Free IELTS Writing checker
Paste your essay. Get a real band.
Grade your own writing — text, photo, or PDF — or write to a sample question first. Scored on the four examiner criteria, conservatively: your 6.5 here is a real 6.5 on exam day.
3 of 3 free gradings left — no account needed.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the AI band score?
The grader is calibrated against expert-marked essays and grounded in the official public IELTS band descriptors. It scores each criterion separately, with evidence, and is tuned to stay within half a band of a human examiner. When your essay sits between two bands, it rounds down — so the band you see here is one you can defend on exam day.
Is this IELTS writing checker really free?
Yes. You can grade an essay here without creating an account. A free account unlocks the full report — the evidence behind every score, what is capping each criterion, sentence-level fixes, and the revision loop where you rewrite and re-grade the same essay.
Can I upload a photo or PDF of my essay?
Yes — upload a photo of your handwritten essay or a PDF and we transcribe it exactly as written (no corrections), so the grader sees your real writing. Review the text, then grade.
What does the checker grade?
IELTS Writing Task 2 essays, on the same four criteria as the real exam: Task Response, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range & Accuracy. You get a band per criterion, an overall band, and your top 3 fixes.
Which IELTS writing checker gives the closest band to a real examiner?
The only honest test is whether your practice band matches your exam-day band. EngProgress is built for exactly that: grading is grounded in the official public band descriptors, calibrated against expert-marked essays, and kept deliberately conservative so it never flatters you. Whichever checker you use, prefer one that shows evidence for every score and errs low — an inflated band is the most expensive kind of wrong.
Why is my band here lower than on other AI checkers?
Because we refuse to inflate. Most free tools flatter you with a band you will not get in the exam. Our grader is deliberately conservative: between two bands it rounds down and tells you exactly what is missing for the higher one. A real 6.5 you can trust beats a false 7.0.
Is EngProgress affiliated with IELTS?
No. EngProgress is not affiliated with or endorsed by IELTS®, the British Council, IDP, or Cambridge Assessment English. All practice questions are original and written for practice.