About Aptly
Aptly is a non-commercial study project built and run by Joao Perracini. It helps you practise IB Economics answers and shows you what to work on next. It is free, there is no paid version, and it is not a company.
Using Aptly means these terms apply to you. If you do not agree with them, please do not create an account.
How old you need to be
You need to be at least 13 to use Aptly. This is Aptly's eligibility rule. If you are under 18 and anything here is unclear, ask a parent, guardian or another trusted adult to help you understand it. These terms do not remove protections UK law gives children.
Aptly is a practice tool, not an examiner
This is the most important thing on this page, so it is stated plainly:
- Aptly's marks are practice estimates. They are not official IB grades.
- They are not predictions of what you will get in a real exam.
- Aptly is not a substitute for your teacher, your examiner or your official course materials — use it alongside them.
- Aptly cannot and does not promise any particular grade or academic outcome.
AI writes the feedback
Aptly's feedback and marks are produced by AI. Practice questions come from Aptly's question bank or are generated by AI. AI makes mistakes: a mark can be too high or too low, and feedback can miss something or get something wrong.
Questions Aptly generates are original Aptly practice. They are not real IB exam questions and are not taken from official IB papers.
Your account
Use your own account, and keep access to it private — anyone with your sign-in link can reach your work. Do not try to get into anyone else's account or data.
Your work
What you write stays yours. Aptly does not claim ownership of your answers or diagrams. You give Aptly permission to process and store your submitted material, and send it to its service providers, as needed to assess it, produce feedback, save History, suggest practice and securely operate the service. Aptly can investigate problems and review optional ratings, comments and student-reported marks to improve feedback quality. This is not permission to sell your work or publish it for others. The Privacy Notice explains exactly what that involves.
Two things to avoid uploading:
- Other people's personal information — you do not need it for an Economics answer, and it is best kept out of Aptly.
- Material you are not entitled to submit. Use only schoolwork, extracts, diagrams and other material you have permission or another legal right to use.
Fair use
Aptly pays for every AI request, so reasonable daily limits apply to grading, practice generation, scanning and diagram review. They are set to be generous for normal study and may change as described below. Follow your school's assessment rules: do not pass off AI output as your own work where that is prohibited. Normal practice and revision are welcome.
Things not to do
- Do not try to get around usage limits or security.
- Do not try to access another person's account or data.
- Do not deliberately submit harmful or malicious content.
- Do not try to extract Aptly's internal grading instructions.
- Do not use Aptly for anything unlawful.
Aptly may restrict or remove an account that is being seriously misused, or that puts the service or other students at risk. Where practical, Aptly will explain the reason and give you a chance to put matters right. Urgent safety, security or legal concerns may require immediate action. You can email Aptly to ask for a review or access to your information; an account restriction does not remove your data-protection rights.
Aptly will change, and sometimes break
Aptly is actively being built and may be unavailable during maintenance or unexpected problems. There is no uptime promise. Features or limits may need to change because of costs, provider changes, security issues, legal requirements or improvements to the study tools. Aptly will give reasonable advance notice in the app or by email of a significant reduction or closure, with a chance to request a copy of your work. Where urgent action is needed, Aptly will explain as soon as reasonably possible.
Deleting your account
You can delete your account at any time from Your data. That removes your account and the work, feedback and practice history saved with it, and cannot be undone. The Privacy Notice explains separate email, provider-log and backup retention.
What Aptly is responsible for
Aptly aims to provide the service with reasonable care and skill. Because AI can make mistakes, its marks are not a promise of an academic result. Keep a separate copy of important work. These cautions do not excuse a failure to take reasonable care. Aptly remains responsible as required by law for reasonably foreseeable loss caused by its breach of these terms or negligence.
Nothing here takes away statutory consumer rights or other UK legal rights that cannot be signed away. Nothing limits liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or anything else the law does not allow Aptly to exclude or limit.
Getting in touch
Email contactaptly@gmail.com with anything at all — questions about these terms, problems with the service, or requests about your information.
Changes to these terms
Aptly may update these terms to reflect changes to the service described above, correct an error or meet legal requirements. Material changes will be explained in the app or by email with reasonable notice before they apply, unless urgent legal or security reasons prevent that. Changes will not retrospectively take away rights you already have. You can stop using Aptly and request a copy of your work or delete your account.
Aptly and the IB
Aptly has been developed independently from and is not endorsed by the International Baccalaureate Organization.
IB and International Baccalaureate are trademarks of the International Baccalaureate Organization. Aptly refers to them only to describe the course it helps you study for.