Teacher-built test preparation

Built from real teaching experience.

English Rhino is built by an experienced English and test-prep teacher. The platform combines realistic practice, useful progress tools, and feedback designed around what students actually need while preparing for an exam.

Founder and teacher

Vahid Noori

English teacher and test-prep specialist with more than 12 years of experience teaching general English and exam preparation. That classroom experience shapes English Rhino's questions, study tools, and product decisions.

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The English Rhino journey

Built one milestone at a time.

This living roadmap will keep growing as students shape the platform.

August 1, 2026

English Rhino was born

An obsessive administrator decided that building an entire learning platform in under seven days sounded reasonable. Work began immediately.

August 1 to 7, 2026

The red-eye week

More than 100 hours of building, testing, rewriting, and questioning life choices went into seven days. The red eye watched over every late-night release.

August 7, 2026

Soft launch: let there be light

And on the seventh day, he did not rest. English Rhino opened its doors to a small group of students, and the real journey began.

August 8 to 31, 2026

The burnout month

More than 200 meaningful builds expanded, repaired, and refined the platform in less than a month. Every build moved something real forward.

September 1, 2026

Version 1 launch

English Rhino reaches Version 1 with a connected practice, progress, classroom, and learning-tool experience.

Future

Refinement

Streamline the experience, improve performance, and make every tool more useful with less friction.

Future

Wiser learning systems

Improve AI evaluators and train professional learning agents with the teacher knowledge behind English Rhino.

Teacher-led

Every practice tool is shaped by more than 12 years of real classroom experience.

Built for progress

Focused practice, useful feedback, and clear progress tools help turn effort into measurable improvement.

Independent

Independently built and continuously improved by the teacher who works directly with learners.

Changelog

English Rhino patch notes

We believe in transparency. Here is a detailed record of the steps that brought English Rhino to where it is today. For security, some security fixes and administrator-only changes are omitted.

Version 1.1.05

September 29, 2026

Live

Clearer practice tools

The English Rhino wordmark now fits the navigation and footer more cleanly while teachers prepare practice banks.

Patch notes · 1 change

The English Rhino wordmark fits the navigation and footer more cleanly.

Version 1.1.04

September 29, 2026

Practice maintenance

Question-bank creation keeps drafts available for teacher review, with smoother management of older course audio.

Patch notes · 1 change

Generated practice drafts remain available for teacher review.

Version 1.1.03

September 29, 2026

English Rhino wordmark

The new English Rhino wordmark appears in the menu and footer, with a bookmark that follows your exam color.

Patch notes · 1 change

See the English Rhino wordmark in the navigation and footer, with a bookmark in your exam color.

Version 1.1.02

September 28, 2026

Complete test results

See the scores available when a test ends, then watch writing and speaking results appear as they are ready. Start a completed test again with a fresh attempt.

Patch notes · 2 changes

See your complete test scores immediately while remaining evaluations finish in the background.
Start a fresh attempt of a completed test with clearer labels and progress.

Version 1.1.00

September 26, 2026

Clearer sentence practice

Build sentences in a clearer conversation layout, open answer explanations beside your work, and use sharper assistant menus in light mode.

Patch notes · 3 changes

Speaking responses now stay beside their questions with saved evaluations and estimated scores.
Sentence practice has clearer instructions and answer explanations.
All it took to fix the 3 biggest bugs in the app was gorilla glue. A LOT of it.

Version 1.0.99

September 26, 2026

Clearer word explanations

Review helpful clues for each missing word in Complete the Words practice, with clearly separated speakers in Academic Discussion.

Patch notes · 4 changes

See a separate teaching clue for each missing word in Complete the Words practice after it is reviewed.
Open Complete the Words explanations whenever you want, and choose when letter or word feedback appears.
Find clearer everyday definitions from a curated English dictionary.
A twisted move with every step. The thought we can't explain. Do I even want to feel again? The snow pours in our minds, chilling all to the bone. Numbing us from what we once felt again. Drift in the dark as our lives flow by We are all lonely out here

Version 1.0.98

September 26, 2026

Clearer exam practice

Find answers to more practical exam questions and move through calmer module cards with a clearer test entry.

Patch notes · 2 changes

Use a shorter Complete Test button and clearer hero heading.
Move between module cards with a calmer hover effect.

Version 1.0.97

September 25, 2026

Consistent navigation handles

Open and close desktop menus using tabs inside their own rails without covering adjacent controls.

Patch notes · 1 change

Keep both desktop menu handles inside their own rails without overlapping navigation or assistant controls.

Version 1.0.96

September 25, 2026

Clearer admin repairs and assistant text

Review what an AI repair will do and choose its model, with improved light-mode voice contrast and cleaner exam cards.

