Fortnite Mobile
Epic's build-and-battle royale on phones, with Low–Epic quality presets, a 3D Resolution slider and a 30/60/90 FPS toggle — Android-native via APK, iOS only through cloud streaming.
- Developer
- Epic Games
- Publisher
- Epic Games
- Released
- 2018
- FPS Cap
- 90 FPS
Estimate your FPS
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Your Phone
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 · 8GB · 120Hz refresh
Your Estimated Fortnite Mobile Performance
42
Minimum
55
Average
63
Maximum
- Preset
- HD
- FPS Cap
- 90 FPS
- Capped?
- No — chipset-limited
- RAM
- OK
Moderate load — stable on most flagships.
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 Fortnite Mobile
Fortnite brings its 100-player build-battle royale to mobile on Unreal Engine, with a settings menu that scales widely across hardware. You get quality presets from Low to Epic, a 3D Resolution slider to trade sharpness for frames, and a Frame Rate option of 30 / 60 / 90 FPS on supported devices, plus individual toggles for view distance, shadows, anti-aliasing, textures and effects. Because building and editing reward every millisecond of input latency, competitive players run low presets with a reduced 3D resolution and the highest frame rate their phone allows. Note that Fortnite is not on the iOS App Store — on Android it installs as a direct APK from the Epic Games Store, while iPhone and iPad players stream it through cloud services such as Xbox Cloud Gaming or GeForce NOW.
Best mobile settings
Three curated profiles — max FPS for competitive, balanced, and HD graphics.
Low + 90 FPS (Competitive)
Low preset with a trimmed 3D resolution and the highest frame rate the device supports — how ranked players configure Fortnite for the fastest builds, edits and aim.
| Setting | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Preset | Low | Strips the heaviest lighting and post-processing for a steadier frame rate. |
| Frame Rate | 90 FPS (or max supported) | The biggest smoothness and input-latency win on 90/120Hz phones. |
| 3D Resolution | 75–85% | Lower render resolution frees the GPU; drop it further only if you can tolerate the softness. |
| View Distance | Medium | Enough to spot players without the GPU cost of Epic draw distance. |
| Shadows | Off | One of the cheapest settings to disable for free frames. |
| Anti-Aliasing | Off | — |
| Textures | Low | — |
| Effects | Low | Reduces clutter from explosions and storm effects in busy fights. |
| Post Processing | Low | — |
| Motion Blur | Off | Keeps fast camera turns crisp during edits. |
| Show FPS | On | Confirms you're actually holding your target frame rate. |
Balanced
Medium preset at native resolution locked to 60 FPS — clean visuals that most mid-range and flagship phones can hold comfortably.
| Setting | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Preset | Medium | — |
| Frame Rate | 60 FPS | — |
| 3D Resolution | 100% | — |
| View Distance | Far | — |
| Shadows | Off | Left off even here — it's a large GPU cost for little competitive value. |
| Anti-Aliasing | On | — |
| Textures | Medium | — |
| Effects | Medium | — |
| Post Processing | Medium | — |
| Motion Blur | Off | — |
| Show FPS | On | — |
Epic Visuals
Epic preset with full effects and view distance for the best-looking Fortnite. Frame rate is capped lower to keep flagship phones from throttling.
| Setting | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Preset | Epic | — |
| Frame Rate | 30–60 FPS | Epic visuals and a high frame rate rarely hold together on mobile thermals. |
| 3D Resolution | 100% | — |
| View Distance | Epic | — |
| Shadows | On | — |
| Anti-Aliasing | On | — |
| Textures | Epic | — |
| Effects | High | — |
| Post Processing | High | — |
| Motion Blur | On | — |
| Show FPS | Off | — |
Device requirements
Minimum
- OS
- Android 8 (64-bit, APK) — iOS via cloud only
- Chipset
- Snapdragon 730 / Kirin 970 / Mali-G72
- RAM
- 3 GB
- Storage
- 5 GB
Recommended
- OS
- Android 12 (APK) — iOS via cloud only
- Chipset
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / Dimensity 9000
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 8 GB
Optimization tips
- 1
On iPhone/iPad there's no native app — install through a cloud service (Xbox Cloud Gaming or GeForce NOW); on Android grab the APK from the Epic Games Store, not a random mirror.
- 2
Frame Rate is the highest-impact setting for building and editing — set it to the maximum your phone supports before touching anything else.
- 3
Turn Shadows off and pull the 3D Resolution slider down a notch for the biggest GPU savings with the least effect on how well you can see enemies.
- 4
Enable your phone's game / performance mode and close background apps so the APK build isn't fighting for CPU and thermal headroom.
- 5
Keep Show FPS on for a few matches to confirm your phone actually holds your target frame rate before committing to a preset.
- 6
Cool the phone — remove the case or use a clip-on cooler; sustained Epic-preset sessions throttle far more from heat than from settings.