Watchdog Task Manager

by Zomut, LLC

Product Details

• ASIN: B004JKQP92
• Original Release Date: May 23, 2010
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 31, 2011
Rated: All Ages

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (185 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,228 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
  • #11 in Appstore for Android > Utilities > Battery Savers

Product Features

• Monitor running apps CPU usage
• Get alerts for apps that eat up system resources
• Whitelist apps that you know are OK

Technical Details

• Size: 598.1KB
• Version: 3.6.7
• Developed By: Zomut, LLC
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • Read only access to phone state
  • Get notified that the operating system has finished booting
  • Access the vibration feature
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
  • Call killBackgroundProcesses(String)
  • One or more permissions that have no effect because they are no longer supported in Android.
• Minimum Operating System: Android 1.5
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 10 seconds

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very handy! June 16, 2011

By monkespit

Amazon Verified Purchase

Unlike other 'task killers' this app is useful. I used the free version pretty regularly before. It was able to save me from huge headache. My Droid X would randomly slow down to a crawl for no discernable reason for an indefinite amount of time or next reboot. This app was easily able to tell me that the sorry Motoblur Email app was going haywire and sucking up 90-99% cpu. I was able to kill email app immediately and my phone was instantly back to normal.
Its not an app to just kill apps & tasks; those are NOT needed on Android since Froyo. While you do kill apps with Watchdog, its primary purpose is to monitor background apps, ie when you turn off your screen, and notify you if there's something that's using too much cpu. Threshold is selectable, as well as notifications. This is not a malicious app, see it in Android market for a better indication of this.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome app! April 27, 2011

By M. Smith

This app is great. there are a few annoyances that I would like to see implemented.

1. the list should be updated when it transitions to the foreground.
2. The widget should refresh when it transitions to the background.
3. Blacklist threshold values should either go down by .1% when decreasing past 1% or have an option to completely block a process from starting.

Aside from this watchdog is perfect for me!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore the Paranoids and EULA Worries June 16, 2011

By Jay

Amazon Verified Purchase

I've used the Lite version of this App from the Android Market for Months now and was so satisfied with it I found no need to Upgrade. This App is infinately better then any Task Killer because of a Simple Fact, Most of the Processes aren't doing anything and will simply restart if killed (ie: the Amazon Appstore) Watchdog actually let's you view things like CPU and Memory usage, so you can actually kill only the Problem App. I find myself using the Memory usage of Apps to kill most because that's what Slows my Video player preventing me from Watching things. For those worried about the EULA, DON'T BE. I've read it and everything is just like every other EULA I've ever read. This App has never suspiciously connected to the net and has never stopped working, even without a net connection.

I can't say yet whether Paying is worth it but since it's free today I say get it. If your Reading this after the Sale head on over to Android Market and get the Free Lite version, you may be satisfied with just that. If you run into the Paywall too often, then you can consider Paying.