Handy 990
TOEIC reading and listening
Free · In‑App Purchases
Handy 990 helps you practice for the TOEIC Listening and Reading test with focused reading questions, listening questions, and timed mock-test sessions.
Practice by TOEIC part, answer realistic question formats, and review missed questions after each session. Handy 990 is designed for short study sessions that fit into daily routines while still supporting full-length mock-test practice.
Key features:
- TOEIC reading and listening practice
- Part-based drills for targeted study
- Timed mock-test mode
- Immediate or end-of-test review
- Score summaries and weakness analytics
- Multilingual instructions and explanations
- Compact interface for one-handed practice
Handy 990 is an independent practice app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ETS, IIBC, or any official TOEIC administrator.
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more - Settings is tidier: expandable sections make reminders, practice, and downloads easier to find.
1.81.0 1d ago
- Explanations rebuilt across all seven Parts: the answer first, the line that proves it, then why each wrong option fails. Part 7's 3,808 questions are the last to arrive. You said they were hard to follow, so we rewrote them.
- 174 Part 7 questions fixed, and 14 passage sets whose dates and sums disagreed have made peace.
- Phrase flashcards now have play buttons, so you can stop dubbing them in your head.
- Fixed the app going quiet on a silenced iPhone after leaving Vocab Playlist or Vocab Radio; both players now show the app icon on the lock screen.
- The spoken A in Parts 1 and 2 has cleared its throat.
- Entering your score in Settings now updates your estimate and opens the score card.
1.80.0 2d ago
- Practise flashcard example sentences with dictation and shadowing, right from the card.
- After shadowing, see which words your device heard and which you might try again.
1.79.0 3d ago
- Exam-room noise now works in reading practice, levels 0–5.
- iPhone finishes uploading after you leave the app.
- Answers, bookmarks and notes are safer through failed saves and sync.
- Part 6: every option in 680 questions explained; over 100 questions corrected to one clear answer.
- Part 3 and 4 questions keep playing after a pause; words are read aloud if a clip fails.
- The Glossary finds more words; evidence highlights show every question number.
- Smaller iOS download.
1.78.0 4d ago
- Halloween visitor, October 25–31: tap for surprises or turn it off in Settings.
- More compact home practice cards.
- Clearer beginnings for Android listening audio.
- Corrected Part 3 and 4 questions and answers.
- Clearer guidance when a study record is too large for cloud backup; local progress stays available.
- Mac downloads extra listening audio as needed; starter audio works offline.
1.77.0 5d ago
- Learn related words together in Word Clusters: compare word families, confusables, topics, and synonym phrases. Words can bring their friends.
- Choose the meaning when saving a word, then edit it without losing your notes. One word, the meaning you actually met.
- Corrected vocabulary meanings and restored missing lookup words. Definitions should answer the sentence, not wander off.
- Manage British and Australian audio packs in Settings, and hear word beginnings more clearly on cards and maps. No missing first syllable.
- Clearer listening explanations and Part 5 choices; dictation accepts more valid British spellings. Fewer arguments with a correct answer.
- Study diagnosis remembers past mistakes after you correct them, so diligent review no longer hides your weak spots.
1.76.0 Oct 28
- React to announcements with an emoji or send the team a private reply. Give your thumbs a voice.
- Saved lookup words show meanings and play audio right in the list; tap a selected word again in Word Web or theme maps to open its card. Fewer detours, more words.
- Sharper listening and Part 5 explanations, clearer answer choices, better-ordered Part 3–4 questions, and ten new Part 4 talks. Less guesswork, more listening.
- Corrected vocabulary meanings and 39 Australian pronunciations; dictation better handles valid British and American spellings in context. Different spelling need not mean a wrong answer.
- Spoken vocabulary examples now use a steady, gentle highlight instead of blinking. Keep your eyes and ears on the same page.
1.75.0 Oct 25
- Quiz your saved vocabulary and optionally remove a word after three correct answers in a row. Words with notes stay saved: even bookmarks can graduate.
- With “Review at the end” in Smart Practice, the Part 5 timer runs until you leave the question, including thought after a tap. No early clock-outs.
- Vocabulary examples now play from the first word, with steadier handling of interrupted speed changes. A Part 3 contract clue is clearer, too: ears over mind-reading.
1.74.0 Oct 23
- Choose exam-room noise from 0–5 for listening practice and mocks: give your ears a dress rehearsal; mocks still start quiet.
- Vocabulary cards open full-screen paintings and keep them cached: give each word a place on your mental gallery wall.
- Grammar weak spots groups Part 5 and 6 into five families, with rules, lessons and drills: less hunting, more targeted practice.
