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IXL Learning Reviews

1.6666666666666667 out of 5 stars
1.6666666666666667 out of 5 stars
1.7
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Last reviewed 10 months ago

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Review summary

Reviews for IXL Learning overwhelmingly reflect dissatisfaction, with a staggering 81% of consumers rating it poorly. Many reviewers express frustration with the program's scoring system, which they describe as discouraging and damaging to children's self-esteem. Comments like "this program is like making me very dumb" and "it crushes a child's love of learning" highlight the negative impact on students' motivation. While a small percentage of users appreciate the program, citing positive experiences and effective learning in subjects like ELA, these voices are drowned out by the chorus of complaints about the app's inaccuracies and the emotional distress it causes. Overall, the sentiment is predominantly negative, with many calling IXL a waste of money and urging others to avoid it.

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Brandon Pielou
Brandon PielouFeatured

Over a year ago

1 out of 5 stars

crap crap crap

crap crap crap

yassin ohio
yassin ohioFeatured

Over a year ago

2 out of 5 stars

IXL makes me feel the quote no pain no gain is worthless

It is true that you have to work hard in life and push yourself even way harder like said in the quote "No pain,No gain" but it is really stressful. I have been using different ways to learn such ans... See more

Jack Brodbin
Jack BrodbinFeatured

Over a year ago

1 out of 5 stars

Log in (X4) nightmare - AVOID

Multiple passwords, usernames, secret words, emails - and when you fail you're told to contact customer care. Writing this on Christmas day - can't update my nephew's new tablet cus cannot reset passw... See more

lawrence jing
lawrence jingFeatured

Over a year ago

1 out of 5 stars

fix this

Takes me back ten after getting one wrong. They keep the question difficulty up at challenge zone level although I alr dropped down to 50 fix this thing up

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Dalek Rose Tyler
Dalek Rose Tyler
1 reviews•Contributor
about 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

tf u on ixl??

Mf lowest factor of 9 and 15 and 5 is 45 NOT F*CKIN 90

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Grider Burch
Grider Burch
1 reviews•Contributor
about 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Everything is just awful

The questions they give on certain topics often are wrong, and when it tells you what was wrong, it will tell you the same things over and over again, despite it being incorrect. Also, in order to complete one topic, you have to get 100 points, however, it barely gives you any points for getting a question correct, and will heavily punish you for getting questions wrong. Correct answers give you 2 points, and wrong ansers take away 10-12 points. You have to get 5-6 questions right, just to get back to where you were. The system is poorly thought out and optimized, the layout can be extremely confusing, and it barely helps with the learning process. I feel bad for any student who is forced to use this waste of computer resources. 0/10 never use this program ever.

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Justin Reedy
Justin Reedy
1 reviews•Contributor
about 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

IXL is bad

IXL freaking sucks. Why? I'LL TELL YOU WHY! I have to do it for homework every week. Simple right? WRONG! there are only 45 easy skills. The other 300+ are TOO HARD! and i'm forced to do 17 A FREAKING WEEK! I can never catch a break. Worst math app I've ever used. F minus.

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Kels
Kels
1 reviews•Contributor
about 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

absolute hell to use

absolute hell to use. ruined my day, took so much of my time and made me cry every single time i used it. the grading system is so bad that i cannot believe this was even approved and i cannot believe that it is still as bad as when i used it. find another learning app, this one is so not worth it. didn't improve a bit, just ruined a bit of my life.

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Aya Alaniz
Aya Alaniz
1 reviews•Contributor
about 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

1 star

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

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Huang Lucas
Huang Lucas
1 reviews•Contributor
about 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Never uses this piece of Junk

This is torture I lost a brain cell doing these question it will make you question reality and this will stop your brain from working never use this thing it doesn't even deserve to be a thing.

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RM
RM
1 reviews•Contributor
over 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

IXL is torture for children

IXL is torture for children. The grading system makes absolutely no sense. A correct answer gives you 1-2 points,an incorrect one takes away 10-15 points! That isn't even done in colleges and universities but we're doing it to elementary students?! We are crushing their spirits. You can actually watch their interest in learning smothered in real time. This system must change.

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Ling Zhong
Ling Zhong
1 reviews•Contributor
over 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Do not use the IXL App

Do not use the IXL App. No help is also a waste of your money and most importantly when you pay you can never find a way to stop paying. I've stopped using it but have been paying and haven't found a way to cancel.

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Chikezie Ajoku
Chikezie Ajoku
1 reviews•Contributor
over 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Devil's educational site | 0.5/5

One IXL could easily ruin a child's day... I know you can do better. Many people have already complained about SmartScore, but it isn't very pleasant. "One question, correct? You're up 2 points! Is one question wrong? Now you're back 8 points!" See how stupid that sounds? Sadly, it's the truth. It either takes you a short amount of time to do an IXL or HOURS. There's no in-between. IXL is not as hellish in grades four and below, and 5th grade is a grace period. Anything above will have you using hours on the site. I get it; the point is to boost a child's learning and capabilities. However, giving them a bunch of stress does not help at all. Not to mention, there's a time counter to let you know how much time has been taken from your life thanks to companies only wanting money and not trying to teach a child. How much time have you wasted? Well, I've wasted 53 hours (all time) on this site that could've been used for authentic learning. Do better -A 6th grader

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Kim McGowan
Kim McGowan
1 reviews•Contributor
over 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

A reason to smash your laptop

I absolutely hate IXL. It makes me so stressed and I’m so scared of making mistakes that I don’t even want to try. It’s the most unfair website ever.

