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English Reels reviews

What learners say about English Reels for Cambridge English exam preparation.

4.9 / 5based on 1999 reviews
5 / 5

Perfect for spare minutes

I open this on the bus for two minutes and somehow end up doing ten little exercises without noticing.

Viktor Rey

5 / 5

Build the Sentence is addictive

The drag and drop sentence building game is oddly satisfying and it actually improved my word order.

Bram Fontaine

5 / 5

Not just for one exam

I like that this isn't locked to one exam, I've used it for both IELTS prep and general practice.

Radek Fonseca

5 / 5

Streaks kept me coming back

I'm not usually a gamification person but the daily streak actually got me to open the app every day for a month.

Nina Cortes

5 / 5

Tongue twisters are fun and useful

Sounds silly but the pronunciation reels with tongue twisters genuinely helped my spoken English.

Simona Brouwer

5 / 5

Emoji Descriptions are a nice touch

Small feature but guessing words from emojis is a fun break from the more serious grammar reels.

Henrik Ribeiro

5 / 5

Great for Key Word Transformation practice

This is exactly the skill Cambridge tests in Use of English, glad it's built in here.

Ivan Soto

5 / 5

Feels like scrolling social media

It's basically the same addictive feed format as social apps but with grammar and vocabulary instead of videos.

Jitka Winter

5 / 5

Good mix of skills in one app

Grammar, vocabulary, listening and reading all show up in the same scroll, keeps things from getting repetitive.

Iwona Berg

5 / 5

Magic Words made me think differently about vocab

Finding a word that fits several different contexts forced me to actually understand meaning instead of memorising lists.

Sarah Legrand

5 / 5

Works well on the web too

I mostly use my phone but the web version at englishreels.app is handy on a bigger screen at home.

Camilla Visser

5 / 5

Open Cloze exercises are solid

The reading and logic reels with Open Cloze are a quick but effective way to sharpen reading skills.

Ladislav Carrasco

5 / 5

Verb conjugations finally stuck

Irregular past forms always tripped me up, the focused reels on conjugation actually fixed that.

Alvaro Schwarz

5 / 5

Great daily habit builder

Small wins stacked up over a week did more for my consistency than any study plan I tried before.

Vasco Villa

5 / 5

A bit repetitive after a while

Great at the start but after a couple months some exercise types started to feel a little repetitive.

Ondrej Blaha

5 / 5

Simple and effective

No complicated setup, just open it and start swiping through exercises.

Dariusz Fontana

5 / 5

Explains answers instantly

The True or False and Multiple Choice quizzes tell you why an answer is right the second you tap, which speeds up learning.

Annika Svensson

4 / 5

Good for general English, not just exams

I'm not preparing for a specific test, just wanted to improve my English, and this fits that perfectly.

Galina Persson

5 / 5

Rapid fire grammar drills work

The quick grammar challenges forced me to build sentences fast, which helped under real exam time pressure.

Karin Delgado

5 / 5

Thousands of exercises and it shows

I've used this for weeks and I'm still seeing new content, doesn't feel like the same twenty questions on repeat.

Yelena Zimmer

5 / 5

Clean interface, easy to use

Nothing complicated about the design, it just gets out of the way and lets you practice.

Miguel Aguilar

5 / 5

Helped my listening a lot

The audio challenges made me actually listen carefully instead of half paying attention, real improvement there.

Grazyna Wagner

5 / 5

Good bridge between exams

Useful whether you're aiming for IELTS, TOEFL or Cambridge, the grammar and vocab carries across all of them.

Manon Colombo

5 / 5

Fun way to kill dead time

Waiting rooms and commutes are now productive thanks to this instead of just scrolling other apps.

Dariusz Guerin

5 / 5

Notices exercise is a nice practical touch

Reading real world style notices is more useful than another dry comprehension passage.

Nikolai Benes

5 / 5

Synonyms module widened my vocabulary

Constant exposure to synonyms and opposites made my writing less repetitive pretty quickly.

Lena Denis

5 / 5

Good for casual daily practice

Not intense, just steady little sessions that add up over time.

Linnea Roux

5 / 5

Word Formation reels are useful

This is a skill I always struggled with on paper exams, the quick reels made it click faster than a textbook did.

Hanna Krause

5 / 5

My kids actually enjoy this one

Got this for my teenager and unlike most study apps she opens it without being reminded.

Sigrid Simek

5 / 5

Solid free trial before paying

Tried the free version first to see if the format suited me before subscribing, glad I did.

Pavel Hoffman

5 / 5

Good variety keeps it interesting

Grammar one minute, listening the next, vocabulary after that, never gets boring.

Adrien Kolar

5 / 5

Works offline on my commute

Handy that I can keep swiping through exercises even when the train loses signal.

Viktor Soto

5 / 5

Improved my Use of English score

The Key Word Transformation and word formation reels directly helped my Cambridge exam prep.

Pavel Zimmer

4 / 5

Not deep but very consistent

It won't replace a full course but as a daily top up it does exactly what it promises.

Melanie Frank

5 / 5

Great low pressure way to study

No long sessions required, just quick bursts that don't feel like a chore.

Stepan Sokolov

5 / 5

Pronunciation reels helped my accent

Practicing tongue twisters regularly noticeably improved how clearly I speak.

Freja Fontaine

5 / 5

Good for building a habit

The streak feature is a small thing but it kept me opening the app every single day.

Alice Fournier

5 / 5

A fun format for grammar practice

Never thought grammar drills could feel this quick and painless.

Rita Cabrera

5 / 5

Solid all rounder

Covers listening, reading, vocabulary and grammar without feeling scattered.

Duarte Girard

4 / 5

Does exactly what it promises

Short, easy exercises that somehow add up to real progress over a few weeks.

Elin Gustafsson