No tricks, no fine print. Here is exactly how PsychIQ works.
Yes. Every test and every result is free, shown instantly. There is no "free until the results screen, then pay" trick — the thing most online tests do. No credit card is ever required.
No. You can take all 55 tests and see every result without an account, an email, or a card. Nothing is held hostage.
Non-intrusive display ads, optional donations, and an optional premium upgrade (the cross-test "Life Mirror" deep report, ad-free use, and PDF export). Your results themselves are never what we charge for.
No. Your answers are processed and stored on your own device, not on our servers. Clear your browser storage and they are gone.
Each assessment is built on published, peer-reviewed frameworks — the same instruments clinicians and researchers use. See exactly which one powers each test on The Science page. They are for education and self-reflection, not a medical diagnosis.
It uses 35 purely visual matrix puzzles (Raven's-style progressive matrices), no words or numbers, a hard 25-minute time limit, and difficulty that ramps from simple rotations to multi-rule logic — scored on the standard 100-mean/15-SD IQ scale. But only a proctored, professionally normed test can give an official IQ score — and we tell you that honestly rather than selling you a certificate.
Hidden validity items check the honesty and consistency of your answers — detecting inattentive "straight-lining," socially-desirable answering, and improbable claims. When they fire, we lower your "result confidence" rating and tell you, rather than presenting a skewed score as fact.
It depends on the test. Some report percentiles from published research norms — large, peer-reviewed samples. Others show a provisional norm, an interim estimate from our own respondents that sharpens as more people take the test. We label which one you are seeing on every result, instead of presenting a single number as gospel. See how scoring works.
Your test answers are scored on your device and are never sold. The site shows standard display ads (which use cookies, like most of the web), and features like the leaderboard or sharing a result are strictly opt-in — and they send only a score, never your individual answers.