Acellus Reviews

by Adysenv

this app Academy started off great for me. I did well with the curriculum in early high school, but as years went by I progressively struggled more and more. This company is insanely impossible to work with. Getting someone on the phone is like pulling teeth, and they are absolutely 0 help to struggling students. While in public school, I never failed anything before. Presently, I am stuck on 2 classes, and I have received 0 help in order to get past them. The graduation process is too complicated, and now I am going to graduate late. It was 100% not worth leaving public school. If I had a time machine, I would go back and tell myself that sitting alone at lunch, not being able to travel, and having no friends is the more beneficial option rather than choosing to do school through this program.

by Krisphoreal

I learn sure, but I don’t retain anything even slightly complex. I highly suggest you do not use Acellus. It seems great at first, it really does. But then you start losing motivation a couple months in. I am going at the same pace I would be going at a public school. I’ve been using this for years. It’s not like I am a bad student either I used to get mostly A’s in school. And it ruins any type of social life your child has. The only reason I haven’t switched back is because I am already so close to finishing and the amount of hurdles you have to go through to switch back to public school is outrageous . I was 86% through a course and suddenly the video isn’t playing, and u can’t skip it , all my other subjects work except for that so it isn’t a internet connection issue. So, now I think that progress I made in that course(Months) will be deleted.

by RKLMOCTOBER

Please this program is crap. The foundation of the program has a wonderful idea but the execution of the program is horrible. For students that are nonreaders or beginners this is not the program. MOST OF THE MATERIAL IS MUST READ. I love the video’s very informative but when you get to the next steps some questions are not correctly written and or is a must read for parents. The questions seem to be more involved rather than baseline on subject matter and age understanding. The sight has the ability to do more with just a click of some buttons from this app but I doubt that will happen. ANOTHER THING …. Pay attention to attendance because I have been on with my children personally and it logs that they did not do work. This is crucial to children possible going to return to in person learning for attendance verification. Good luck parents but we do get what we pay for. On another not this is a Diploma earning school for high schoolers….this is the only one I have come across like this making it much easier to attend colleges across the world… there is also other Ideal Schools which is also online but comes with a bigger price tag!! But is a LIVE TEACHER

by Kgdjbbvssjns

First off, it doesn’t cater to kids with hearing disabilities. 95% of the time, the videos don’t even have subtitles.

Next, you only get ONE TIME TO PUT AN ANSWER MOST OF THE TIME, if it’s a type in answer they give you only a few times to answer and if you get wrong all times, you have to go through this awful and usually long “help video”. Most of the time when I put an answer, I’ll end up accidentally tapping an answer that I didn’t want! And I’ll have to watch an unnecessarily long video.

Third, you cANT SKIP VIDEOS IF YOU ALREADY UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL!!! I was put into SEVERAL wrong classes this year because of a 46 QUESTIONED TEST, how is a test with 46 questions going to tell me what class I’m in? OF CORSE IM NOT GOING TO KNOW ALL THE MATERIAL I LEARNED IN THE LAST 5 MONTHS, the human brain doesn't retain memory for that long, school is quite literally short term memory for most.

AND LAST, YOU CANT TALK TO REAL PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL!! There have been countless times when I needed help and I HAD TO BUY A TUTOR- NO, NOT FROM THIS SCHOOL. This school costs a lot for what it gives. It’s not worth it.