Patch notes · 2 changes

Read Speaking Partner controls and transcripts clearly in Light mode.
See lighter, lower question-bank counts on homepage exam cards.

Version 1.0.95

September 25, 2026

Clearer question explanations

Question explanations and answer choices can receive a more consistent review before they appear in practice.

Patch notes · 1 change

Read more consistently reviewed explanations and answer choices in practice.

Version 1.0.94

September 25, 2026

Consistent assistant themes and cleaner setup

Use both assistants comfortably in Light or Dark mode, open saved study material from a compact picker, and follow one clear glass study-plan route.

Patch notes · 6 changes

Use Study Assistant and Speaking Partner with readable controls and surfaces in both Light and Dark mode.
Open saved study material from a smaller picker attached to the action that opened it.
See file sharing identified clearly as coming soon from the disabled attachment control.
Follow the four Study Plan stages inside one clean glass rail with larger desktop choices.
Use assistant menu tabs aligned with the adjacent global navigation control.
See balanced spacing around the existing practice-catalog shortcut controls.

Version 1.0.93

September 25, 2026

Safer chats and warmer voice practice

Browse faster practice filters, read exam counts and study stages clearly, and choose how both assistants help with your saved study material.

Patch notes · 5 changes

Watch Study Assistant replies appear progressively while the active avatar shows that work is continuing.
Confirm a clearly labeled destructive action before deleting every message in the current chat.
Start voice practice from a warm amber microphone with responsive sound-wave indicators.
Keep the selected assistant scene visible behind a more readable welcome surface.
Prevent silence-related transcription artifacts from entering or interrupting voice conversations.

Version 1.0.92

September 25, 2026

A clearer place to begin

Enter both assistants through a cleaner scenic welcome, keep their controls beside the main menu, and move into focused transcripts only when the conversation starts.

Patch notes · 5 changes

Begin each Study Assistant visit with the selected scenery and clear starting choices before opening the transcript.
Start voice practice from a luminous microphone control inspired by the selected scene, with a smaller voice test nearby.
Keep History and Settings available on a compact assistant rail even when the full menu is closed.
Use one in-page study picker without a duplicate Study Plan link taking you away from the conversation.
See crisper assistant scenery through responsive image selection and a lighter welcome presentation.

Version 1.0.91

September 25, 2026

Assistants that stay in place

Keep both assistant workspaces inside one screen, with focused scrolling, calmer voice practice, and tidier appearance controls.

Patch notes · 4 changes

Keep long Study Assistant conversations inside one screen while only the conversation area scrolls.
Combine Speaking Partner controls and live speech into one calm transcript workspace with the selected scenic background.
Let both assistant menus close their active section, animate panel changes, and hide or reopen from a side tab.
Group display controls into one column and assistant backgrounds into an equal-height companion column.

Version 1.0.90

September 24, 2026

The familiar About page returns

Return to the established About page while keeping the latest performance, assistant, and discovery improvements.

Patch notes · 3 changes

Restore the established pre-tree About page and remove the rejected tree artwork and presentation code.
Preserve song lyric line breaks in expanded patch notes.
How much of it all is real? What does real even mean?

Version 1.0.89

September 24, 2026

A calmer place to speak

Practise speaking in a roomier live transcript workspace and open the public homepage with less server work.

Patch notes · 4 changes

Practise speaking in a roomier, calmer live transcript workspace.
Explore a cleaner and lighter About page.
Open the anonymous homepage without waiting for account-aware configuration.
Help browsers and AI tools discover English Rhino through valid static discovery files.

Version 1.0.88

September 24, 2026

Sharper IELTS General artwork

See cleaner, higher-quality IELTS General Training artwork on the homepage in both themes.

Patch notes · 2 changes

Read the founder story, roadmap, values, and release history over focused translucent panels.
See sharper, cleaner IELTS General Training artwork on the homepage in both themes.

Version 1.0.87

September 23, 2026

A Study Assistant space of your own

Choose a matched day and night study scene, begin with the artwork in full view, and move into a clearer focused conversation with saved teaching preferences.

Patch notes · 5 changes

Choose from ten matched day and night Study Assistant scenes plus simple colors and gradients.
See the artwork clearly before chatting, then keep replies readable over a subtly softened background.
Use one organized History or Settings rail with four presets and saved advanced tutoring preferences.
Expand Quick Notes naturally and keep Quick Assistant links clear of its resize control.
"In a garden full of angels You will never be alone But oh, the road is long The stones that you are walking on Have gone With the moonlight to guide you Feel the joy of being alive The day that you stop running Is the day that you arrive And the night that you got locked in Was the time to decide Stop chasing shadows Just enjoy the ride"