# IELTS Prep App - Exam Writing — user reviews > 61 indexed App Store user reviews of IELTS Prep App by SHELL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED, rated 4.60/5 from 602 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ielts-prep-app-exam-writing/id1496931520/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ielts-prep-app-exam-writing/id1496931520.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 477 · 4★ 57 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 25 ## What do users think of IELTS Prep App? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly and easy to use - 📚 Comprehensive IELTS preparation materials - ✅ Well-organized content across all four skills - 💯 Helpful for exam preparation and practice - 🎯 Variety of writing topics and practice tests - 📖 Good learning resources with answers provided **Cons** - 📢 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🐛 Listening audio playback issues - 🔴 Poor UI design with black background and grey text - 🔋 High battery consumption and phone heating - ⚠️ Text-to-speech doesn't prepare for real IELTS listening - ❌ Writing section lacks sample questions - 🌐 Ads advertise competing English learning apps **Commonly reported bugs** - Listening audio not playing when tapping play button - App crashes or fails to open - Black background makes grey text unreadable - Phone overheating during use - Listening test numbers spoken too fast and unclear - Background noise in listening exercises - Recording functionality broken **Most requested features** - Reduce or eliminate advertisements - Add white background option for study pages - Include latest IELTS exam papers - Add translation features - Improve listening audio quality and clarity - Add sample questions for writing section - Optimize battery consumption ## Newest reviews (10 of 61) ### 4/5 — Too much ads *2025-03-01, version 1.2* There are so many ads, while I’m studying. And the fact that those ads advertise another english studying apps ### 3/5 — Okay on some aspects *2024-08-04, version 1.2* Listening exercises uses text-to-speech which does not effectively prepare you for IELTS listening. Writing has no samples for questions, it doesn’t work. The rest? No problem with it. ### 2/5 — Listening *2024-06-27* Listening doesn’t work absolutely. I touch on a play button, but nothing is change ### 1/5 — Very Spammy! *2024-04-02, version 1.2* I would not recommend this app at all. The ads are incredibly spammy ### 1/5 — Horrible *2024-03-22, version 1.2* App é uma droga, as lições não funcionam e tudo tem propaganda. Você obrigado a assistir propaganda. ### 5/5 — Amazing application thanks *2024-03-02* 👍🏻 ### 4/5 — Excellent *2024-02-12* It’s lovely ### 5/5 — very helpfull *2024-01-17* your app was helpfull and well organized ### 3/5 — Phone heats up and background of study page *2023-09-26* It’s a great learning app, very useful but I have some problems with the app. Whenever I open the app to study, my phone heats up a lot and I don’t know why🤦🏽‍♂️. Secondly, it would have been great if the background of the study page is not only in black but white as well which would help in seeing clearly but aside these things. It’s really a wonderful app!!! ### 1/5 — Listening *2023-07-29, version 1.1* Listening Test in number is very fast and unclear. There is a background sound just coming out of nowhere. The numbers given is even long that is unrealistic even spoken very fast by a robot accent. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Listening test *2025-03-19* Is not positive to hear the audio on the listening part ### 1/5 — ads ads ads *2025-01-11, version 1.2* tooooiiiiii many ads omg... frustrating gonna delete the app soon ### 1/5 — Not works except the adds *2024-12-23, version 1.2* Nothing really works. The backgrpund screen is black for the text which is in grey. Lol cant see a thing ### 1/5 — Too many ads every sec. *2024-09-25, version 1.2* That is frustrating that you get ads popup on your screen every second while using apps. Its really annoying ### 1/5 — Pathetic App *2024-08-22, version 1.2* Every 2 second we are getting ads. ### 1/5 — Failed app *2024-08-12* Failed app ### 1/5 — Eliminate Adds *2024-07-22, version 1.2* Soo many adds making it the worst app ever! ### 1/5 — Broken recording *2024-07-04, version 1.2* I was trying to do listening practice but unfortunately recording didn’t work, when i tap on play button. Seems they having bug in the app ### 1/5 — Please Stop Advertisement. *2024-06-02* Too Many Ads are displaying. ### 1/5 — Listening *2024-05-18, version 1.2* Not playing . ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — отличное приложение для подготовки *2025-04-22* все супер! советую ### 5/5 — Nice *2025-02-19, version 1.2* Good ### 5/5 — On my way to IELTS exam *2024-12-27, version 1.2* Very helpful apps. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Easy to use and very helpful to practice *2024-11-02, version 1.2* Download and use it, you won’t regret ### 5/5 — Very nice application 👍 *2024-10-18, version 1.2* Thank you for this application. ### 5/5 — Not open app *2024-10-15, version 1.2* Not open app ### 5/5 — Very handy for practicing your language skills *2024-07-06, version 1.2* Easy to use ### 5/5 — Great *2024-06-12, version 1.2* Amazing!!! ### 5/5 — Superb *2024-06-03, version 1.2* Informative and up to date ### 5/5 — very good practice！ *2024-05-12, version 1.2* Very good practices! I like it have answers! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-18.*