Band9

Band9 is your personal IELTS coach that builds a study plan around you - not a generic course. Tell it your current level, your target band, and how much time you have, and it creates a complete, day-by-day program across all four skills that adapts as you improve.

There are no canned lessons. Every exercise - reading passages, essays, speaking prompts, listening audio - is generated to fit exactly where you are and where you want to be. You bring your own AI key, generate your program once, and then keep learning offline for as long as you like.

Highlights

1. A plan made for you - answer a few questions about your module (Academic or General), level, target band, deadline, weekly hours, and weak spots, and Band9 designs a full program of phases, weeks, and daily sessions tailored to you.
2. All four skills, done right - Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking, plus targeted vocabulary - practiced in realistic, exam-style tasks rather than random drills.
3. It gets smarter as you study - your results feed back into the plan, so Band9 revises the weeks ahead to focus on what you still need, without ever redoing what you've already mastered.
4. Real speaking practice with a voice - hear questions read aloud, answer out loud, and get your spoken response transcribed and graded against IELTS speaking criteria.
5. Listening with generated audio - fresh listening passages are spoken with natural exam-style voices, so you get unlimited new material instead of the same old recordings.
6. Writing feedback that teaches - submit Task 1 and Task 2 essays (with real charts for Academic Task 1) and get band-scored feedback with concrete fixes, not just a number.
7. Answer keys you can trust - every reading and listening question comes with a checked answer key, so you always know why an answer is right.
8. Bring your own AI - connect Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any custom provider with your own key. You stay in control of cost and privacy, and nothing runs through us.
9. Generate online, learn offline - build your program while connected, then study anywhere with no internet needed. Everything is saved on your own computer.
10. See what you're spending - a clear usage panel tracks how many tokens each generation uses, so there are never any surprises on your AI bill.

How it works

On first launch, Band9 asks about your goal - your module, current level, target band, deadline, weekly study hours, weak areas, and topics you care about. It then generates a complete study program: a spine of phases and weeks, broken into daily sessions.

Open a session and Band9 creates its content on the spot - vocabulary sets, reading passages, writing tasks, speaking prompts, and listening audio - matched to your level. As you complete sessions and get graded, the app quietly rewrites the weeks ahead to keep the plan pointed at your target band. Your program, progress, and AI keys all live locally on your Mac.

Perfect for

1. Self-study test takers - anyone preparing for IELTS Academic or General on their own who wants structure without paying for a tutor.
2. Busy learners with a deadline - people who have a test date and limited hours and need a realistic plan that fits their week.
3. Students stuck at a plateau - learners who keep scoring the same band and need targeted practice on the exact skills holding them back.
4. Anyone who already uses AI - people with a Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, or DeepSeek key who want to put it to work on a serious goal, privately and offline.