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Free to try — no signup to start, no card, no auto-debit, nothing taken silently. When you want the full library there are three plans, by length: ₹499 for three months, ₹699 for six, ₹999 for a year. Each is a single payment for that period, not a subscription — when it ends we ask you, and nothing is ever taken automatically. You can also keep learning free by sharing the app, and you can always try before paying anything.

On its own, no — and we'd rather say so. CAT sets are long, applied and deliberately awkward, and beating them takes practice against real sets under a real clock. What this builds is the layer those sets sit on: logical reasoning fundamentals, practised until they're automatic. It's the difference between reading a set and recognising it. Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension and Quantitative Ability all need their own preparation.

The IIMs don't say. The CAT 2026 press release, Information Bulletin, advertisement and eligibility notice all publish the three sections, the order and the 40-minute sectional clock — and no question count, no topic list and no marking scheme. For the format they point candidates to one place: the official mock exam on iimcat.ac.in. Any count or marking rule you read elsewhere is someone's reconstruction from past papers, not an IIM statement, so we don't repeat it here.

First year is not early, it's ideal: recognition is built over months and it doesn't expire, so a base laid now is still there in your CAT year. And you can sit CAT in your final year — a bachelor's degree with 50% (45% for SC, ST and PwBD) is the bar, and final-year students may apply. If November is close instead, this still helps, but be honest about what a few weeks buys: practice always beats no practice, and CAT scores stay valid past the current cycle, so nothing you build is spent on one attempt.

Yes — fully. Choose Hindi and the whole app is Hindi: the questions themselves, the options, and the explanation after each one — not an English app with Hindi labels around it. Worth knowing either way: CAT's own bulletin and advertisement are published in English, and Section I of the paper is Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension — so you will be reading and reasoning in English on the day regardless.

Almost never. The questions are on your phone, so you can practise on a train, in a village with no signal, on a phone with no data pack. The app checks in with us about once a week to confirm your access is still active — a few seconds, a few kilobytes. That's also when your progress is saved online and when replies to any questions you've asked come through. If you're offline for longer than that, nothing is lost — you just reconnect when you can.

Registration closes 15 September 2026 at 5:00 pm; the test is on 29 November 2026; admit cards download from 4 November; results are expected in the first week of January 2027 and the score is valid until 31 December 2027. The fee is ₹2,700, or ₹1,350 for SC, ST and PwBD candidates. Register only at iimcat.ac.in — the CAT Centre's own press release warns that no other website is affiliated with or authorised for CAT 2026. Never through an agent, and never through us. Their help desk is 1800 210 0175.