Each row follows the same rule. What belongs in the empty cell?
Your answer
An IQ test with no sign-up, and no surprises
This IQ test needs no sign-up: no account, no email and no password, and question 1 is already open above. You can finish all 25 puzzles without giving any details. Seeing your score is a paid step: when you finish, you choose a report, paid once. We say so now so it is not a surprise later.
What "no sign-up" means here, exactly
Plenty of sites promise an IQ test with no sign-up and then ask for an email before the result, or reveal a subscription at the end. So here is the full picture, step by step.
| Step | What you give | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Start the test | Nothing | Question 1, straight away |
| Answer 25 questions | Your answers, kept anonymous | A 12-minute timer and the full test |
| Finish | Nothing | A choice of reports, with prices shown |
| Choose a report (optional) | Payment through Stripe, which asks for an email for the receipt | Your score, percentile and report |
| Create an account | Never needed on the website | Not applicable |
There is no subscription and no trial that turns into a charge. Every report is a one-time payment. If you finish and decide not to buy, you close the page and nothing else happens.
Two practice items, also without signing up
These two practice items are written for this page and are not test questions. The answers and explanations are shown as soon as you choose.
Colour and count follow two different rules. What is the missing cell?
Tap an option to check your answer. Practice only, not part of the scored test.
The shape turns on every step and the count changes on every second step. What comes fifth?
Tap an option to check your answer. Practice only, not part of the scored test.
What happens to your answers
UK data protection law asks organisations to collect only the personal data they need, a principle called data minimisation. A reasoning test does not need your name or email to work, so it does not ask for them.
- While you take the test, your answers are processed without your name or email attached.
- If you buy a report, Stripe handles the payment. We keep the details needed to rebuild your report, such as your answers and the name you choose to put on it, with the purchase.
- We never see your full card details. Stripe stores them only if you ask it to.
- We measure the site, such as how many people start and finish, with anonymous analytics. Advertising measurement follows your cookie choices.
The privacy policy has the full detail, including how to ask for your data to be deleted.
Why so many IQ tests ask you to sign up
An email address is valuable to a website. It can be used for reminders, newsletters and offers long after you have forgotten the test. That is why many sites put an email box between the last question and the result: by then you have spent ten minutes and are likely to type it in.
Some ask for an account so they can show your history or let you retake the test. Those are real reasons, but they are not reasons to require it before you have seen a single question. A test can work perfectly well without knowing who you are.
Our approach is the reverse. You see question 1 before anything else. The only time you are asked for any detail is if you decide to buy a report, and then it is the payment provider asking, for the receipt. If you start checkout and change your mind, you may get one reminder email about that purchase, and the payment page lets you turn that off.
How to spot a fair no-sign-up IQ test
Whichever test you choose, these five checks take a minute and save a lot of irritation. They apply to us as much as to anyone, and we have tried to pass all five on this page. If we ever fail one, tell us.
- Is the price stated before you start? If a site will not say what the result costs, assume it costs something.
- Is it one payment or a subscription? Look for the words "trial", "membership" or "per week" near the checkout button.
- Is an email required before the result? That is a sign-up by another name.
- Does it say how many questions and how long? A real test tells you. Ours is 25 questions and 12 minutes.
- Does it say what the test is not? An honest test says it is an estimate and not a clinical assessment.
Other ways to get an IQ score, compared
| Route | Sign-up needed? | Cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| LifeScore online test | No | Paid report | An online estimate with a full report |
| Convert a score you already have | No | Nothing | An estimated range from your SAT, ACT, GRE or similar |
| Mensa supervised test | Yes, you book a session | A test fee (about £49 for Mensa UK at the time of writing) | Pass or fail at the top 2% |
| Psychologist assessment | Yes, an appointment | Usually hundreds of pounds | A full clinical report with a confidence interval |
If you already have an admissions-test score, the score converters give an estimated range with no test at all. If you want a result that counts for something formal, such as joining Mensa, only a supervised test will do: see the Mensa practice test guide.
How the test works, and what it costs
Nothing on this page changes the test: it is the same 25-question LifeScore test, opened for you at question 1.
- What you answer. 25 picture puzzles in five sets of five, each easy to hard: patterns, spatial reasoning, sequences, analogies, rules. There is no vocabulary, trivia or school maths.
- How long. One 12-minute timer. You can go back and change an answer until it runs out. When it does, the test ends with the answers you have given.
- What it is not. LifeScore is a 25-question online visual reasoning test. It is not a clinical assessment and is not administered by a psychologist. It is not age-normed, and the result is an estimate, not a diagnosis.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an IQ test with no sign-up?
Can I see my IQ score without paying?
Do I need to give my email to take the test?
Is this an IQ test with instant results?
Is there a subscription?
Can I take the test again without an account?
Is my data sold?
What's your IQ?
The test is at the top of this page. You only pay if you choose a report at the end.
25 questions · about 12 minutes
Sources
- Information Commissioner's Office. The data minimisation principle (UK GDPR).
- Competition and Markets Authority. Unfair commercial practices guidance (CMA207), including drip pricing.
- International Test Commission (2005). Guidelines on computer-based and Internet-delivered testing.
- LifeScore privacy policy.