Vital English-Easy Learning

• The pages are nicely displayed, and not using pop-ups.
• Information is easy to comprehend and each lesson has an essential preview summary.
• It's not very clear how to return to the main site menu.
•  If you exit a course before finishing it and later come back, you start from where you left off.
• You can easily navigate between sections using the lesson menu on the left side.
• Videos load immediately.

IELTS preparation

Included IELTS preparation materials

IELTS Test Online

• Includes over 80 interactive lessons and 350 tutorial videos.
• A vocabulary introduction is available before each lesson.
• There is an initial quiz to before each lesson to test your starting knowledge.
• You'll find a lot of instructional videos included in the lessons.
• The platform includes preparation for a wide range of test takers: 5.0 to 9.0 score band.
•  You'll find a study plan to help you with the learning rhythm.

IELTS

IELTS Master

• Find more than 260 activities in over 1000 study pages of content.
• You get 500 pages of teaching materials.
•  Test tips and study strategies are provided in all modules.
• By assessing your experience with the platform, you get a few extra days of access.

• The short learning sections are easy to comprehend.
• A study plan is included to help students organise their learning activities – students can download the plan as PDF to keep track. This could have been presented better.
• Quizzes and assisted exercises are included in the preparation part.

Cambridge

Cambridge English

• There are learning materials about how to take the test only included in PDF format.
•  A few test samples included.
•  You have the option to take preparation test before starting the actual simulation.
• Unfortunately, the preparation test is the same as the simulation. More variety would have been more helpful.

Vital

Vital English

• The lessons are well structured and user-friendly.
• There are targeted recommendations for beginners and more advanced English-learners, before starting the lessons.
• Includes lessons for academic as well as general English IELTS preparation.

• Summary at the end of practice tests and lessons to remind you the keywords, topics and main ideas of the lesson, to help you learn how to approach a text.
• 25 hours of practice materials for each test section.
•  Learning meant for 4.5 to 7.5 language level of IELTS.

IELTS Test Online

• 15 preparation tests for each IELTS section for a total of 60 tests, regardless of the subscription you choose.
•  Each test has a band score estimator included.
• You can take the tests as many times as you want.
• The tests loads in a pop-up page.

IELTS Master

•  Pop-ups appear with test requirements and answers. Answers need to be filled in separately, on a different page. This feature is a bit cumbersome and takes away from the simulation experience.
• You have the option to print the question sheet and the answer sheet.
• There is a visible timer included with the test. You can start, pause or reset it freely.
• Includes: 2 Writing practice tests, 3 Reading practice tests, 2 Listening practice tests, 2 Speakingpractice tests.
• However, you will need to buy the help of an IELTS personal tutor for the Writing and SpeakingTests, if you want your assignments corrected and evaluated.
•  Examples are included for each test. Also, before starting the actual test, students get an example of how to fill in their answers.
• The text of the listening test can be seen by clicking a button.

Cambridge English

• The test has a fixed duration but the time is not displayed during testing.
• Plays recordings with instructions and time gaps to be able to complete requirements.

•  You will have a fixed number of tries. You can take each test simulation only once, although practice tests have 3 tries each. This includes all four of the IELTS test sections.
•  If you have to stop, you can just exit the window and the test is paused. When next accessed you can continue the recording from where you left off.
•  The simulation is realistic. The difficulty curve is increasing and includes diverse types of tests for each test section.
• At the end of the Writing Test, you get three examples of what to write in the assignment, for different Band score skills.

Vital English

• Interactive and easy to use reading practice tests.
•  A good amount of diverse practice tests.
•  Features exercises using multiple ways of interacting, such as drag and drop, choice selection, type in, check box.
•  The distinction between practice exercises and actual IELTS test practice is not always clear. These are quite well integrated together.

• The Listening section includes a few recordings similar to how the IELTS test experience – but not a lot.
•  Exercises offer a good challenge.
•  You can take tests and practice how much you want - no limit to how many times you can take the same test.