5 Android Apps To Test Your Internet Connection

1 – Internet Speed Meter Lite

One of the nicest things about the Internet Speed Meter Lite app is that it is totally devoid of adverts which can be annoying when using an app! It is able to offer speed updates relating to your internet connection in real time and will display these in the status bar. Internet Speed Meter Lite can also provide you with a notification showing your daily usage and offers separate stats for your internet use via WiFi and via your mobile network. You can check out a brief overview of how your internet connection has been performing over a 30 day period which is a nice feature that lets you make comparisons if you feel like the connection has deteriorated recently.

2 – Internet Speed Test

What really sets the Internet Speed Test app apart from other apps that are designed to test your internet connection is the way that it looks. It has an amazing user interface which is beautifully animated offering graphical representations of the results. The app is able to do the following:

• test the download and upload speed of your connection
• measure data transfer time delays
• provide basic information about the connection including IP address, service provider etc
• the option to customize and/or automate tests
• easy to share results via social networking

3 – 4GMark

This app is a 3G/4G speed test which is going to allow you to compare smartphones on 2G, 3G and WiFi. It can calculate the downlink and uplink speeds for your smartphone and then benchmark the result against other users based on either your location, your smartphone model and whether you are using WiFi or your cellphone network. This can help you to see how your internet connection measures up to others giving you an idea of whether or not you need to upgrade! It also has a more comprehensive test which that includes things like latency, streaming speeds, data transfer and more. Again you are able to benchmark your results with other users.

4 – SpeedAnalysis Speed Test

This is a handy little app which will allow Android users to set the length of the test for download and upload speed tests. Users can also limit the number of connections used during these tests and whether to sort the results by WiFi, 3G or both. Another nice thing about the Speed Analysis  app is that it can be accessed in multiple languages including French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, German and of course English.

5 – Speedtest.net

This internet connection testing app from Ookla allows users to easily find up their  download and upload speeds and their ping speeds. The app provides real time graphs which help you to measure the various aspects of your internet connection so that you can troubleshoot problem areas and track performance over time.

These are just 5 of the many internet connection tests apps that Android users can access for free in order to evaluate their internet connection. If you use one of these apps and find that your connection is not performing as well as you might have hoped then it could be time to look at changing your provider. With the many advances in technology there are new and improved services emerging all the time, such as FiOS, internet and phone connections that use fiber optic networks.