Please listen to your kids, if they are struggling, help them, and no- not by smashing their phone.

by Seaj169

This is my third year of using Acellus and I hope it’s my last. I’m taking one class on Acellus and it’s only because we had a hard time ordering my Course work from the other school we switched to. To be honest, I was a little disappointed about it.
The lessons are either too easy and boring that I can’t focus on what they are saying or way too complex. They give you questions after each lesson that are random and aren’t based on the key topics of each lesson. When you take a complex lesson, the skills you learned aren’t reinforced with the right questions. I always had passing grades, but never felt like I was getting it.
When taking the exam and practice exams, the questions are random too. Sure they have to do with the topics you learned but the questions on the pretest are entirely different from the questions on the actual exam. Isn’t the practice test supposed to help you know what to expect on the exam? How is it practicing for the exam if the questions aren’t related? If you do well on the pretest, you can still fail the exam because of this. Sometimes the questions are something that wasn’t even taught in any lessons. And when teaching the lessons, they never say “this is very important as it could be on the exam.” Like most teachers everywhere else do.
While it may seem like a amazing program at first, it isn’t the greatest out there for its price. Your child will end up bored, annoyed, and with no knowledge of the things taught.

by Nate12345Kjhb

So I’m a student and I think it is a really good program but four things that need fixing. No.1 some times when you press the button that makes you go 15 seconds back sometimes it will make you go back to almost the beginning I’ve spent so much time bc of that. No.2 the coding program is quite bad I’ve had many times where the question was different from the video and it’s also so hard my mom can’t do it I barely managed to keep my A in coding and you should make the questions more related to the video. No 3 the messaging is also bad if you ask a question they don’t respond or you will get sound like your having trouble blah blah blah I remember asking a question about do cells have gender and if so how can you tell? No awnser after three months I deleted because my sisters told me they don’t have genders.

by Yourmomisgorgeous

I recently just finished 6th grade and I’m in 7th. I love this a lot. I finished 6th grade within a few months! In public school you have to do semesters and stuff like that. But here you can work at your own pace and you don’t have rude teachers rushing you around like it would be in public school. I highly recommend this school Edit: I’m in 8th grade now and the program is still pretty good but I feel like some of the stuff that they are teaching is kind of irrelevant to me. Especially in social studies and language arts. I don’t really see what’s the point in learning about Shakespeare, and most of the time I don’t even watch the videos because I already know what the answers are. In social studies it’s just really boring, and the teacher explains the lesson in a very boring way. My attention span doesn’t last very long so I get bored really easily, but I probably won’t have to worry about this anymore because I’m going to return to public school after I’m done with grade 8. Anyways, the school would probably be better for kids that are good at paying attention unlike me. Another thing that I wanted to mention was how hard it is to keep my grades at all A’s. If I get a B on an exam then my grade all of the sudden goes down to a B like seriously? I got a good grade on the test so why is my grade going down!?

by Cinthiaaaaaaaaaaas

So it is a very good app the only problem is that the work stacks up on you only don’t do it and then sometimes when you try to do what you don’t get your points you get your stars and that is what really makes me mad because what is the point. Acellus wastes all of my time when I don’t get my points and my professor is always saying every few weeks that we need to have the certain percentage and how am I supposed to do that if this app does not give me my points. That is a very big glitch that you guys need to fix because if you guys don’t fix it then I’m starting to have doubts about passing my grade. So yeah please work on that and on the days that kids can’t work you have to put the time into it so that the work doesn’t stack up that much.

by KGB BLB

The content is great. Well paced, well taught. But the usability of the ipad app is very poor.

Problem 1: slow answer recognition. When you submit an answer, there is no reaction for several seconds. This causes many children to tap again, which often is registered as the answer to the next question before it even loads.
Solutions: show a loading icon, message, or other visual cue to not tap again. Don't use taps until the question has fully loaded. Maybe at a coding level, return all the questions and answers to the ipad before the quiz/exam begins.

Problem 2: question moved off screen when ipad keyboard pops up. You can't see both the question and the keyboard at the same time. The keyboard stays up when the next question appears, meaning you are constantly switching or scrolling for every single question.
Solution: scale the question to fit with the keyboard for questions answered with a keyboard and automatically bring it up or put it away.

Problem 3: no idea where in a unit you are. There should be some way, without leaving the course and going into a distant submenu, to know how far along in a unit you are.
Solution: A simple progress bar or 3/10.

