Speedtest by Ookla App Reviews
Update the App
The Mac app hasn’t been updated in 3 years. It is overdue.
Abandoned app?
Love Ookla Speedtest but it is concerning the app hasn’t been updated in over 3 years.
500 Mbps limit
Needs update. App W3RKS sort of, only displays up to 500 Mbps it will read and record results over 500.
Needs Update
Most useful app, but agree with others…no update for “years” is disconcerting. And will duplicate the note that 500MBPS on the dial should be included in the much-needed update.
Needs Higher Scale
500mb scale needs to be increased. Most plans have 1Gig or even higher speeds.
Causes Excess CPU Usage
I used it on a 2021 MacBook Pro M1 with iOS 15.7.x and on a BRAND NEW Mac mini M4 iOS 26.3.x. On BOTH machines using Speedtest caused constant CPU usage and made the fans come on. Uninstalled this POS and the issue went away.
NO update. Since 2yrs ago, why?
Out of curiosity, why hasn’t Speedtest by Ookla been updated for macOS in the last two years? I’m just wondering if there’s a reason behind the delay or if an update is planned.
Great free app - many uses
I used Speedtest to place two wifi extenders. Got an increase of a factor of 5 other what seemed like the obvious placement.
Not useful for checking REAL internet speeds in countries with constricted external connections
The web-app is great, the MacOS app has a limitation in that it seems to restrict the selection of server connections to in-country ones only. If the country you are living in has a constrained external connection to the larger (international) network, the result will be misleading.
Excellent app…but drains MacBook battery like mad
Been using this app for a long time and speedtest.net for even longer and have always found it solid and accurate. However, recently on my MacBook Air M1 I have noticed that the app drains the battery incredibly fast. For instance a fully charged laptop will be att under 70% in half an hour. Clearly something is very wrong with the app at which is why I can’t recommend it at present and give it 2 stars. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.
Something is very wrong with this app
I run it on my laptop, then go off to do something else. A few minutes later I get an alert that it’s been using immense amounts of CPU, even while it’s not doing anything. I don’t have the time to try to research why it’s doing this, so I deleted it altogether. See for yourself: run a speed test, and then move on to some other app but leave it running. It should drop to near 0% CPU. If it’s using a lot of CPU, I’d delete it if I were you.
Would be great…
… but it randomly drains my battery. Activity monitor shows an “Energy impact” of 2494 in the last 12 hours. I lost 70% charge in 4 hours because of it.
What Happened?
The app just stopped working at the beginning of October 2025.
Love it but….
I love Ookla Speed Test and use it on multiple devices. The Mac app is much different than iOS because you cannot log into your account, search for servers, etc.. Fix that and I’d give it 5 stars. Thanks
Broken by Tahoe
No worky no more. App won’t even load.
Stale and doesn’t work anymore
As others have said, just use the website. This is abandonware on the mac side.
Great app, up until recently…
I love this app but the desktop app for Mac has not been working at all the past few months, maybe longer. I know I am connected to the internet, but the app ays that it isn’t connected to the internet. Mobile app works fine though.
Doesn't recognize when you switch to another network
Even Ookla's browser-based app can adjust automatically to being connected to a different network. This stand-alone app doesn't seem to have this capability. As soon as you switch networks, it claims you have no Internet access, when you do have Internet access. Lame.
No update in 2 years?
Can we get this app refreshed? Please!
I guess they think only 500mb is the fastest.
I have 1gb fiber. Speed graph only goes up to 500 mb on MacOS. Time for an app that show my full speed.
Could not connect to the Internet
Single error, “Could not connect to the Internet”, after pressing GO on the MacOS app. Obviously, I downloaded and posted this review using this same internet connection.
Not connecting to a server
This app usually works well. However, the last few weeks it has not been able to find a server to perform the test.
Great app, but no ability to login to your account
This would be a great app if you could login!
No longer works
On Sequoia 15.4.1 MBP Pro M4 Pro, MacOS Ookla Speedtest app opens but hangs on “Finding optimal server” and “Finding Provider”. If “Go” button is clicked, in just spins on “Connecting” and never connects. The web version works fine.
