Editorial policy
The rules every guide on the Verbola blog is written under.
- What this blog is
- The Verbola blog publishes educational guides for people preparing for IELTS and TOEFL, mostly through self-study. Its first job is to be genuinely useful; its second is to show, honestly, where the Verbola app can help. Articles are written and maintained by the Verbola team, the same people who build the product.
- Independence
- Verbola is an independent product. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of the British Council, IDP, Cambridge English or ETS. IELTS and TOEFL are trademarks of their respective owners, used here only to identify the exams our guides discuss.
- How exam facts are checked
- Statements about exam formats, timing, question types and scoring are checked against the official IELTS partners' and ETS websites before publication, and each factual article lists its sources at the end. When exam formats change, affected articles are updated and the review date is refreshed. A "last reviewed" date appears only when a real review took place.
- About AI score estimates
- Scores produced by Verbola's app, including writing and speaking band or score estimates, are AI-generated practice estimates. They exist to point your next study session at the right weakness. They are not official results, and no app, including ours, can guarantee a particular IELTS band or TOEFL score. Only the official exam bodies issue real scores.
- What we will not publish
- No fabricated statistics, fake learner stories, invented experts or examiners, copied official exam questions, or guarantees of score improvement. Product claims describe what the app actually does today, and pricing is only ever shown as configured in the app stores.
- Corrections
- If you find an error, tell us through the support page or email contact@verbola.io. Verified corrections are applied to the article and reflected in its review date.