Description
Stop killing your apps randomly. Start monitoring them with Watchdog.You don't need a task killer. But you do need a way to make sure a background app doesn't lose control and eat up all your CPU. Watchdog monitors your apps and alerts when one loses control, allowing you to kill just that single app. Killing apps blindly can cause them to stop working as designed, and most app developers won't even take a bug report from you if you are using a task killer!
From Android 2.2 on, the kill command works only on background apps, and they will likely restart immediately. Watchdog removes the app immediately from the list, since there isn't feedback about whether it was successful. Having lots of apps running doesn't hurt your phone at all unless they are doing something. In fact, killing an app and having it immediately restart simply consumes your phones resources. If you just leave the apps running, they will start immediately when you want to go back to it.
The paid version has all the features of the lite, removing the ads, while adding a “blacklist” feature. This allows you to pick a single app that is constantly misbehaving and assign a CPU % threshold to it. When that app exceeds the threshold, it will be automatically killed.
So stop blindly killing all your apps; be smart by managing them instead. Good for all versions of Android.
Please note that due to the nature of this app, it is hard to decide about a refund within 15 minutes. You can contact us from Google Checkout or via email within 48 hours for a full refund.
NOTE: There is an Android issue where Watchdog might crash upon launching after an upgrade. It seems to be related to the upgrade of the app while the old version happens to be executing in the background. It doesn't affect your phone's operation at all. If this happens, re-launch and goto the menu and hit restart for proper monitoring.
NoZ
Jun 6, 2012 7:26:25 AM
Nice app but no help
Mdeva
Jun 5, 2012 4:17:59 PM
? My HTC Rezound lags 5-10 secs (!!) and Watchdog shows absolutely no problems (even when I select very low thresholds.
Rob
Jun 2, 2012 5:18:51 PM
Perfect
Jon
May 31, 2012 4:13:12 PM
Watchdog Good app. Does what it is supposed to do
James
May 31, 2012 8:28:57 AM
Excellent. Excellent. Keeps an eye on things and lets you know if something is misbehaving. If it is, blacklist that puppy. Very cool; much better than your typical task killer.
Jon
May 29, 2012 1:02:15 PM
It just works! My battery life went from almost a day on a Galaxy S2 to about 3 hours when I upgraded to ICS. After installing watchdog and identifying a rogue app, my battery life is better than it's ever been.
Andres
May 28, 2012 3:03:08 PM
by Wolf great app... but not so great if is the only one you pretend to install, it's great for a complement.
Erik
May 27, 2012 3:26:27 AM
Watchdog After some reading I have found this to be better for my phone than any task killer! Do your homework on this. Erik
leehsoon
May 24, 2012 11:14:08 PM
Satisfied User. One of the better apps that really delivers what it promises. Very sensible solution.
Maech
May 24, 2012 5:18:25 PM
Overdue update /improvenent Smart app from a very resourceful dev. Could you include display available RAM as an option in the widget or notification bar? Or display CPU in the task bar in place. That dog icon doesnt resemble the famous dog 'Pudsey'.