UPDATE
The Greatest… Version Update???
Great app, but…
Have used SpeedTest for years now, on all my devices. Not understanding why the Mac app won’t allow you to log in, change the test measurements, and sync across the devices like the iPadOS and iOS apps do. Otherwise, you’d have gotten 5 stars.
nice but needs updating to faster speeds
It works nice, but like the update to IOS, MACOS also needs updating for speeds past 500MB
Not accurate, at all
I ran the app which reports a top speed of 400mbps, but when running the test on their website I get the same results. When I run a speed test on fast.com or another test site I get closer to my actual speed of 2 gbps. This is not a good look. Funny enough when I run the app on my windows pc I get the 2gpbs, this app needs to be fixed asap until then 1 star and an uninstall for me (side note, I am running a 10gbps network, so its not my Mac)
New Update doesn’t work anymore!
I love this app but after the New Update, it don’t work no more. It keeps failing even though my internet works fine.
Failure to connect to internet
Version 1.7 launches, discovers a server to connect to, then fails saying it can’t connect to the internet. Apple Studio M1 with MacOS Sequoia 15.3. Web based OOKLA Speediest works fine.
Not sure how accurate this is, but...
I have always used speedtest.net to test various clients internet speeds and recommended it to hundreds of people to check their speeds to see if theyre getting the speeds theyre paying for... but what's strange is how other speed tests like my ISP's speed test through Kinetic by WIndstream, and the speed tests ran through my mesh wifi Linksys app (which uses Ookla Speedtesting) will show speeds of over 900mbps download speeds and almost 1 gbps (1000 mbps) upload speeds, but when I test the same internet connection a minute later through Speedtest.net or the Speedtest app on my MacBook and my iphone 15 pro, each time the speedtest results are less than 200 mbps download speeds and lower for uploads than 180mbps... How could there be that much of a difference from using my Linksys app which tests through Ookla Speedtest and using the actual speedtest app or speedtest.net minutes later on the same connection? Which one am I supposed to believe? Which test is accurate? Because something isn't quite right... Also, while testing the speeds of my friend's internet on a desktop PC directly plugged into the modem with ethernet cable using Xfinity internet with 500mbps package, Speedtest.net results show between 23 mbps and 39mbps download speeds and around 10 mbps upload speeds; however, when testing it on an android motorola mobile phone using the Xfinity speed test through their app, speeds show just under 1gbps for both upload and download speeds... ??? I realize there is a difference between 2.4 and 5 GHz networks and the PC was on the 2.4 and the phone was on the 5 which would obviously be faster, but I wasn't expecting that the difference would be that much of a difference esp with the PC being directly wired into the modem, even on 2.4 GHz network should be way faster than 29 mbps on a good day. When we try to load coinbase.com on his computer, it takes forever to load up the site and will time out a lot of the times before ever loading up. Granted that site is quite a large amount of data and takes more bandwidth to load but with the internet package he has with Xfinity internet, and less than ten devices total on the network, coinbase.com should load fairly quickly... VPN's will slow ur network speeds down and fail to load certain websites, of course, but we pause or completely turn off the VPN beforehand and still get same results. Speedtest is either the accurate one or the inaccurate results. I like to believe that it is a neutral source to get accurate and true test results, and the ISP speed test results might be a bit bloated or show optimal results since that would seem as if the problem lies elsewhere for any lag or lack of speed. Can anyone tell me why speedtest.net would show such drastic differences in test results or if maybe it is a user error on my part? Thanks
Did not know you were abusing the info about me
Saw the recent news about Amazon. I understand why you needed my location and other information but did not realize you were sharing it. So guess I will be removing your apps from my phones and computers. Maybe think of your users in the future.
Where’s MB/sec????
How about giving the desktop version the ability to set speed measurements to Megabytes per second or MB/s instead of MBPS. Then you’ll get rated a 5 star app by me. Michael Murdock
Speedtest
Needs updating. Speed scale should display speeds greater than 500 Mpbs.
horrible privacy violation
There is no need for them to link any information to my identity unless they are selling your information. The web version -- speedtest.net -- works fine.
