Ixl is helpful SOMETIMES, when i do a quiz if i miss by a number or if i am dealing with a how to tell time lesson if i miss by a minute or if i click a letter like r h j k f or try to put pm or am it atomatically says your wrong it will take off more pionts then it gives and when you get in the challenge zone i am not kidding when i tell you GET EVRY WORD PROBLEM CORRECT, or you won't survive a lesson in IXL, but it can help you expand your thinking and help you think about different ways to think about that math problem, overall i would give them a 3 in a half rating, thank you bye-bye! Think if you want this for your children, don't mean to scare you, but its true.

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California
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April 20th, 2023

It makes babies cry and makes the suicide rate increase by lot. My brother fell of a cliff into the marijuana trench after he did this.

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Thumbnail of user matthew.pp
Canada
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February 2nd, 2022

Disappointed I literally never looked math as the fun same way it used to when I did this I would never do it again if I had a choice its bad for teaching

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North Carolina
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April 26th, 2022

Stupid ahh app pls fix it they legit need jesus there's a reason there 1 stars and get no bread no cap this app sucks

Thumbnail of user isaiahk29
Tennessee
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December 12th, 2022

Never get the app it the worst i would recemend iready because you dont lose you score and it just better you get to play stakm aka a cat game it just sucks

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North Carolina
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January 29th, 2021

IXL IS THE WORST IT SHOULD BE A TORTURE METHOD TO MAKE PEOPLES ANXIETY GO THROUGH THE ROOF AND MAKE THEM WANT TTO INFINITELY COMPLETE A SKILL WHEN YOU CANT

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