Ax Performance Test vs Breaking Limit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ax Performance Test
This app measures your device's CPU and GPU performance by dropping cubes until a target frame rate is reached. It calculates a total score based on cube count and polygons rendered per second, displaying detailed performance metrics.
- CPU performance measurement
- GPU performance measurement
- Rigid body physics simulation
- Visible polygons per second display
- Total performance score calculation
- GPU chip leaderboards
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Simple non-deterministic cube performance test. Measures CPU and GPU performance. Drops cubes until the frame rate averages less than 60. Cubes stack and tumble following rigid body physics properties. CPU performance is measured via physics performance and GPU is measured via the number of cubes your device can render. Displays visible polygons per second. A total score is calculated based on the number of cubes times the polygons per second. Leaderboards for each individual GPU chip.
Breaking Limit
This app is a cross-platform graphics benchmark that uses raytracing technology to compare performance across mobile and desktop devices. It includes various tests and uploads results to an online scoreboard for ranking.
- Cross-platform graphics benchmark
- Raytracing technology
- Raytraced Shadows and Reflections
- Official benchmark tests
- Customizable settings
- Online scoreboard comparison
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Breaking Limit is a true cross-platform graphics benchmark for mobile and desktop platforms, enabling effortless comparison of graphics performance across various devices by utilizing the same workload. It leverages cutting-edge Raytracing technology, including Raytraced Shadows and Reflections. The results obtained by running the Official benchmarks are uploaded to Powerboard online scoreboard. There, you may compare your results against others and see where you rank. Included Tests: - Official: The main benchmark that uses standard settings. - Official Native: Uses the same content and settings as Official, but uses device’s display resolution as the rendering resolution. - Custom: Uses the same content as Official, but allows users to change settings from the default ones used in Official.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ax Performance Test at 5.0 against Breaking Limit's 3.7. Ax Performance Test also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ax Performance Test holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
Ax Performance Test ships an update every 3 weeks, Breaking Limit every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ax Performance Test | Breaking Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 407 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Les Bird | Basemark |
Customer experience
Ax Performance Test
Breaking Limit
In-app purchases
Ax Performance Test
No in-app purchases
Breaking Limit
No in-app purchases
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