Love it!
The app works great on both my iPhone 14 Pro (have had it on several iPhones going back to an iPhone 10) and just installed on my iMac. It works great!!!
Great on iPhone, inconsistent on MacBook Pro
This has been a go-to app for me for many years. It generally works great on my iPhone 16 Pro, but I’ve noticed over the last year or so it does not consistently work on the MacBook Pro. I’ve have had the M2 Max, M3 Max, & currently the M4 Max. It appears to work after a fresh reboot, but when the laptop has gone on standby several times and comes back up it generally fails. My best guess is it has something to do with the recent several versions of macOS.
Slower than the sebsite
Lovethe app on phones. For some reason the phonew run faster than the website as expected. But my M1 Apple Silicon is the opposite. Download nearly 1Gb which is as expected on web. The app runs between 13Mb-250Mb. All run one aftter each other and the results are consistent.
Good but needs improvement
The core functionality of this app is great but there’s no way to search for a server in a specific region. I wish there was a map where you could see all the available servers and click on one
BOMBS as of macOS 14.5
v1.27 is apparently no longer compatible with macOS 14.x on my MBA M1. At one point, it was updated and again ran well. But in recent months, it gets running (VPN off) and BOMBS EVERY TIME. I've thoroughly uninstalled it, then reinstalled it. Same crash crash crash. I've now deleted it and am using another Internet speed testing app. So long, unless you fix it!
Never Quits Running on a MacBook M3
Works great on an iPhone or an iPad. However on my M3 MacBook Air it never quits. Notice the back the laptop was hot. Looked at the activity monitor, and even though the app was closed showed it was using 110% of cpu. Uninstalled the app and restarted the laptop. Back of the laptop is running cool again. Cannot recommend on MacBooks.
Fail
Not working on sequoia
Broken on Macbook
This was the first app I download on my new Macbook M3. Website AND app both will not test. App says it could not connect to the internet
MacOS Client Doesn't Work
It says I have no Internet connection. The iOS client works fine.
Mac app taking up Entirely too much CPU usage
***Update*** This is still going on over a year later! WHY!!! The app is great as usual except this nagging issue for quite some time now. I though it was due to being on macOS beta but been off beta for some time. The CPU usage goes through the roof. Hits 100% of a CPU Core regularly. I have deleted the app and re-downloaded it and issue still occurs. I have installed it on a fresh OS with nothing else on the computer and it still occurs. This should not be happening with this app when idle.
Bring MacOS App Into 21st Century
It is sad that the MacOS desktop app dial stops at 500 Mbps. With the fibre connections of today, would it not make sense to have the dial go to 1000 Mbps like the iOS versions? And yet another MacOS update released (Mar '23) and still a 500 Mbps dial. IPv6 support would be nice, too.
Mac version exceesive CPU usage
When I leave this app idle on my Mac, occasionally it just starts using my CPU while doing nothing. I notice the compuiter is hot despite just sitting there, open up Activity Monitor and bam, Speedtest just helping itself to my CPU.
Reliable
Great multifunctional app to check download/upload speeds, and service outages for free. There are a couple other free tools available, although I don't use them.
Solid, easy-to-understand
VERY helpful as my shared office was fiddling with wifi and ethernet connections. SpeedTest helped me find the right settings to get the throughput we pay for HOWEVER…just now I was working away and noticed my external (USB) backup disk was rattling away despite Time Machine having finished a half hour ago. I never use the disk for ANYTHING besides Time Machine backup A quick check of Activity Monitor found SpeedTest was using 105% of one CPU. Re-invoking SpeedTest and then hitting Ctrl-Q stopped the disk activity and SpeedTest disappeared from the Activity Monitor list. “We'd love to hear from you” but there was no way to report this odd behavior, no way to contact their Support (that I could find). So this review. After you run SpeedTest, you may need to reboot to clear it out???