- Pro daily missions ask for up to ten mistakes a day, or the whole backlog in the sprint phase; retry or mark reviewed, and finally tick that box.
- Dictation accepts British and American spellings, grades the whole word-bank sentence and marks wrong words: spelling disputes can take a break.
- Reading mocks can count time up, while resumed tests and submitted answers keep steadier records: let the clock run, not the tally.
1.73.0 Oct 21
- Vocabulary cards now start with brief meanings. Tap Details & examples for more; your choice sticks, so every card need not unpack its whole suitcase.
- Score estimates balance easy, medium, and hard questions, and respond sooner to practice after an official score is entered; difficulty gets less of the spotlight.
- Unanswered questions in timed mock tests now count as misses in your estimate; blanks no longer get to disappear.
- Part 4 paraphrases 13 answers that echoed the recording, while Part 5 and 6 fix three ambiguous distractors; understanding should beat mind-reading.
- Hall of Fame cards show larger portraits beside scores and stories; good work deserves more than a tiny circle.
1.72.0 Oct 15
- 100 new Part 3 and 4 warm-up sets: give your ears a gentler runway.
- Messages from the developer now arrive in your inbox, with a Reply button to keep the conversation going.
- Sharing your learning story is your choice: feedback now has an optional field-report consent box, unchecked by default.
- Finished your small comeback session? Continue straight into today's practice, while the momentum is warm.
- Clearer listening graphic-option glosses, paraphrases and explanations: fewer detours for your brain.
- Long-press word-lookup hints now retire after use; Part 5 and 6 guides opened from analysis also show the solving-rules shortcut.
1.71.0 Oct 15
- Part 2 adds 150 questions and refreshes hundreds of replies, while Part 5/7 wording and Part 7 translations get a polish; the right answer should not need a second opinion.
- Grammar drills let you go back without losing half-finished pages, and selected words stay in their original slots; fewer disappearing acts.
- Reading mock tests show the same score in results and history, plus time spent on each passage set; one test, one score.
- Android vocabulary audio now warms up before playing, so the first sound of a word makes it to class.
- Cached AI explanations now check for corrections, with clearer Part 5 examples; old mistakes need not become family heirlooms.
1.70.0 Oct 13
- Missed a day? The next morning the home card asks for just five questions to get back on track. Daily reminders can now follow your routine (after lunch, before bed…) instead of a clock time, and milestone cheers talk about who you are becoming, not just the count. The Pro weekly review also explains why a hard week's estimate can lag behind the effort.
- New free vocabulary drill 聽音選意: hear a word, pick its meaning. The spelling stays hidden, so your ears do the work for once. (Not shown when the app language is English.)
- Look up any word from the practice screen's ⋮ menu once the answer is revealed. No more leaving the session to chase a synonym.
- Every blind-spot card in the mistake book now links somewhere to study: a grammar lesson, a 解題鐵則, the collocation drill or the Part 6 walkthrough. Redoing is no longer the only way out.
- Part 4 gains 62 new talks with "what does the speaker mean" and "what is probably true" questions, and mock tests stop re-serving talks you have already heard while fresh ones remain. Déjà vu is now reserved for the real exam.
- The free daily quota now resets at midnight even if you never close the app. Night owls, your new day actually begins.
- Content polish: nine Part 7 questions now match their passages word for word, 93 Part 2 clips are back at their proper pace, 42 vocabulary meanings swapped filler phrases for real ones, and 文化典故 adds 159 entries across six new chapters.
1.69.0 Oct 8
- New Warm-up mode builds confidence with shorter questions and more common words: Parts 2 and 5 start with easier items, Parts 3 and 4 add 80 short conversations and talks with one or two questions each, and Part 7 starts with short passages. Reach a warm-up score of 80 in each Part to move on. Warm-up questions are free, use no daily free-question quota and do not affect your TOEIC score estimate. Toggle the mode any time on Home or in Settings; warm up before the main event.
- The mistake book groups Part 5/6 blind spots, lets you mark items reviewed, and gives fresh misses lower priority; give memory room to work.
- Part 5/6 explanations now name matching grammar rules, with a daily grammar family to review in the five days before your exam; fewer last-minute scrambles.
- Part 3/4 review now highlights useful transcript phrases, with a first-time tip to preview the questions; your ears have backup.
- An optional vocabulary check revisits words marked known for 60 days, up to two a day; forgotten words can return to Smart Review.
- Simplified wording in 110 Part 1/2 items and 108 Part 7 sets, and fixed ambiguous Part 6/7 answers and stale translations; less decoding, more learning.