These issues directly affect the efficacy of instruction, especially for younger students.

by GRV10

I am now almost finished with my tenth grade year. I’ve been a student at this app Academy since eighth grade right before the pandemic. I’m rating it four stars because I mostly like the school but there definitely could be some updates. For one, the interface is very outdated and I’m sure it would be easy to update. I think the special lessons should be graded by actual people and not a robot because I feel like it’s not accurate grading. Some special lessons don’t make much sense. You have to figure things out by yourself usually if you’re struggling or get a parent to help. The majority of questions are multiple choice which isn’t that difficult. It depends though. I just can’t give them five stars because there is a lot to be improved.

by Hiiii ✌🏿💗🦄🧁

My daughter’s school went online this year due to Covid-19. We were given this program to start out the year and we would choose if we wanted to go in further or leave and go to another program. We chose to DEFINITELY stay at this app! It’s an amazing program! The teachers are very fun and captivating! The program is advanced and they learn new things every day! Being able to send a message to her teachers if she needs help is really helping my daughter. Also, she LOVES reading, so she likes to read books in the library in this app. She LOVES this program a lot and really enjoys school these days, something that I thought that I would never see her like. THANK YOU this app YOU MADE HER LIKE SCHOOL!!! It’s a great program and I totally recommend it. My daughter is in the 4th grade, so I don’t know what it’s like for Middle School and High School, but I would recommend this program for elementary students. Love it! (my daughter picked the review name so that is why it is like that.) Good day!

by Mrs. And Mr. Maciel

My children have been schooling with this app for 3 years. We have never had a problem with it we downloaded Acellus on iphone on their mini ipad4 and our computers. We are all so very happy, my kids love the way this app is online. All the this app teachers always helping my kids when they get stuck, the teachers quick email them and emails me to let me know my children problems and always has a solution. When you call over the phone they are very nice always asking questions to help with your children's education. This online School is 10x’s way better and more advance than public school..

by Zoe Wow

this app has great portioned lessons, and lots of extra credit opportunities, which can up your grade a whole percent which helps me keep straight A’s in all my classes! Of course you’ll see lots of lies made my 2nd graders so they don’t have to do school, but in reality it’s the best homeschool system I’ve ever used, coming from a homeschooler for 4 years! in 7th grade curriculum it teaches kids great real world skills like how to do taxes and in English it makes writing essays really fun!

by Biblefollower

After researching for so long for accredited online schools that can cater to my little one needs (she has an iep) I am glad that I chose this app Academy. I don’t have to tote books and binders when going on vacay, all you needs is a device and wifi :) I had her enrolled into connections academy but that was not a great fit for her. She was falling through the cracks even with live teachers with 50 kids in the same class. They wasn’t even teaching! Now she loves getting up and going to school. I can easily switch her back to brick and mortar after covid ends (if we decide) i love that they have an app and parent account. Everything is simple and user friendly!

by Sheenbcdsdjjnbeusbejendbdb

We are new to the school. My daughter is in the kindergarten program. I requested to add a first grade class. No response. Now she is being logged off in the middle of lessons. I emailed the teachers for the lessons. They offered no solutions to the problem, but simply acknowledged when she was able to log back in. Today, she was logged off in the middle of lectures and reviews. Again, I emailed. No response. So not only are we being logged off in the middle of lessons, we are also being ignored. This happened 10+ times. It’s FRUSTRATING! We are still in her first month and it started off great but went down hill after the second week. I’m seriously considering cancelling if this problem is not resolved. I understand glitches here and there, but this is just ridiculous.

by SisiPrincess921

I’m a homeschool student who has been using this app for four years now, and hasn’t used anything else. I love the program and all the new courses I have taken over the years, but my only is with some of the math subjects, such as the high school geometry (that I’m taking this year) and the algebra 1 class (from last year). The issues are with the fact that sometimes when I would answer a question right, it would say that it was wrong, and when I used the Submit Problem Fix option, it would take at least a day to refresh. In fact, I’m having problems with that right now. And not only has that happened to just me, but also my siblings have come across the same issue. Troubles like these have lowered my grades, and have made my homeschooling experience a real pain.

