NetGlance vs Shadow Internet Speed Test

NetGlance puts your live network speed in the tray, so a glance at the top of your iPhone tells you exactly what your connection is doing — without opening anything. Two arrows, two numbers. The green up arrow sits in the top-left, the blue down arrow in the top-right — upload and download, updated every second in KB/s, MB/s, or GB/s automatically. The direction that's actively moving data lights up, so one glance tells you whether you're uploading, downloading, or idle. Built to stay out of your way: • LIVE UP & DOWN — Real-time upload and download rates, smoothed so they're readable instead of jittery. • Runs as a Live Activity. The compact up/down arrows appear in the tray on iPhone 14 Pro and later; on every supported iPhone the same live meter shows on the Lock Screen. Touch and hold for an expanded view with exact speeds. • SMART UNITS — Switches between KB/s, MB/s, and GB/s on its own. • BATTERY-FRIENDLY — When your network goes quiet, NetGlance freezes its display and stops working. No busy loops, no wasted CPU. • A CLEAN APP SCREEN — Open NetGlance for big upload/download cards and connection status. NetGlance Pro — one-time purchase Unlock everything with a single purchase. No subscription, ever. • SESSION & PEAK STATS — Total data moved this session, plus your fastest upload and download speeds. • CUSTOM THEMES — Recolor the meter with Aqua, Sunset, Grape, or Mono. • PAY ONCE — Unlock forever, and restore free on your other devices signed in to the same Apple Account. Private by design: NetGlance reads only your device's own interface counters. It has no accounts and no tracking.

Most speed tests give you one quick number. Shadow runs the full experiment. Shadow Internet Speed Test measures your connection the way an engineer would: three independent 11-second passes in each direction, on fresh connections, with the TCP ramp-up discarded — then reports the median. One unlucky (or lucky) run never decides your result, and a consistency score tells you exactly how stable your connection was. ACCURACY FIRST • 3 full download passes + 3 full upload passes, median reported • Multiple parallel streams saturate the line the whole time • First 2 seconds of every pass excluded (TCP ramp-up) • 12-sample ping with real jitter measurement • Consistency score (±%) so you know how trustworthy the result is • Tests run against Cloudflare's global edge network SLEEK & FOCUSED • Beautiful dark interface with a live speedometer • Deterministic progress bar and countdown — it never jumps around • Wi-Fi or Cellular, ISP and test-server info at a glance • Full test history saved on your device PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads. No trackers. No analytics. • Your results never leave your phone. FREE & PREMIUM Run one full free test every day. Go unlimited with Shadow Premium: $2.99/month (auto-renews, cancel anytime in Settings) or a $29.99 one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vanguardgroup.tech/speedtest/privacy A ShadowLayer Labs product.