Optick

7.3easy start · #4 of 22
in Game Profiling Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Android, Linux, Mac, Windows.

Optick is ranked #4 of 22 in game profiling software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

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MIT License Free free of charge · use, copy, modify, publish and distribute permitted raw.githubusercontent.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on game profiling software

Free plan: Yes
CPU profiling: Yes
GPU profiling: Yes
Frame-time analysis: Yes
Render API capture: Yes
Supported platforms: Windows, Linux, macOS, Xbox, PS4, Android

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The record

Product: Optick is a super-lightweight C++ profiler for games.
Core tools: It provides instrumentation, switch-contexts, sampling and GPU counters for performance analysis and optimization.
Desktop builds: Build configurations are listed for Windows x64 with MSVC, Linux x64 with Clang or GCC, and macOS x64 with Clang or GCC.
Instrumentation: Instrumentation works on Windows, Linux, macOS, Xbox and UE4 in the repository feature table.
Context switching: Switch-context tracing uses ETW on Windows, FTrace on Linux and DTrace on macOS.
Integration: Basic integration uses OPTICK_FRAME, OPTICK_EVENT and OPTICK_THREAD macros in application code.
Build configuration: optick.config.h can enable or disable features for specific configurations or platforms, including disabling Optick in final builds.
Dynamic linking limit: When using multiple DLLs in one executable, the repository says Optick must be added to a common dynamic library compiled with OPTICK_EXPORT because static linking will not work.
Prebuilt binary: Each release packages a precompiled OptickCore.dll.
Unreal Engine: Optick provides plugins for Unreal Engine 4 and Unreal Engine 5.
Latest release feature: Optick v1.4.0 added support for Unreal Engine 5.0.
Android: The v1.3.0 release notes list Android support in the core.
Former name: The project says Brofiler was renamed to Optick starting with v1.2.0.
License limitation: The MIT license states that the software is provided as-is without warranty.
Price from: Free

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Best Game Profiling Software in 2026#4 of 22

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Sources

github.com/bombomby/optick· checked 30 Sept 2026
github.com/bombomby/optick/releases· checked 30 Sept 2026
raw.githubusercontent.com/bombomby/optick/master/LICENSE· checked 30 Sept 2026