EngProgress vs ielts.gg: an honest comparison
ielts.gg (also searched as “ieltsgg”) is a well-known AI prep platform, strongest in speaking. EngProgress is built around one thing: a band score you can trust, with practice generated fresh around it. Here is a fair look at both.
What ielts.gg does well
ielts.gg offers AI-powered preparation for Academic IELTS across all four skills, and its stand-out feature is speaking: you talk to the AI and get a criterion-by-criterion breakdown quickly — reportedly within a minute. It offers unlimited attempts, personalised study plans and statistics, exam-mode simulations, and advertises a score guarantee (improve your score or receive a refund, per their site). It is subscription-based; per third-party reviews there is no permanent free plan.
If daily conversational speaking practice is your number-one gap, ielts.gg is strong there.
Where EngProgress is different
- Calibrated, conservative grading. Our evaluator is grounded in the official public band descriptors and calibrated against expert-judged essays. When your essay sits between two bands, it rounds down and tells you exactly what the higher band requires. The practice band is one you can take to exam day.
- A revision loop. Resubmit the same essay after revising and watch the band move — coaching across drafts instead of a new score for every new essay.
- Fresh Cambridge-style tests. Reading and Writing are generated new every time in the authentic format; Listening is an original multi-voice library across six difficulty levels with transcripts and per-answer trap explanations.
- A real free plan. 5 AI-graded practices every month, no card required.
The honest gap on our side: speaking is not live yet — it is on the roadmap, and we would rather ship it calibrated than ship it first.
Side by side
| EngProgress | ielts.gg | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes — 5 AI-graded practices/month, no card | No permanent free plan (per third-party reviews) |
| Writing feedback | Per-criterion evidence, band caps and fixes; conservative calibration; revision loop | AI essay feedback with criterion breakdown |
| Speaking | On the roadmap (coming soon) | Strong — fast AI speaking feedback, daily practice |
| Reading & Listening | Generated fresh in Cambridge-style layout; trap explanations; 6-level listening library | Practice with feedback across sections |
| Content model | AI-generated fresh every time — never a test you've seen | Platform practice bank |
| Guarantee | No score guarantee — we promise honest grading instead | Score guarantee advertised (improve or refund, per their site) |
| Pricing | Free / $5.99/mo (20 practices) / $14.99/mo unlimited | Subscription; pricing on their site |
Which should you pick?
Pick ielts.gg if speaking is the skill holding you back right now and you want fast conversational AI practice with quick feedback.
Pick EngProgress if Writing, Reading or Listening is where your marks leak, and you want a band score that will not flatter you — with fresh Cambridge-style tests you have never seen and a revision loop that improves one essay across drafts. Starting free also means you can judge the feedback quality before paying anything.
Frequently asked questions
Is EngProgress a free ielts.gg alternative?
For Writing, Reading and Listening, yes: EngProgress has a permanent free plan with 5 AI-graded practices per month and no card required, while ielts.gg is subscription-based. For speaking practice, ielts.gg currently offers more — EngProgress's speaking module is on the roadmap.
Which has more accurate band scores?
We can only speak for ourselves: EngProgress's grader is grounded in the official public band descriptors, calibrated against expert-judged essays, and tuned to be conservative — it rounds down between bands and names the gap, so your practice band should never overstate your exam-day band.
Does EngProgress have a score guarantee?
No. We think guarantees belong to marketing and honesty belongs to grading — the promise we make is that the band you see in practice is one you can trust, with the exact gaps to the next band named on every criterion.
Facts about ielts.gg were checked on their public website (ielts.gg) in July 2026 and may have changed since — tell us at bahridnurullav@gmail.com if anything is out of date and we will correct it. ielts.gg is a trademark of its owner; EngProgress is not affiliated with or endorsed by ielts.gg.