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Academic Ace
Practice for Texas UIL academic competitions on real past tests, not look-alike questions: more than 26,000 questions from contests UIL has given and released, with their official answer keys, real time limits and real scoring — on the device a student already has. Pick A+ (grades 2–8) or High School.
- Number Sense — 48 released tests (3,840 problems) with the real 10-minute timer and +5 / −4 scoring
- Chess Puzzles — 1,389 puzzles from released tests, 2017 to today
- Music Memory — the official piece list and recordings for every year since 2017, past quizzes and a listening quiz
- Science — 34 released tests with the real graphs, tables and diagrams, scored +5 / −2
- Dictionary Skills — 54 released tests: meanings, origins, Morse code and matching, scored +3 / −2
- Social Studies — 48 released tests with the real maps, photos and charts, scored +3 / −2, plus 2026-27 mock exams from UIL's new study outline
- Art — 52 released tests on art elements and art history, plus 2026-27 mock exams that draw 15 of this year's 30 official works for picture identification
- High School Spelling & Vocabulary — 27 released District, Region and State tests, with words read aloud
- High School Social Studies — 44 released tests on each year's topic and reading list, scored by part, plus a 2026-27 mock exam
- High School Science — 43 released tests in biology, chemistry and physics, scored +6 / −2, with each test's data page and UIL's worked solutions
- High School Literary Criticism — 43 released tests: literary terms, the reading list and poems as printed, plus a 2026-27 mock exam
- High School Number Sense — 43 released tests: 80 problems in 10 minutes, from arithmetic to calculus, scored +5 / −4
- How to solve it — every missed question on the 2025-26 Number Sense tests comes with the shortcut and each step
- Skill Lessons — 14 short Number Sense lessons, one per question type, with worked examples from real tests
- Progress tracking — accuracy trends, practice streaks, and achievements
- Smart review — missed questions come back on a spaced-repetition schedule, so they stick
Academic Ace is an independent study aid and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the University Interscholastic League (UIL).
Study help, not just practice
Miss a question on a 2025-26 Number Sense test and Academic Ace shows how to solve it: the shortcut a fast solver would use, then each step. Skill Lessons cover all 14 kinds of Number Sense question — estimation, fractions, unit conversions, Roman numerals and more — each with the key ideas and worked examples taken from real released tests.
The explanations and lessons were written with AI and checked against UIL's official answer keys, and the app says so on every one.
Why we built it
Jensen took 2nd place in Number Sense in Wylie ISD. Getting ready meant a lot of practice tests at the kitchen table — and no good way to do them on a tablet. So his dad, a physicist, built the practice tool they wished they had, and Jensen tested every build. Today it covers twelve UIL contests with real past tests: Number Sense, Science and Social Studies (each A+ and High School), Chess Puzzle, Music Memory, Dictionary Skills, Art, and High School Spelling & Vocabulary and Literary Criticism.
For coaches & coordinators
Your students practice on the tests UIL actually gave — the same wording, diagrams and answer keys they will see at a meet. Free, with no account, no ads and no tracking — practice stays on the device. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Android, so it works for whatever families already have.
Privacy
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your practice data stays on your device. Read the Privacy Policy.
Terms
Independent study aid, personal educational use. Read the Terms of Service.
Support
Questions or bugs? hello@cyquila.com, or use Settings → Send Feedback in the app.