zBenchmark vs Super PiBench
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
zBenchmark
This app measures the performance of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch's processor and memory. It offers seven benchmark tests and displays detailed technical information about your device.
- Processor performance testing
- Memory bandwidth testing
- Integer math operations
- Floating point math operations
- Prime number generation
- Raytracing benchmark
- Device technical details
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zBenchmark tests the performance of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch's processor and memory system. It provides seven types of benchmark and graphs the results of them: • 64-bit memory bandwidth using transfers to/from main registers. • 128-bit memory bandwidth using transfers to/from vector registers. • Integer math operations. • Single-precision floating point math operations. • Double-precision floating point math operations. • Prime number generation. • Raytracing. The app also provides technical details about your device.
Super PiBench
This app calculates Pi to a specified number of decimal places using a high-performance engine. It offers benchmarking, a global leaderboard, and stress testing to evaluate device performance. Users can explore Pi-related knowledge and share results.
- Pi computation to any decimal place
- High-performance C/GMP engine
- Global leaderboard for device comparison
- Device stress testing
- Multi-core parallel computation (Pro)
- Pi Knowledge module
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Super PiBench computes Pi to any number of decimal places using the Chudnovsky algorithm — one of the fastest known methods. Built on a high-performance C/GMP engine for dramatically fast computation, comprehensive benchmarking, and a global leaderboard to see how your device stacks up worldwide. GLOBAL LEADERBOARD (Pro) - All-time board + weekly board: refreshed every Monday, newcomers can reach the top too - Submit your benchmark score to compete with users worldwide - See where your Apple device ranks among iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, and more - Scores verified on-device and uploaded securely via iCloud HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENGINE - Built on GMP (GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library) for optimized large-number arithmetic - Chudnovsky algorithm with binary splitting: ~14 digits per term - Multi-core parallel computation with threaded binary splitting and merge (Pro) - More accurate time estimation with per-magnitude calibration APPLE WATCH - Compute Pi right on your wrist — works without iPhone - Multi-core computation and global leaderboard submission (Pro) - Digit limit raised to 10 million (Pro) - One-tap submission after calculating, with built-in time estimation PRESETS - Free: 100 / 10,000 / 100,000 / 1,000,000 digits - Pro: 10,000,000 / 20,000,000 / 50,000,000 / 100,000,000 digits - Custom input for any digit count STRESS TEST - Push your chip to the limit with repeated benchmark rounds - Free: up to 10 million digits, 5 rounds, single-core - Pro: up to 100 million digits, 20 rounds, multi-core - Bar chart visualization with color-coded best/worst results - Automatic trend detection: stable, throttling, or improving TOOLS & SHARING - Search for any number sequence with fast Boyer-Moore algorithm (Pro) - Generate and share beautiful computation result cards (Pro) - Save computation history for later review (Pro) - Copy, share, or export results with one tap KNOWLEDGE - Pi Knowledge module: fun facts, historical timeline, real-world applications, and algorithm explanations LANGUAGES - 14 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Arabic, Greek DESIGN - iOS 26 Liquid Glass design: floating tab bar and glass effects throughout - Dark and light mode support - Core functionality runs entirely on-device, no internet required - Universal app: iPhone, iPad, Mac (Catalyst), and Apple Watch Free version computes up to 1,000,000 digits. Unlock Pro for global leaderboard, multi-core computing, extended stress test, digit search, history, share cards, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Super PiBench at 5.0 against zBenchmark's 4.5. Super PiBench also leads on device support. zBenchmark's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and iOS requirement 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. Super PiBench sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. zBenchmark asks for nothing beyond the download.
Super PiBench holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | zBenchmark | Super PiBench |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zack Smith | Qianyu Zhu |
Customer experience
zBenchmark
Super PiBench
In-app purchases
zBenchmark
No in-app purchases
Super PiBench
- Pro Upgrade$0.99
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