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IXL Reviews Summary

IXL has a rating of 1.1 stars from 677 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with IXL most frequently mention smart score, point system and challenge zone. IXL ranks 4070th among Education sites.

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Virginia
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I dislike IXL
April 15, 2025

Please dont do ixl, i failed many of my classes because of it and now im homeless, I am typing on a library computer and i wish you to not do what i did an dont do ixl.
ALSO for teachers it makes your kids stressed and insacure, my friend is in the mental hospital no :(

Date of experience: December 31, 2024
North Carolina
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bad and bald
April 9, 2025

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Date of experience: February 1, 2025
Tennessee
1 review
12 helpful votes
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So, I'm having a nice elementary school and then IXL comes in. This site IS SOOO BORING. I'd rather do a Blooket ALL DAY. At the end of the year the teachers give us cards and say, "Write down what you didn't like this year." We've been doing IXL since 1st grade and every year I've said IXL. And I'm in 5th grade so that wasn't a short time either. ONE STAR EASILY IF THERE WAS NO STARS THAT WOULD BE WHAT I USED.

Date of experience: April 9, 2025
Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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IXL is the worst platform for kids to learn from because it prioritizes repetitive drills over real understanding. The grading system is frustrating, punishing mistakes too harshly, and discouraging students instead of helping them improve. Instead of fostering a love for learning, it creates stress and anxiety. Better alternatives exist that actually support kids in developing skills with positive reinforcement and meaningful practice.

Date of experience: April 2, 2025
Portugal
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I hate IXL
March 27, 2025

$#*! ixl bro like my parents make me use this crap i your people try to make you use this say hell naw like bro ixl is just cruelty bro

Date of experience: March 11, 2015
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This sucks because thats what my whole school F#cking does its annoying and st#pid so bad the only thing is good its that game that's it

Date of experience: January 20, 2000
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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IXL's point system is really unfair. It feels like you're penalized way more for getting an answer wrong than you're rewarded for getting it right. It's discouraging when you're trying to learn and improve.

Date of experience: March 25, 2025
North Carolina
1 review
6 helpful votes
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IXL SUCKS!
March 25, 2025

This causes me depression, and even a couple, I wish I did not exist,t do not recommend
It causes kids depression!

Date of experience: March 25, 2025
Florida
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Bad poor stay away
March 25, 2025

It makes people cry hard which I hate to cry some teachers like to lie and tell you that IXL is good but sue them nope is bad as heck it makes teens break laws and break their laptop so I highly suggest making your kid quit IXL and do a peaceful protest by not doing their IXL work but it probably make your teacher call both of your parents. So please stop doing this silly app and middle schoolers don't forget to protest unfair homework stress. Go to your parents NOW

Date of experience: March 23, 2025
Virginia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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IXL is trash! Teachers give out too many, at least five, and expect you to do it in one day! It's also soooo rigged. When I reached 90%, I got two questions wrong and ended up at 60%? Crazy, right? And there's more... I reached 99% on an IXL after hours of struggling, and when I got ONE question wrong, do you know what happened? I WAS BACK TO 86%! I freaking hate this app. It should be banned in all countries.

Date of experience: March 21, 2025
South Carolina
1 review
6 helpful votes
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For his birthday, Shawn's parents give him tickets to feed the penguins at the zoo! The zookeeper gives Shawn a bucket of fish to divide evenly among 6 penguins. Shawn feeds each penguin 3 fish.
Let f represent how many fish were in the bucket to start. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find how many fish were in the bucket to start.
First of all, there is nothing to be answered.
This is ixl, saying that boosts self esteem, lying about themself.

Date of experience: March 17, 2025
Massachusetts
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I'm going to be blunt. IXL is not enjoyable in the least. Its SmartScore is not understandable and unfair, and the explanations are wordy and not helpful, if you even take time to read them they should be more like bullet points. There are even multiple petitions to ban it and I would suggest signing all of them as someone who is probably ADHD. It should be based on quality, not quantity instead of vise versa.

Date of experience: March 18, 2025
Connecticut
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Proof
March 5, 2025

IXL is torture I don't know what FR#CKING DEVIL made the hellhole you get punished for getting questions wrong which is evil I hate you i'd rather marry Hitler than do as much as hold the door for you.

Date of experience: March 5, 2025
Maine
1 review
2 helpful votes
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My son is being taught Math, Science, Reading, Social Studies, Language Arts (nearly every subject normally taught by a real live teacher in a classroom setting) by this mind-numbing, repetitive, anxiety-producing, stressful, non-rewarding, aggravating program. The point system is unfair and unjust by rewarding less for correct answers and penalizing you more incorrect answers. The questions are confusing and sometimes both subjective and objective; not based in actual facts. Teachers are not teaching the material but instead assigning multiple lessons on IXL for homework that take numerous hours at night to complete. This is the most dangerous style of teaching ever in the history of education. It promotes hatred for learning and sheer distress and anger during the process. We did not purchase this. My child has been forced to use this in every class at school. It has taken the place of an actual teacher.

Date of experience: November 7, 2024
Tennessee
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Ixl
March 4, 2025

Im a student and ixl is funky like real funky and it can steal your data bro just lay off my guy this is so dum i will sue u if ur reading this IXL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Date of experience: March 4, 2025
Texas
1 review
14 helpful votes
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I am a top student in my class. I take geometry in 8th grade because its an advanced class. The point system is unfair and makes me want to jump off a bridge for wasting my time. I had to do 10 ixls in half a week and the awful point system makes it so it takes 30 minutes for each ixl. That is 5 hours of mind numbing negative reinforcement and not even engaging work. To do in 3 days.

Date of experience: February 18, 2025
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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It is boring pls ban now everyone hates it reviews are terrible just ban or I gonna quit school. It is'nt necessary but at my school it is our life pls ban and shut it down.

Date of experience: February 27, 2025
Maryland
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Terible platform
February 19, 2025

It is a terrible platform should be removed It is infuriating for most people and the people who like it are teachers who don't care.

Date of experience: February 19, 2025
Pennsylvania
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Just bad horrible
February 14, 2025

IXL made me lose most of my humor and happiness it's so repetitive and you lose so much points when one question wrong but for some reason YOU GET 1-2 POINTS WHEN OVER 80 SCORE?! You lose like 12 points in one wrong at that point my teacher assigned us 30 IXLS TO DO IN 2 WEEKS this app is for SUFFER and DEPRESSION, stress, makes you mad and kills you in the inside.

Date of experience: February 14, 2025
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have to do it everyday! And if u fail one question they literally take a way like 20 frickin points! I cant tell u how many times I cried when do it, it makes me feel stupid, even my dad was shocked when he tried it, I also almost smashed my computer, too. Paul Mishkin, go to therapy, and get rid of this soulless app!

Date of experience: February 13, 2025