by Loveyava

I can’t even start to tell you how great Acellus is! This is the best homeschool app out there! And that’s saying a lot from me, one who hasn’t ~loved~ school in the past. This is so great for the following reasons... super reliable, very self-guided, and great curriculum! Very reliable because you can check your progress and lesson status at any time! Self guided because you can pause the video whenever you would like and elaborate on what is being said or just to take notes for your own self benefit! Great curriculum because you can pick out your own electives for your child and there are even special lessons to advance in your knowledge on the subject. Acellus even has “Library” and a “Roger Billings Vlog” for extra help and creativity! For all the parents out there who are struggling to choose on what is best for school right now, I HIGHLY recommend Accelus! Thank you.

by Michalove

Acellus has made it very easy for me to understand some things that I didn’t understand before I got Acellus : I have to admit that I had a few problems in pretty much all my subjects but who doesn’t right??? So I used to have a VERY HARD time in math especially in division then this app came in, but I just have to agree with some of the people that say that they are having problems with Acellus for example l just finished my 4th grade math and l am now in 5th grade math and they make it look 👀 easygoing at first but when you get to a hard problem then it’s like what am I doing here so I still have to ask my dad for help and another thing is this app just came out with a new writing course and me and my mom can’t figure out how to get to it and it says that it is in all of my subjects including science, social studies,language arts/reading and etc so I hope that they fix this soon! Thank you 😊.!!!

by 058643784

Hi, I’m a student from accelus it was good for me to learn all the subjects I needed to but last year I failed. Because I wanted to do something else and I would thru summer’s doing it. But now I’m going to in person school so my mom stopped paying and I only had a few lessons left but I couldn’t complete them but I could have from the start. I’m sorry for not learning my future is not looking good but my mom and dad are going to have someone learn in summer so I hope that will help me. But I wish I did the work I was given can you please respond to this and any student that reads this don’t be like me it can have a bad impact on your future please do your work I don’t want anyone to be the way I was. I’m learning from my mistakes I’m lucky to still have a chance to succeed and this time I won’t throw it away please do your work no matter how hard it is or how boring it is you can pull threw. Now hope I pull threw too bye

by Lucille Amelia

I started using this app during May of 2020. I love that you can go at you pace because I went through 9th and 10th grade in one year!! I am self driven so i have no problems with motivation and keeping a consistent school schedule. My parents monitor my long term progress but otherwise I get a lot of responsibility and independence with my coursework. I recommend this for anyone who is feeling held back in public school and would like a change of pace. There is an option for having a real life teacher monitor your classes and work or just a parent. The classes are pretty understandable and I find little to no problems with this program. They also provide AP courses and many diverse options for what you want to learn. 10/10!

by Bbjvjxhxic

If you guys came out with a VR/AR mode for after class on science and engineering it would be cool where you can get a mode to make this app like a game and make math a Minecraft like game but you have to do survival and there’s a peaceful and there’s wolves and cats and all that animals to tame and you have to do math to get blocks and items!!! It would make the school fun and a video game!!! But the parents could make it old school again if the child is grounded. And forget the only certain classes have games all should have VR bock game animal sim and battle sim!!! And for coins you should do you’re classes!!! Not to complain but so it’s better and more people will love it and to get the rest of that half star. And also I am making a app myself that I would love to hook to this app, K12, and a few more Home schools!!! And it will be like roblox but the people look better and there are rules. RULES: No dating, cussing, bullying, sex, swearing, or offsite links and personal information!!! If one of these rules are Brocken student cannot get on multiplayer. And if you delete it all you’re info will be saved unless you log out. It will have login and I would like students or not to play it and no full servers. I know it sounds stupid and crazy at the same time but could make it a famous school and kids would finish school early without complaining that they don’t want to do it!!!

