IXL Learning Reviews

My daughter says this app horrible and I don,t think she,s lieing some time I see her crying over it brakes my heart to see her that way maybe she,s exaggerating a littel but I know it's hard for her the information they give the child is pointless she dosnt get it .it hard for me to even understand it and I just wont to help her I have to go too Google to do I it wich sucks AND I PAY GOOD MONEY FOR IT!!! I do not recommend geting this tri some thing else or else your kid WILL stop love you I can tell from experience so please dont

Date of experience: July 16, 2020

Terrible. It makes me sad and a bit sick to know that people LIKE ixl. I used it a few years ago and I thought I would never have to see it again but, this year I have to use it again. People need to know that ixl is not good.

Date of experience: November 27, 2024

Absolutely terrible 😞. Only stresses you out. Never helps you. Not worth the money.go learn somewhere else.

Date of experience: November 14, 2024

Just joined so my opinion might change over time. After weeks in lockdown my 5yo haA exhausted the Mathletics website exercise given to his class. I decided to subscribe to ixl despite the reviews. He is really competitive, is a perfectionist and hate to lose. Luckily when he stays in an exercise he does manage to reach 100% even if he does get some answers wrong at times. I disabled the timer option in settings, I assume it is what allows him to get his points back when he makes a mistake. You do see the percentage going down when a mistake is made but with the timer down the questions just continue until he reaches 100%. He’s delighted with the rewards and actually starts new exercises without being asked...
I’m also like the option to be able to junior infant English but senior infant maths and not be restricted to one level...

Date of experience: May 11, 2020

ixl ruin my education and its disappoint, I get up 86 point and it get down 71 for submit wrong answer and my dad is mad at me for skip percent numbers. Ixl I hate you and I wish you shutdown.

Date of experience: August 01, 2020

worst math app i have ever used explanations make absolutely no sense and there no other way to get extra help on the app do not waste your time with this app it is also really boring as well.

Date of experience: July 06, 2024

i got a 36 incher in me because i was using tthis!
i coulldnt even keep it in! my special sauce went everywhere! it stained my clothes and my computer. i got expelled from school because of this! im killing myself!

Date of experience: March 31, 2024

I have purchased 2 moths ago for 8 years old and 6 years old its ok at some points. but no explanation about teaching you properly. Its just the question and questions I paid £120 for a year. I am really disappointed. I am home schooling my children. My children finds it boring. I have also signed them up with Reading Eggs which they find it fun learning but the best one is( Twinkl )which is used for mainly by teachers which is the best.

Date of experience: November 27, 2020

This is not an easy app program. But the difference it has made to my children’s learning during lockdown is. Brilliant ( yes you drop a lot of points when you get an answer wrong) but it’s helping them no ends and making them want to get 100 percent and receive awards when they do well Bravo IXL.....

Date of experience: September 15, 2020

this whole website is absolute torture unless you are a pro at the skill you are currently doing. there are many cursed things including: 1.the fact that you lose score more that you gain at a certain point, 2. the time counter which is used to count how long you have had to struggle with the questions, and 3. the fact that you can't retry problems that you failed. please allow people to retry the problems.

Date of experience: September 28, 2023

The negative reviews to IXL, are from entitled children (that’s not being harsh…read them for yourself and be the judge). Their complaints have little to do with how IXL supports children’s progress, which is why I am so pleased that I didn’t listen and have pushed on with encouraging my sons to use it.


I’ve seen an improvement in their attainment in English and Maths, in the two years since they started using it.

What I love:
1. Ability to tailor it to follow the national curriculum
2. Recommended questions based on areas for improvement
3. There are education themed games that they love playing once they’ve finished their work
4. Sends weekly progress updates/reviews to our emails

What I’d improve:
1. One for science?
2. A third payment option for quarterly?
3. Support for students doing 11+ ?

Date of experience: January 15, 2024

Oh well, how should I start? First, I love staying on the computer to do IXL, because I love restraining my temper and trying not to destroy my computer. Second, I love having anger controlling issues every other second. Third, I love having to lose 10 points every time I get a question wrong when I'm just about to get 100 points. Fourth, I love to redo 10 questions when I lose points. I believe IXL should be really proud of themselves. Yes, REALLY.

Date of experience: October 18, 2020

The grading system makes no sense. A correct answer adds 1 point but an incorrect one takes away 10. How ridiculous.

Date of experience: June 22, 2024

IXL can be useful at times but it can seem a bit more daunting and stressful than other websites. From our experience, kids really didn’t enjoy it as much as I would have hoped. We’ve tried out a few and Beestar was more helpful in our opinion.

Date of experience: March 19, 2022

Be careful where you purchase this product as price variation is huge. And also the moment you stop paying the full price from the web. Customer service becomes non existence. They start lying about what they can do for you when you have issues with your account. I wanted to merge accounts as We bought multiple accounts and this Victoria customer service rep bluntly refused as my account was the group buy account. However others paying the full yearly version was able to merge accounts. When you buy the yearly subscriptions, they don’t let you transfer the subscriptions, even when you have 2 accounts for the same child.

Note: they only do that when you find out about the cheaper $20 yearly class subscription and you stop paying the $150 a year. The customer service turns on you and doesn’t help you with anything.

Date of experience: October 30, 2020

ixl sucks I hate whoever made. my parents dont care though the smartscore is horrible I hate whoever made this torture also I have to do this for my tuition aswell it is worse than HELL [also no offence to ixl.]

Date of experience: October 02, 2022

I Feel Useless And Depressed Because Of This Stupid App.I WANT TO DIE! why are you making me go mental Ixl.......can i go 12 months without torture pls I want to play with my sisters and watch them grow. not this stupid torture just pls delete it pls pls pls pls pls im slowly going depressed

Date of experience: April 21, 2023

The IXL site itself is OK. My 3 kids (ages 7, 9, 13) all use it to practise maths. We've found it's helped to improve their confidence in answering maths questions, and has certainly helped suppliment the work they've done in school time. So, from a learning perspective, the web site seems to have a positive effect.
Now the negative side of things...the first year we signed up the kids using a 20% off offer. At renewal time, this wasn't available to us. We asked it there was a discount for pre-existing members, but the answer to that is NO. No discount for loyalty or repeat business. They seemed more happy to cancel the account, than to try to keep us! Out of principle, there is no way I wil be renewing after this. IXL, your loss not mine. There are other (free) teaching resources available online.

Date of experience: July 31, 2019

IXL is an evil website that needs to go I can't believe how many generations of students have to suffer! Think of all the first graders think of the third Graders and second graders even the Kindergarteners for crying out loud! You know what you guys you don't deserve the star! I'm done I should sue you guys with all the torture you put my little brother through! I Hate you guys! Ugh.Unacceptable!

Date of experience: January 28, 2020

It's a bad website, even thinking about it put my little sister in a bad mood.it's boring and unrewarding. my sister tells me the smart score makes her feel dumb, and that it only rewards the "smart" people

Date of experience: March 09, 2022