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Engnovate vs Bandly
Engnovate is a large free IELTS resource site with AI checkers for Writing and Speaking, practice tests and exercises. Bandly does one thing, Writing feedback. If you want breadth, Engnovate has far more. One detail is worth knowing before you paste an essay.
you want one site for practice tests, speaking evaluation and writing checks, and you are happy for free checked essays to possibly be published.
you want your practice essays kept out of public view, or you want each Writing criterion estimated separately with the sentences behind it.
At a glance
As of 26 October 2026. Numbered sources are listed at the end of the page. Plans and features change, so check each site before you decide.
| Engnovate | Bandly | |
|---|---|---|
| Tasks covered | Writing Task 1 and Task 2 checkers, including Academic Task 1 reports, and Speaking Part 1, 2 and 3 checkers.Source: 1, 2 | Writing only: Task 2 essays and General Training Task 1 letters. Academic Task 1 needs the chart image, and the web app cannot take one yet. |
| What you get back | Overall band shown with plus or minus 0.5, a score per criterion, counts for vocabulary and grammar, and rewritten versions of the essay.Source: 1 | An estimated band for each of the four Writing criteria and overall, with the sentences behind each one. When the estimate sits near a band boundary it shows a range instead of one number. |
| Free use | Free plan: Writing Task 1 and 2 evaluation 2 times a month, Speaking evaluation 5 times a month, plus 100+ Cambridge IELTS tests and exercises.Source: 1 | Your first essays are free, no card needed. |
| Privacy of checked essays | The checker says essays checked on the site may become public; Premium says checked answers will not be published.Source: 1, 4 | Essays stay in your own account, are not published on the site, and can be deleted. They are sent to third party AI providers to be scored. |
| Speaking | Yes, AI checkers for all three parts.Source: 2 | No. No Speaking, Reading or Listening scoring. A free band score calculator converts Reading and Listening raw scores. |
| How it describes the score | A guide rather than a definitive score, not a substitute for professional assessment.Source: 1 | Not yet compared against examiner marked essays, so no accuracy figure is published. In our own tests it runs generous, most of all on Task Response. |
Where Engnovate is better
- Far broader. Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening practice in one place, much of it free. Bandly covers Writing only.
- Academic Task 1 works today. Engnovate has an Academic Task 1 report checker. Bandly cannot score Academic Task 1 from the web app yet.
- Rewrite tools. It offers improved and enhanced versions of your essay to compare against your own.
Where Bandly is better
- Your essays are not published. Essays you check on Bandly stay in your account and can be deleted. Engnovate warns that free checked essays may become public.
- Reasons tied to sentences. Each criterion estimate comes with the sentences that drove it, and a range when the result is near a boundary.
One thing Bandly is not better at is the number itself. Its band estimates have not been compared against examiner marked essays, and in our own tests they run generous, most of all on Task Response. Read the guide to what a writing checker can and cannot see before you rely on any checker’s band, ours included.
Using both
Engnovate is a good place to take practice tests. If you would rather a particular essay stayed private, check it somewhere that does not publish it.
Questions
Is the Engnovate writing checker free?
Yes, within limits. Its plan list shows Writing Task 1 and 2 evaluation 2 times a month on the free plan, with unlimited checks on Premium.
Does Engnovate publish essays?
Its checker page says essays checked on the site may become public, and that Premium checked answers will not be published. Its site also hosts pages of user written essays.
Does Bandly publish my essay?
No. Essays stay in your own account and you can delete them. The samples on Bandly are written for the library, not taken from users.
Sources
- Engnovate Writing Task 2 essay checker (archived copy): https://web.archive.org/web/20260625145452/https://engnovate.com/ielts-writing-task-2-essay-checker/, checked 2026-06-25
- Engnovate checker pages for Academic Task 1 and Speaking, as listed in search results: https://engnovate.com/ielts-speaking-part-2-answer-checker/, checked 2026-10-26
- Bandly terms: https://bandly.shop/terms, checked 2026-10-26
- Engnovate user written essay pages, as listed in search results: https://engnovate.com/ugc-ielts-writing-task-2-essays/, checked 2026-10-26
Engnovate refused automated reads of its live site when we checked on 26 October 2026, so the plan list, the privacy note and the disclaimer come from the archived copy of its checker page dated 25 June 2026. Its limits may have changed since; check its site before you decide.
Facts about Engnovate were taken from the public pages above on the dates shown. Bandly facts come from how Bandly works today. Engnovate is a trademark of its owner; Bandly is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by it. Spotted something wrong or out of date? Email hello@bandly.shop and we will fix it.
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Paste a Task 2 essay or a General Training letter and get an estimated band for each of the four criteria, with the sentences behind it. It is a practice estimate from software, not an IELTS score.
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