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M Ayan
M Ayan
1 reviews•Contributor
over 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

ixl sucks I hate whoever made

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.]

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Chido Nduefuna
Chido Nduefuna
1 reviews•Contributor
over 3 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

Ixl sucks it sh t

IXL SUCKS IT IS BAD THE POINT SYSTEM DOES NOT HELP YOUR LEARNING BECAUSE IT TAKES YOU TO MUCH DOWN BUT SO LITTLE UP AND IS STUPID AND AWFUL IT SAYS BUTTERFLYS ARE BETTER THAN BEES 😡😡🤬🤬 AND THERE'S MORE IF YOU WANT

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Firoz Khan
Firoz Khan
1 reviews•Contributor
almost 4 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

SCAM AND ONLY 4 BABIES 1/5

IXL IS A SCAM DO NOT USE IT PLUS IT IS FOR BABIES ONLY NEVER USE IT I WILL PUT 0/5 IF I CAN

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Xander Zhao
Xander Zhao
1 reviews•Contributor
about 4 years ago
4 out of 5 stars

IXL is variable; not horrible and not 100% the best...

I gave IXL three in the past but now I gave it four because I found a very helpful review. If your child is stressed out easily, this website isn't good. However, you just have to get used to it and eventually, it is no problem. If it wasn't for the 1-star reviews, I would give it 5 stars.

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Ava Colacino
Ava Colacino
1 reviews•Contributor
about 4 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

it sucks

it sucks. I have never seen any app this bad. first of all, when i got a question wrong, my stomach acid drained. and then my eyes scrunched up and died. after this i went to the hospital and they euthanized me. oh wait that was my cats story. but this app killed my cat -100000000000000000000/10 i would pick 0 stars if i could.

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Sarina Rashid
Sarina Rashid
1 reviews•Contributor
about 4 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

This website is not good

This website isn't good at all because it doesn't corrage kids to learn. Instead the smartscore makes thing unfair because, for example you got one question right it goes up like 2-3 but when you get it WRONG IT GOES DOWN LIKE IN 5-8 POINTS. I would strongly not recommend this because kids are breaking down while doing ixl, and breaking their own devices as well they're spending so many hours on their homework/learning. My school doesn't do IXL they use Hegarty maths. But in lockdown in 2020, I found IXL just for the learning until I realised that it wasn't good at all. The first few weeks in lockdown when I started it, it was ok at first but then I regretted it. The maths one isn't good but WAIT THERE'S MORE! There's also an English one as well but the smartscore is the same thing as the maths. We was doing something on verbs, pronouns and adjectives but NOT ONLY WE GOT IT WRONG, THE EXPLANATION WASN'T GOOD AS WE DID WHAT IT EXACLY TOLD US TO DO BUT IT KEPT CHANGING THE EXPLANATION! JUST TO MAKE US CONFUSED! I SPENT 7-10 HOURS ON THIS TO GET 100%, NO BREAK UNTIL I FINISH THIS ON TASK OFF! Please do not get IXL,I NEARLY PUNCHED THE NEW LAPTOP THAT WE'VE BROUGHT! Don't it's not worth it.

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Super Cat
Super Cat
1 reviews•Contributor
about 4 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

HORRIBLE APP

THIS APP IS HORRIBLE THEY MAKE ME ANOYED lot of people hate this app because IT IS HORRIBLE I HATE IXL webSITE

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Andrea
Andrea
1 reviews•Contributor
about 4 years ago
3 out of 5 stars

IXL can be useful at times but it can…

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.

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IXL IS SHIT
IXL IS SHIT
1 reviews•Contributor
about 4 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

This app is bullshi* and the cun* that made this should die

This is absolute bullshi* and the retar* that made this crap can go to fuc*in hell! Paul Mishkin is a dic* head for making this trash and can go fuc* himself

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Chase Ross
Chase Ross
1 reviews•Contributor
about 4 years ago
1 out of 5 stars

IXl Is TRASH

DO NOT INSTALL big waste of money my school uses IXL and still hate them for it DO NOT INSTALL im warning you...

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About IXL Learning

IXL Learning is an educational technology company that provides personalized learning experiences for students in mathematics, English, and science. The platform is designed to support learners of all ages, offering a comprehensive curriculum that includes diagnostic analytics and skill recommendations tailored to individual needs. With a focus on engaging content, IXL aims to enhance student proficiency through interactive practice and real-time feedback. IXL Learning primarily serves educators, parents, and students, providing resources that help track progress and improve academic performance. The platform is widely utilized in schools and homes, allowing users to practice a vast array of skills across multiple grade levels. By offering a blend of immersive learning experiences and robust analytics, IXL Learning helps to foster a deeper understanding of core subjects while promoting self-paced learning.

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