Last updated September 13, 2026
Short answer: ParrotTalk's AI evaluation, feedback, marking and correction are all 100% free, with no sign-up, and based on real user feedback the AI tends to grade stricter than students expect, not easier.
After a practice test, ParrotTalk asks one quiet question: how did the band you received compare with what you expected? These are the answers from 405 test-takers who left feedback, internal tests excluded, collected through 6 September 2026. Over the same period, 216 test-takers rated the beta: 3.3 out of 5 on average.
Nearly six in ten test-takers found the AI harder on them than they thought it would be, and about one in six found it generous. For a practice tool, that is the useful direction: a score that leans strict prepares you for an exam that will not flatter you either.
Yes. Every evaluation on ParrotTalk, across Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking, is 100% free, with no sign-up and no card required. There is no paid tier that unlocks a "real" evaluation: the same scoring engine runs for every test-taker.
We do not claim a measured accuracy figure yet, and we will not invent one. Your estimated band can still differ from an official result by roughly half a band to a full band. We are comparing ParrotTalk bands against real, official Test Report Forms to publish that gap openly once we have enough data. Until then, treat every band as a directional practice signal, not an official score. The first paired comparison, a ParrotTalk band recorded before a real exam against that candidate's official Test Report Form, will be published on this page in late September 2026, whatever the result.
Strict, based on what test-takers report above: 58% found their band lower than expected, 17% found it higher. The scoring is anchored to the official band descriptors rather than tuned to feel encouraging.
Every essay sent to the writing checker comes back with a full correction: what the band is, where it was lost, and the specific fix to make on grammar, vocabulary, task response and coherence. When we asked users what would help most, two answers came out on top: more practice tests, and more detailed corrections. That is the work we focus on.
If you practised on ParrotTalk and then sat the official exam, your two results are the most useful thing you can give us. Nothing else is collected: no name, no email, no text, only the bands below. Results are stored anonymously and used to publish real accuracy figures on this page.
ParrotTalk is 100% free, with no sign-up. Figures come from in-app feedback and will be updated as more responses come in.