SpeedChecker Speed Test vs Silicon Scope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpeedChecker Speed Test
Easily measure your Wi-Fi and mobile internet speeds, including download, upload, and ping, up to 1 Gb/s. Identify and improve Wi-Fi connection issues with detailed analysis and a dynamic results map. Ideal for gamers, streamers, and VoIP users seeking reliable performance worldwide.
- Wi-Fi and mobile internet speed test
- Download, upload, and ping measurement
- Identify Wi-Fi congestion and instability
- Supports 5G, 4G, 3G, LTE, Wi-Fi, GPRS
- Accurate up to 1 Gb/s
- Worldwide server testing
- Results history and dynamic map
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Our Speed Checker app easily, quickly and accurately measures your Wi-Fi network AND Mobile Internet Speed (download, upload and ping) up to 1 Gb/s. Your Wi-Fi connection could be slowing you down. Use our built-in Wi-Fi Speed Test to identify problems with your Wi-Fi Speed and help you improve it. This could be as simple as moving your device a few feet! Our test compares your actual speed with the maximum attainable from your Wi-Fi router. It is specifically created for mobile devices to ensure accurate and reliable results. Great for gamers, streamers, and VoIP users to test connections: Users can choose to test the speed to servers located Worldwide, Including the UK, USA, EU, Far East and South America. Your results history shows Wi-Fi and mobile/LTE results. Identify the connection quality in your area using our dynamic results map. Features: • New modern and intuitive design • New: Rate your provider feature • Wi-Fi connection speed test • Identify congested, slow and unstable Wi-Fi • 5G, 4G, 3G, LTE, Wi-Fi, GPRS • Accurate up to 1 Gb/s • Worldwide servers • Full History • Easy sharing of results • Dynamic Results Map • Full Test • Drive Test
Silicon Scope
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Silicon Scope is a system monitor for iPhone and iPad that shows what your hardware is actually doing, in real time, and measures it when you want a number instead of a graph. See total processor load and a live graph for every logical core, split by performance and efficiency cluster so you can tell which kind of core is doing the work. Watch memory, storage, battery, and network activity update as they happen. LIVE MONITORING - System-wide CPU load with a graph per logical core - Performance and efficiency core clusters identified separately - Network throughput, local IP and IPv6 address, and interface details - Storage capacity and available space - Battery charge, state, Low Power Mode, and thermal state - Metal graphics device capabilities and this app's allocation - Live thread list for the app itself, with names and CPU share BENCHMARK - Integer throughput and single-core floating point - Multi-core scaling across every core - Memory bandwidth - Metal compute throughput on the GPU A run takes a few seconds and reports raw units, GFLOPS, GB/s, and operations per second, alongside an index score. TRACK RESULTS OVER TIME Every run is kept on device, up to the most recent 100. A chart plots any single category across your runs, so you can see whether this device is holding its performance or losing it. The run log lists each result with the change from the run before it. The thermal state and Low Power Mode at the time of each run are recorded with the result and shown in the log, because both change what the numbers mean. Throttled runs are marked in the chart so a hot-device result is never mistaken for a fair comparison. Scores are anchored to fixed constants, which makes repeat runs on one device comparable. They are not calibrated against other devices and do not correspond to any third-party benchmark. BUILT FOR BOTH One app for iPhone and iPad. On iPad the tile grid widens and the layout keeps a readable column instead of stretching across the display. Every size of text is supported: the entire interface scales with your Dynamic Type setting, and dense rows reflow rather than truncate at accessibility sizes. Six appearances are included: Light, Ocean, Violet, Mint, Sunset, and Graphite. Refresh interval, chart history, units, and layout density are all adjustable. PRIVACY Silicon Scope makes no network requests. Nothing is uploaded, no account is required, and there is no analytics, tracking, or advertising of any kind. Every reading stays on your device. A NOTE ON WHAT iOS ALLOWS iOS does not give apps access to other apps' processes, so the thread list covers Silicon Scope itself rather than the whole system. iOS also keeps GPU utilization and battery capacity and cycle count private, so the Graphics section reports Metal device capabilities and this app's allocation, and the Battery section reports charge, state, and thermal condition. Everything shown is measured on device, and anything iOS does not report is labeled rather than estimated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SpeedChecker Speed Test at Free against Silicon Scope's $1.99. SpeedChecker Speed Test also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Silicon Scope's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
SpeedChecker Speed Test is free to download; Silicon Scope costs $1.99 up front. SpeedChecker Speed Test sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Silicon Scope asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpeedChecker Speed Test ships an update every 2 weeks, Silicon Scope every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpeedChecker Speed Test | Silicon Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (880 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 880 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Speedchecker Ltd | Hector Minaya |
Bugs and requests
SpeedChecker Speed Test
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes frequently
- Inconsistent speed readings
- Servers disappearing
Requested features
3 requests- More server location options
- Improved user interface
- Email/share test results
Silicon Scope
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SpeedChecker Speed Test
- Upgrade Speed Test to get better speed test experience!$4.99
Silicon Scope
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SpeedChecker Speed Test free?
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