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Onboarding — setting up your plan

The first time you sign in, a short 6-step wizard personalises the app around your goal. It takes a couple of minutes, and each step saves as you go. The header shows your progress: "Step X of 6".

Onboarding step 1 — setting your goal and target band Step 1 of onboarding: your goal and target band.

The six steps​

  1. Goal — Set your target band with the slider (5–9, in half-band steps) and, if you know it, your test date. This is what the app counts down to and paces you against.
  2. Level — Optionally take a quick placement test ("Start now (7–10 min)") so the app can estimate your level, or choose Later and instead enter your current CEFR level and last IELTS band manually.
  3. Focus — Pick the 1–2 skills you most want to prioritise (Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking).
  4. Routine — Set how much you'll study: minutes per day, days per week, and your preferred time (Morning / Afternoon / Evening).
  5. Prefs — Set your language preference (this drives vocabulary translations and the app's interface language).
  6. Plan — Review a summary of everything you chose, then finish. You're taken to your Dashboard.

Good to know​

  • Use Back to revisit any earlier step — nothing is locked in until you finish, and your answers are remembered.
  • Don't stress about precision. Everything here can be changed later in Settings — your target band, test date, focus skills, and language all live there too.
  • The placement test is optional. If you skip it, the app uses the level you type in. Your measured level later comes from your actual exam scores, not from onboarding.
Why bother?

Your target band + test date are what power the Roadmap and the deadline countdown on your dashboard. Setting them honestly gives you a realistic weekly pace instead of a vague "study more."