# TOTAL IELTS Listening Practice — user reviews > 265 indexed App Store user reviews of TOTAL IELTS Listening Practice by AppFx Design, rated 4.60/5 from 197 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/total-ielts-listening-practice/id1201560446/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/total-ielts-listening-practice/id1201560446.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 160 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 10 ## What do users think of TOTAL IELTS Listening Practice? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ✅ Comprehensive IELTS listening practice tests - 📱 Free app with no registration required - 📝 Includes full transcripts for answer review - 🎯 Realistic exam format and simulation - ⏸️ Ability to pause, rewind, and replay audio - 📊 Score calculation and progress tracking - 🌍 Accessible anywhere, anytime on mobile - 🎧 Varied listening materials with different accents - 💯 High-quality audio content - 🔄 Multiple practice tests available - 👍 User-friendly interface and easy navigation - 🎓 Effective for improving listening skills - ⚡ No advertisements (in some versions) **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues and server errors - 🔌 Requires constant internet connection - ❌ Strict answer validation (hyphen/format sensitive) - ⚠️ App crashes and freezes during use - 📱 Poor performance on iPad/tablet devices - 🔊 Limited audio playback controls - 💾 No offline download capability - 🐛 Occasional misspellings in questions - ⏱️ No timestamp/progress bar for audio - 🔄 Cannot review previous completed tests - 📺 Unresponsive interface after updates - 🎯 Answer key inconsistencies with correct answers **Commonly reported bugs** - App won't connect to internet despite WiFi being enabled - Content doesn't load in latest version - App crashes unexpectedly during practice sessions - Freezes on iPad and iPhone - Pages fail to load properly - Misspelling in Section 1, Question 8 (Friench) - Answer validation rejects correct answers due to formatting - Audio controls unresponsive - App becomes unresponsive after updates - Incorrect answer key showing wrong answers as correct - Performance issues on older devices **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Offline download functionality - Audio playback speed control - Timestamp/progress bar for audio navigation - Ability to review and access previous test attempts - Search/filter tests by year or difficulty level - More flexible answer acceptance (case-insensitive, hyphen-optional) - Separate section-by-section practice mode - Improved iPad/tablet compatibility - More diagram-based listening questions - Printing capability for exercises - Progress report showing correct answers per test - Ability to skip audio sections ## Newest reviews (20 of 265) ### 4/5 — Great for practise *2026-02-08, version 1.8* This updated version is better for practise for updated format ### 4/5 — its cool *2025-09-23, version 1.8* this app really helping my listening skills. ### 4/5 — an error *2025-09-05, version 1.8* i found misspelling in section 1 at Q.8 (Friench) please correct if it’s possible. ### 4/5 — Good *2025-09-02, version 1.8* I hope there were a feature to review the complete set of questions after submission ### 4/5 — Gud *2025-05-30, version 1.8* But it’s too hard to ### 3/5 — It suddenly stopped working *2025-02-05, version 1.8* Please I really like this app, it's not been working for the past few weeks now:( ### 5/5 — Thank you for creating this app *2025-01-10, version 1.8* It’s a great way to improve my IELTS listening skill. ### 5/5 — Thanks *2024-12-23, version 1.8* Love the app! Im really grateful to the creators ### 5/5 — This app is convenience to practice listening english skill *2024-12-18, version 1.8* I can learn english everywhere. This app help me a hand to improve english skill. Thanks ### 5/5 — Đỉnh lắm nha *2024-12-15, version 1.8* App này cho phép mình làm bài mock test listening hay có cả transcript sau khi nghe xong để sửa bài. Như bài thi thật. Có cho sửa đáp án rõ ràng. Được nghe đi nghe lại dừng và tiếp tục. Tự điều chỉnh dễ, ko quảng cáo ### 5/5 — So helpful *2024-11-15, version 1.8* This app is so helpful to learn ielts listening ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-10-27, version 1.8* 😍😍 ### 4/5 — Good *2024-10-27, version 1.8* Very nice app ### 4/5 — Help improve my listening skills *2024-10-26, version 1.8* Help me improve IELTS listening ### 5/5 — Tuyệt vời *2024-09-08, version 1.8* Tuyệt vời, cảm ơn nhà phát hành ❤️ ### 5/5 — Review *2024-09-06, version 1.8* Very good ### 5/5 — excellent app for Ielts *2024-08-29, version 1.8* Very helpful for Ielts takers! ### 5/5 — Tuyệt vời *2024-08-25, version 1.8* App có toàn bộ những gì cần để luyện thi: đề thi thử được chia theo từng phần, có chỗ điền đáp án và tính điểm, có scripts giải thích rõ ràng ### 5/5 — It’s like real exam *2024-08-24, version 1.8* Nice ### 4/5 — best aap for listening practice *2024-08-11, version 1.8* i really improved my listening test as i can stop pause my listening tape and telly mai answers with full tape script i even love and enjoyed the listening practice ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too hard to use, not comfortable *2023-11-21, version 1.8* Too hard to use, not comfortable ### 1/5 — Issue with starting *2023-01-08* I download this app but couldn’t use and has an error to connect to the server and internet 😔😔 ### 1/5 — Dark mode *2022-06-19, version 1.8* Your app is great, but where is the dark mode? ### 1/5 — The worst *2022-03-31, version 1.8* I can’t input the answers. No meaning of test. ### 1/5 — Baseless app *2021-07-16, version 1.7* Worst ap waste off time ### 1/5 — connection *2020-09-29, version 1.7* It doesn’t work.my wifi is on but it say that you don’t connect to the internet.I couldn't use it. ### 1/5 — Advertisement and errors *2020-03-13, version 1.5.6* Needs update for new 2020 format, allow all caps in answers, allow to type continuous numbers and more. 1 star for advertisement. Messes all your concentration. Awful 👎 ### 1/5 — Bad experience *2019-12-12, version 1.5.5* Pages are not loading ### 1/5 — Unable to read properly through the app *2019-07-24, version 1.5.2* Give access to download the script ### 1/5 — Disgusting *2019-06-14, version 1.5.2* Waste of time totally useless ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Well for IELTS Students *2026-04-14, version 1.8* Good ### 5/5 — Great *2026-01-04, version 1.8* Great ### 5/5 — So perfect !!! *2025-09-13, version 1.8* This app is helping me so much ToT ,this obey me to concentrate on the section and there don’t have other pages things like the main page or ai ,no things!!! BUT IT IS VERY USEFUL AND SUITABLE WITH ME ### 5/5 — Great *2025-08-12, version 1.8* It’s the best app that I ever had. ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2025-07-24, version 1.8* Practice makes perfect. This app is extremily helpful ### 5/5 — Otimo pra que, tá treinando *2025-07-17, version 1.8* Tem me ajudado muito ### 5/5 — Best app *2025-07-14, version 1.8* Please just download it, its really helpful. You can see the transcript of the listening audio after answering the questions hence easier to review the mistakes you made. Thank u so much developers ### 5/5 — Good *2025-06-16, version 1.8* Very good ### 5/5 — Review *2025-05-11, version 1.8* I like this IELTS listening app, it’s great for me. I really enjoy to use this app. <3<3 ### 5/5 — Very useful app 🤩😍 *2025-03-29, version 1.8* I really love this app because it’s very helpful for people who study ielts. Moreover you can use it everytime, everywhere just with a phone can help you practice ielts easily. 💯🤩 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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