Comparison

SpeedTest vs Exponential

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SpeedTest

Quickly measure your internet connection's performance. Understand if your network is sufficient for streaming, gaming, or video calls. Built-in tools help diagnose connection issues.

Highlights
  • Download speed test
  • Upload speed test
  • Latency and stability check
  • Network performance analysis
  • Test history comparison
  • Built-in network tools
Features
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Is your internet actually fast? Don’t guess. Test it. Videos buffering? Games lagging? Livestreams dropping out? Sometimes the problem isn’t your phone — it’s your connection. Open the app, tap once, and see how your network is really performing. Check download speed, upload speed, latency, stability, and more in seconds. It doesn’t just show you a Mbps number. It helps you understand whether your connection is good enough for gaming, streaming, video calls, or live broadcasting. If something feels off, built-in network tools can help you dig deeper and find out what’s slowing things down. Your test history stays on your device, so you can easily compare home Wi-Fi, office networks, 5G, or different times of day. Want to know how good your internet really is? Run a test. Apple Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Exponential

This app synchronizes issues, user feedback, and AI coding agents for teams building with AI. It offers real-time updates across devices, enabling collaborative issue tracking and AI-assisted code development.

Highlights
  • Real-time issue tracking with priorities and custom statuses
  • GitHub-backed boards for product development
  • Markdown descriptions with @mentions and task lists
  • AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, pi) integration
  • Live coding session monitoring and steering
  • Customer support ticket integration
Features
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Vibecode together. Exponential is a realtime issue tracker for teams that build with AI. Issues, user feedback and coding agents in one place, in sync on every device. Track work with your team: • Issues with priorities, labels, due dates and custom statuses • Boards for every part of your product, each optionally backed by a GitHub repository • Markdown descriptions and comments with @mentions, task lists and inline images • Realtime sync, the moment anything changes. No refresh, no stale views • Push notifications for mentions, assignments and PR activity Bring your own agents. Claude Code, Codex or pi run locally on your connected desktop, on your subscription. Pick an issue and hit Start coding, even from your phone. Your agent works on a real branch in your desktop IDE and opens the pull request when it is done. • Watch coding sessions live in the Agents tab and steer them by message • Answer your agent's questions right from your phone • Save actions for repeating AI tasks like code reviews, deploys or merge conflicts, and run them with one tap Customer support in the same place. Tickets from your users land next to your issues, replies go out by email, and the whole team sees the conversation. Free for teams of up to three on the hosted cloud, one plan when you grow. Exponential is open source under Apache-2.0, so self-hosting is free at any company size.

Screenshots

SpeedTest4 screens
Exponential4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Exponential at 100% against SpeedTest's 52%. Exponential also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). SpeedTest's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SpeedTest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Exponential asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Exponential holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpeedTest has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of SpeedTest's written reviews are positive against 100% of Exponential's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeedTest ships an update every 9 days, Exponential every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SpeedTest versus Exponential: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedTestExponential
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (18 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWuhan Yuhang Technology Co., LtdDennis Strahhuber

Customer experience

SpeedTest

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive51.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative40.7%

Exponential

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SpeedTest

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO lifetime$12.99
None

Exponential

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpeedTest free?
SpeedTest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exponential free?
Exponential is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpeedTest or Exponential?
Exponential is rated higher. SpeedTest averages 4.2 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Exponential averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SpeedTest or Exponential have ads?
Neither SpeedTest nor Exponential shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeedTest or Exponential?
SpeedTest ships an update every 9 days, and Exponential every 5 days. Most recently, SpeedTest was updated on October 30, 2026 and Exponential on October 31, 2026.

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