Bredbandskollen vs DC Metro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bredbandskollen
Instantly test your mobile or fixed internet connection speed, including download and upload speeds, and latency. This free tool protects your privacy with anonymous data collection and offers an optional feature to share measurement locations on a public speed map.
- Measure internet speed
- Download and upload speed
- Latency testing
- Anonymous data collection
- Optional location sharing for speed map
- Free to use
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Bredbandskollen is an easy way for you to immediately check the speed of your mobile or fixed internet. After downloading and installing Bredbandskollen on your phone, you can measure the internet speed you get from your internet provider, download and upload speed and latency. The app is easy to use and is free of charge. Your integrity is protected and your data is anonymous. When measuring your mobile internet speed, you have a choice to share the position where the measurement was done. Bredbandskollen collects the position and displays it in a speed map for users to take part of. You can at any time change your settings in your phone to disallow sharing of your position. Bredbandskollen is also offered as a web service and as open source software for measuring fixed and wifi connections. Visit bredbandskollen.se. Publisher for Bredbandskollen is the Swedish Internet Foundation (Internetstiftelsen), an independent, private foundation that works for the positive development of the internet. We are responsible for the Swedish top-level domain .se and the operation of the top-level domain .nu. For more information visit our website internetstiftelsen.se On our website you can find answers to your questions. You can also contact our customer support at support@bredbandskollen.se
DC Metro
Get real-time train arrival information for Washington DC's metro system. Organize your favorite stops and view a subway map to easily navigate stations.
- Real-time train arrivals
- Favorite stop organization
- Subway map browsing
- Station finder
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Quickly access train arrivals for any metro stop in the Washington DC area. You can also add and organize your most frequently used metro stops, or browse a subway map to find stations. This app is not published, sponsored or approved by WMATA.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: DC Metro at 6 against Bredbandskollen's 2. Bredbandskollen's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Bredbandskollen against 3.0 for DC Metro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Bredbandskollen's written reviews are positive against 61% of DC Metro's.
Bredbandskollen ships an update every 6 months, DC Metro every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bredbandskollen | DC Metro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 61.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stiftelsen for Internetinfrastruktur | Justin Cohen |
Customer experience
Bredbandskollen
DC Metro
In-app purchases
Bredbandskollen
No in-app purchases
DC Metro
No in-app purchases
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