Down Speed

100% private, internet speed test Mac status bar app 🔐

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100% private, internet speed test Mac status bar app 🔐

2 followers

Down Speed for macOS is a private internet speed tester for your status bar. See you current download speed straight from your status bar, automatically updating between connection changes and at customisable time intervals...perfect for location hopping and remote workers alike.

Launch tags:Productivity•Privacy•Developer Tools

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Just purchased and using. Question: any future plans to add a log feature to keep track of down speeds over time? It would be a kick-ass yet small feature. Heck, even if it just wrote to simple .log text file would be great. Thanks for the product!

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8yr ago

Them Days

Maker

@captmacsparrow Hey Mac. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for purchasing, you aren't the first to make this suggestion and something I think could be quite valuable. I'll have a think how best to manage it and get something together. Keep an eye for updates. :) All the best, Lee

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8yr ago

This is a cool idea @theiosdude! Did you build the app with Electron, or is it fully native? Just asking because I know some Electron apps can be pretty resource intensive and this app constantly runs in the background, correct?

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8yr ago

Them Days

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@latecreative1 Hey, thanks Evan. The app is fully native, built in Swift with Xcode. Idle, this app does little to nothing. If you have a timer set to auto-refresh your current speed then its just a timer actively running. Equally I am always actively listening out to connection changes using Apple's frameworks, so no third party implementations here either :)

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8yr ago

Nice and simple app - looks neat and tidy and works well. Would prefer some options around font size as it's currently dominating my status bar somewhat. How big is the payload used for testing the bandwidth?... Would be good to provide a few options here as small payloads whilst quick can be quite sporadic and won't always give a true reflection of sustained transfer rates. Good approach defined here for example... https://support.ookla.com/hc/en-... Would be great to have the option to provide upload speed too.

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8yr ago

Them Days

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@msivers Hey Michael, I hope you are well? A couple of suggestions regarding the font size have already come in so I'll take a look at what changes I can make there. I like the approach defined by Ookla, thanks for sending that over. The payload isn't that huge and I agree including 'fireing up' a connection the result is more a good estimation than a good true reflection. I looked at upload speeds but I needed to put a service together to handle it and it felt I was trying to fix another problem when my main concern really was 'Is the coffee shop wifi decent to stay around for large downloads'. Let me take a look at the font, thanks for the feedback, I may just allow you to hide the text so it's just the App Icon that remains with the details on the Popover. If and when I get round to upload speeds I'll be sure to ping you a message :) Cheers Michael.

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8yr ago

Bought and installed and it's working perfectly. It would be great if I could have the option to reduce the font size in the menu bar though, or some different display options to reduce the space taken on screen (reduce font, hide icon, remove the Mbs prefix, etc).

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8yr ago

Them Days

Maker

@markdarling Thanks for the feedback Mark, most appreciated.<3

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8yr ago

This is amazing app I used it and also very similar to tm speed tester website as you can see here and also try it to monitor your internet speed.

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5yr ago

Got MacOs Sierra 10.12.6, so I am not able to download it... Any option?

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8yr ago

Them Days

Maker

@raulrocawabe Hello Raul, unfortunately the initial releases where only focused on 10.13. I have since enabled capability to work on 10.12 locally but I am yet to finish installing 10.12.x on a virtual machine to just test it. Let me crack on with that this evening, ill drop you a quick note when I am have an update :) Thanks for your patience.

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8yr ago

@theiosdude thanks for your work :)

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8yr ago

Them Days

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@raulrocawabe Thank you. Raul I have finished testing the app on 10.12, I have just submitted a release to Apple. I will give you a shout when it's approved and released. Apple are typically fast at this at the minute, usually happening over night :)

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8yr ago

Them Days

Maker

@raulrocawabe Hey Raul. An update went live over night with support for 10.12, I hope you enjoy it :)

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8yr ago

@theiosdude working! thanks Lee!

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8yr ago

Product Hunt

Hey @theiosdude, Can you tell us more about what you've built here and why?

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8yr ago

Them Days

Maker

@jacqvon Hey there, thank you for reaching out. Simply a Internet Speed test that sits in your status bar on the Mac. The app itself refreshes upon connection changes and, if required, set time intervals. I am a remote worker and hop from one wifi hotspot to another and understanding how much bandwidth I have to play with is extremely useful. As a result, I decided to put together something that worked really easily. Looking at alternatives in the market place, they have extremely over complicated privacy policies which may deter some users from using their service so I decided to develop with no analytics or information gathering as my main USP for the app.

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8yr ago

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