This article is about users' measurements of performance of the Pocket Edition version on iOS devices and software. For the Android version hardware performance, see Pocket Edition hardware performance (Android). For the hardware performance of the Minecraft PC version, see Hardware performance.
When adding a device please note down whether fancy graphics run with (even small) or without lag.
If you are using a jailbroken device please also add this information to the version or remarks column.
Incompatible devices
- iPhone 1st and 2nd gen (iPhone 3G)
- iPod touch 1st and 2nd gen
| Device | iOS Version | Fancy Graphics | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| iPad 2 | iOS 7.0.4 | No Lag | Speedy with view distance on full and clouds on, small lag for 1 second while loading chunks. |
| iPad (original) | iOS 5.0.1 | No Lag | Occasional crash with farthest render distance and fancy graphics on jailbroken device. |
| iPad (original) | iOS 5.1 | No Lag | Minor issues with camera, fps dips slightly while turning with multiple mobs around |
| iPad 2 | iOS 5.0.1 | No Lag | |
| iPad (2012 model) | iOS 5.1 | No Lag | |
| iPad 3 | iOS 6.0.1 | No Lag | No lag, no difference depending on jailbreak. Works great on Fancy Graphics. |
| iPad mini | iOS 7.1.2 | No Lag | Game runs smoothly on max settings, occasional memory warning on max render distance. Fancy graphics are great. v0.9.0 |
| iPhone 3GS | iOS 5.0.1 | Some Lag | less lag after 0.3.2 update |
| iPhone 3GS | iOS 5.1.1 | Some Lag | Somewhat laggy when flying around with fancy graphics, beautiful skies and animated water enabled and view distance on maximum. Lagfree with view distance on 2/4. Bug: D-Pad size needs to be on or very close to minimum, or it'll exceed the size of the LCD (it does so at ~40% of the slider already). MCPE V0.8.1 |
| iPhone 4 | iOS 5.0.1 | No Lag | |
| iPhone 4 | iOS 5 Jailbreak | No Lag | (Jailbroken) |
| iPhone 4 | iOS 6.0.1 | No Lag | |
| iPhone 4 | iOS 6.1.3 | Some Lag | Jailbroken. Slight lag every now and then with fancy graphics, beautiful skies and animated water enabled and draw distance on maximum. Virtually no lag if you tone down the settings a bit. MCPE 0.8.1 |
| iPhone 4S | iOS 5.0.1 | No Lag | Slight lag when flying over a large amount of leaves with fancy graphics. |
| iPhone 5 | iOS 6.0.1 | No Lag | Works great on Fancy Graphics and Multiplayer (Wi-Fi). |
| iPhone 5 | iOS 6.1 Jailbreak | No Lag | Works great with fancy graphics in both survival and creative (Jailbroken) |
| iPod Touch (3rd Gen) | iOS 5.0.1 | Some Lag | |
| iPod Touch (3rd Gen) | iOS 5.0.1 | No Lag | (Jailbroken) |
| iPod Touch (4th Gen) | iOS 5.0.1 | No Lag | Works fine, but best without fancy graphics. Occasional lag when turning
near leaves. The more leaves, the more lag. |
| iPod Touch (4th Gen) | iOS 5.0.1 Jailbreak | No Lag | (Jailbroken) |
| iPod Touch (4th Gen) | iOS 6.1.3 | Some lag | Works fine, but best without fancy graphics. Occasional lag when turning
near leaves. |
| iPod Touch (5th Gen) | iOS 6.0.1 | No Lag | Works great on Fancy Graphics and Multiplayer (Wi-Fi). |
| iPod Touch (5th Gen) | iOS 6.1 Jailbreak | No Lag | (Jailbroken) |
| iPod Touch (5th Gen) | iOS 7.1.2 | No Lag | Works fine although you could encounter a running out of memory message at max render distance |
| iPad 4(w/ Retina Display) | iOS 6.1 Jailbreak | No Lag | Works great, on Fancy Graphics or not. Lags a bit if recording. Works fine even without jailbreak.(Jailbroken) |
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