by T.michaezzz

I had to drop out of one of my semesters in school due to health issues, so I signed up for this app to make up the classes I missed. This is even more difficult than normal school! The teachers do not explain well enough how to do the lessons, so you get the problems wrong. I kept getting problems incorrect and they kept playing the same lesson video over and over again like that’s gonna help! I try to message the teachers for help but nobody ever answers!

by Hsjwmom

My 10yo daughter has low vision and relies heavily on being able to zoom in on text in order to read. The accessibility settings help to an extent, but are much more difficult to use within the this app app. It doesn't allow her to select text in order to have it read to her with the Voiceover option. It's much easier if she can just use the standard "pinch" and spread in order to zoom in. So far, I like the lessons but I don't think we'll be able to keep using it.

by Fairy Princess Love

Um so my mom signed me up for this app when a pipe at our old house (that we for some reason still owned) was about to break it cost around as much as our school classes. But the thing is that in math when they’re showing me an example they always use the simplest question so when I have a complicated question I have no idea what to do even when I watch one of the help videos I still have to ask mom what to do so can you fix that please.

by Elinneb

I love this app I’ve found it very informative and easy to learn from, it teaches me a lot more than I was learning in public school and I also grasp onto the information now instead of just taking a test and then forgetting it all. The only thing is I wish I could cast it to my Tv via Google Chromecast or Roku, it would make it so much easier to take notes!

by Yagermom1

Hi. I’m almost in 6th grade,and I was in public school before I Was in homeschool. I have learned a lot,(I’m smart-) and this app in making me feel stupid! They have where I learn 5th grade stuff,then the next moment they are teaching me how to add! I’m Not dumb! I love Acellus,but they have some flaws. Half the stuff they teach me,I already know! Please make it where the parents can skip the videos.
Have a lovely day,and a good app!

by Traverus

For anyone in high school I truly recommend Accellus! It is a great way to get your knowledge on the go. Also they have almost any class you can think of and it goes toward your actual transcript and GOA. I couldn’t be more pleased with Acellus !

by GgmAmi

We just switched from a book curriculum and so far this app power Homeschool is being a blessing for our family my daughters are more independent learners, my ADHD dyslexic child is doing super good with this program I recommended to everyone struggling to learn and also to teach. Love this program

by Nahnahgurl

I had lots of problems in my school work I didn’t even like school till my mother got Acellus for me. I LOVEE how they make you redo the exams and help you get a better grade, I also like how they have you watch videos on the subjects you work on and you can take notes on the videos it’s like going to school, but you are alone. That’s what I hated about school I had to share the teacher with other students and the teacher had to help everyone I recommend getting Acellus .

by Ash Zam.

Acellus is great it taught me things I couldn’t learn for a year in 7th grade in only 2videos Unbelievable right but over all of that the questions are easy and I really like the way it works and grading Right now I only have math classes but I might switch my science here too!!!

by Crazy For Homeschooling!

It has many, many subjects for your kids to do, and when you don’t pass a test or don’t get most of the problems right, it goes back to the video and after the video it does the problems again so your kid can get some more chances!!! Personally, I choose this app.
What do you choose?

by Min Shin17

Now I know I left a nice comment I little bit ago and I still feel that way it’s just come to my attention that in 5th grade science there is a fish named Darwin and he is not being taken proper care of he just in a tank no filter or any thing that a gold fish or any fish needs he needs some thing to hide in and some fake or real plants to have I have fish my self and I think that you need the fallowing list of things: a good filter for the water, some plants, some things for the fishy to hide in, and some proper care of the water. Thank for reading my comment. I’m sorry for being one of those people that try to micro manage or any thing like that I just am really concerned for Darwin. You guys take good care of the other pets you have on there like the bunny and stuff like that (from what I can see) and I love your program I have never had a problem with it just this one thing got my attention. Thank you.

by Theoisomno

I really recommend getting this school program. if anyone does not like writing on paper or reading for information, you were going to love this program. 10 out of 10