Bredbandskollen vs Birthday.se
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
Birthday.se
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bredbandskollen at none against Birthday.se's shown. Birthday.se's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Bredbandskollen ships an update every 6 months, Birthday.se every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bredbandskollen | Birthday.se |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stiftelsen for Internetinfrastruktur | Berlock Information AB |
In-app purchases
Bredbandskollen
No in-app purchases
Birthday.se
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bredbandskollen free?
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