- Practice history now lists Part 6/7 passages for rereading, passage titles support word lookup, and mostly-wrong sessions end more quietly; every day is not a victory parade.
1.68.0 Oct 4
- Added step-by-step tours for Home, word practice, Smart Review, and study insights.
- Revised 180 Part 3/4 listening sets with clearer workplace English; obscure jargon retired.
- Completed mock dates sync across devices when signed in; daily missions stop asking for an extra mock.
- This week's review and study statistics now share question totals and study-day boundaries.
- Fixed crashes removing word audio packs and disappearing mock scores after rapid taps.
1.67.0 Oct 2
- Set word and phrase audio to 0.75×, 1×, or 1.25× speed.
- Part 3 and 4 audio plays closer to exam pace, and more listening sets use clear workplace English.
- Vocabulary examples and collocations now use more natural phrases.
- Study insights compare Parts only when there is enough practice data.
- Smart Review remembers swipe or button controls and preloads upcoming vocabulary pictures.
1.66.0 Sep 30
- Listening Parts 3 and 4 can wait up to 20 seconds before audio starts, giving you more time to read ahead.
- Grammar Book exercises number sentences and blanks more clearly, so each answer points to the right spot.
- Study-hours reports can include a company tax ID for workplace paperwork.
1.65.0 Sep 27
- Smart Review now lets you tune review spacing and undo a rating from the bottom bar, even on the last card.
- My Library can practice every saved word, including dictionary lookups, with no collection setup required.
- Use colored highlighters in reading practice and the Grammar Book; your notes no longer have to be all one color.
- Every Grammar Book chapter now has a comic; grammar looks a little less stern.
- Mistake Review can show the other questions in the same Part 3/4 or Part 6/7 set, not just the ones you missed.
- Part 3/4 reads every question after the passage, even when you answer early; no more disappearing question audio.
- Phrase practice has fewer double-right-answer traps and repaired examples; hundreds of vocabulary collocations now use natural phrases.
1.64.0 Sep 25
- Set separate daily Smart Review limits for words and phrases; extra cards wait.
- Show vocabulary card pictures only after revealing the answer.
- Focused Listening Part 3/4 drills now cover speaker intent and charts.
- Clear mistakes for one Part without clearing the rest.
- Review saved answers from completed Smart Practice sessions.
- Part 3/4 question audio no longer overlaps conversations.
1.63.0 Sep 23
- Interactive Grammar Book beta adds story chapters, checks, progress and catch-up.
- Root Workshop animates 93 word families with audio and quizzes.
- TOEIC Grammar Focus guides you through six key areas.
- Multi-device sync now hands off safely and protects pending progress.
- Weak question types open focused drills with results follow-up.
- Smart Review adds swipe, shuffle, undo, collocations and extra new words.
- Part 6 sentence insertion gets an easier practice ramp.
1.62.0 Sep 20
- Vocabulary and Phrase practice now use clear Today, Practice, and Explore hubs.
- Review Schedule lists overdue, due-today, and upcoming cards, with quick review and cleanup.
- Bookmarks save in one tap, notes stay collapsed until opened, and random mistake review starts with older misses.
- Late-night learners can set the study day to end as late as 6 a.m.
1.60.0 Sep 8
- Part 7 uses tighter spacing and wider text columns, giving passages more room.
- Listening transcripts can be hidden again, and vocabulary lookup's Back button now returns to the list.
- Casual mock-test clocks pause while feedback is open, preserving answer time.
- Part 7 adds a third layout with button-controlled sizing for people who prefer clicking to dragging the divider.
1.59.0 Sep 7
- Pro Score Lift turns a changed Smart Practice estimate into a mascot-powered score reveal.
- Study Diagnosis keeps past reports by date; overdue vocabulary links straight to Smart Review.
- Update reminders stay quiet when you are close and become firmer only when you fall far behind.
- Unfinished reading and listening practice asks before you leave, protecting your answers.
1.58.0 Sep 6
- Dictation and Shadowing arrive with 240 graded sentences, recording comparisons, and mistake retries.
- Phrase Journey adds 65 levels, a gem map, a chosen starting point, and smarter daily review.
- Study Time Proof exports a private, editable PDF from your practice history.
- Don't rapidly drag Home up and down—the little sprite living in the app gets very dizzy.
1.57.1 Sep 4
- The new Hall of Fame celebrates 860+ scores and 150+ point gains through nickname-only applications, with no leaderboard.
- Study Diagnosis is easier to find, unlocks sooner, announces new reports on Home, and recognizes thin practice.
1.56.0 Sep 2
- Settings is tidier: expandable sections make reminders, practice, and downloads easier to find.
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