Clash Royale
Supercell's real-time card battler — runs flawlessly on nearly any phone, so preparation is about responsiveness and connection, not graphics settings.
- Developer
- Supercell
- Publisher
- Supercell
- Released
- 2016
- FPS Cap
- 60 FPS
Estimate your FPS
Pick your phone to estimate Clash Royale performance — results update instantly.
Your Phone
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 · 8GB · 120Hz refresh
Your Estimated Clash Royale Performance
54
Minimum
60
Average
60
Maximum
- Preset
- HD
- FPS Cap
- 60 FPS
- Capped?
- Yes — hitting the game limit
- RAM
- OK
Light load — runs cool on almost any phone.
FPS values displayed on GamerSpecs are estimates. Actual game performance may vary depending on hardware configuration, drivers, cooling, power limits, background applications, and game updates.
About Clash Royale
Clash Royale compresses tower-defense strategy into three-minute 1v1 duels, and after nearly a decade of Supercell polish it runs smoothly on practically any device that can install it. There is no graphics menu to tune — the real performance work is making sure nothing interrupts a ranked match: a stable connection (elixir wasted to lag is the game's true frame drop), a responsive touchscreen, and an OS that isn't throttling the game or popping notifications over the arena. On modern phones the game is effectively perfect; on very old devices, freeing RAM and storage keeps card deployment instant.
Best mobile settings
Three curated profiles — max FPS for competitive, balanced, and HD graphics.
Ladder / Tournament Ready
Not about FPS — Royale is already smooth everywhere. This profile is about never losing a match to a dropped connection, a notification, or a throttled CPU.
| Setting | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Connection | Wi-Fi / stable 5G | Lag wastes elixir — the closest thing Royale has to a frame drop. |
| Battery Saver Mode | Off | OS power saving throttles the CPU and delays card deployment. |
| Game / Performance Mode | On | Blocks popup notifications that can cover the arena mid-match. |
| Notifications | Muted during matches | — |
| Background Apps | Closed | Keeps the game resident in RAM between back-to-back matches. |
| Sound Effects | On | Audio cues (elixir pump, spell casts) carry real information. |
| Music | Personal preference | — |
| Screen Brightness | 60–70% | — |
Everyday
The default experience — Royale needs no tuning on any reasonably modern phone. Keep the OS out of the way and enjoy.
| Setting | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Connection | Any stable network | — |
| Battery Saver Mode | Off during matches | — |
| Game / Performance Mode | Optional | — |
| Notifications | On | — |
| Background Apps | As usual | — |
| Sound Effects | On | — |
| Music | On | — |
| Screen Brightness | Comfortable | — |
Battery Marathon
For long grinding sessions — Royale sips power already, and a few tweaks stretch a commute's worth of battery into an evening of matches.
| Setting | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Screen Brightness | 40–50% | The screen, not the game, is the main battery cost. |
| Battery Saver Mode | Between matches only | — |
| Connection | Wi-Fi preferred | Cellular radios drain faster on weak signal. |
| Sound | Headphones / low volume | — |
| Background Apps | Closed | — |
| Refresh Rate (phone setting) | 60Hz | The game caps at 60 — a 120Hz panel just burns battery here. |
Device requirements
Minimum
- OS
- Android 8 / iOS 13
- Chipset
- Snapdragon 450 / Helio A22
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 1 GB
Recommended
- OS
- Android 11 / iOS 15
- Chipset
- Snapdragon 680 or newer
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 2 GB
Optimization tips
- 1
Ranked matches are won and lost on connection quality — if your ping indicator flickers red, switch networks before queueing again.
- 2
Set your phone's display to 60Hz for Royale sessions: the game is capped at 60 FPS, so a 120Hz panel adds battery drain with zero benefit.
- 3
Keep a few hundred MB of storage free — low-storage phones stutter on card-deploy animations as the OS scrambles for cache space.
- 4
Enable your phone's game mode so a mid-match notification never covers your elixir bar.
- 5
If the game feels sluggish on an old device, a simple restart of the app clears its memory and restores snappy card response.
- 6
Audio cues matter: the enemy's spell sounds and the double-elixir chime are information — play with sound on in competitive matches.