We built the IELTS prep we wished we had.

When we moved to Canada as newcomers, IELTS was one of the first big hurdles we had to clear ourselves. We quickly ran into the same problem a lot of test-takers face: there's no shortage of generic practice apps, but very few resources that actually help you get precise about where your score is being lost.

Most prep material throws you straight into a full mock test. It feels productive, but it's a slow way to improve — you're getting feedback on everything at once, which makes it hard to tell whether you're weak at True/False/Not Given, or at Matching Information, or just ran out of time.

So we built Band9 around a different idea: master one question type at a time. Practice True/False/Not Given until it stops tripping you up. Then Matching Information. Then Short Answer. Each skill gets isolated, drilled, and measured — before you ever combine them into a full mock test under real exam conditions. It's the same principle a chess player uses to train tactics before playing a full game, or a musician uses scales before a piece. When you finally sit a mock test, you're not discovering your weaknesses for the first time — you're confirming your strengths.