Activity Monitor Alternatives

Activity Monitor is described as 'Displays information about all the processes running on your Mac, including CPU, disk, memory, and network usage. You can see exactly how your computer’s resources are being used via a searchable table, helpful graphs, or even directly in the Dock icon' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Activity Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Activity Monitor alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Activity Monitor are Mission Center, Stats, iStat Menus and appstat.

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Activity Monitor displays information about all the processes running on your Mac, including CPU, disk, memory, and network...

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Activity Monitor alternatives page was last updated Apr 7, 2025
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    Task Explorer is an advanced Task Manager tool with emphasis on, not just monitoring what applications are running, but on finding out what applications are doing. The UI focuses on expedience and getting real time data of what the processes are doing at any given moment.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TaskExplorer by DavidXanatos VS Activity Monitor

     
  2. Stats Panel icon
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    A macOS menu bar app for monitoring system performance.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No registration required
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Memory Monitoring
    7.  Battery Health
    8.  CPU Monitoring
    9.  Hardware Monitoring
    10.  Performance Monitoring
    11.  Sits in the MenuBar

    Stats Panel VS Activity Monitor

     
  3. AppHalt icon
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    Pause unused apps to boost performance. AppHalt lets you freeze background activity, reduce CPU load, and extend battery life.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    AppHalt Features

    1.  CPU Monitoring
    2.  Fast speed
    3.  Optimization

    AppHalt VS Activity Monitor

     
  4. iPulse icon
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    Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of OS X on your desktop, menu bar or Dock.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring

    iPulse VS Activity Monitor

     
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    MenuBar Stats 2 has been reinvented. Completely re-written from the ground up. MenuBar Stats 2 is composed of modules (CPU, Disk, Network,...). Each module can be seen in your menu bar. Each module can be combined in 1 window, or in a separated window.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    MenuBar Stats Features

    1.  Performance Monitoring
    2.  Real-time monitoring
    3.  Sits in the MenuBar
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  Graphs

    MenuBar Stats VS Activity Monitor

     
  6. Pluto HUD icon
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    Pluto is a highly refined and customizable at-a-glance system monitor for your Mac. Keep track of what's going on behind the scenes without dropping what you're currently doing.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Pluto HUD Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring

    Pluto HUD VS Activity Monitor

     
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    Your iPad and iPhone show you when apps are using your network. So why can't your Mac? Sure, there's always the Network section in Activity Monitor, but that's far from ideal. At best you can group by All Processes, Hierarchically, sort by Rcvd Bytes, and check the...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Loading VS Activity Monitor

     
  8. Monity icon
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    Monity is an advanced system monitor that takes place in macOS Today View and oversees component statistics.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Monity Features

    1.  CPU Monitoring
    2.  Hardware Monitoring

    Monity VS Activity Monitor

     
  9. Beaconly icon
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    Beaconly is a flexible, easy to use data aggregating menu app that ties relevant information to you, beautifully one click-away in your macOs menu bar. Easily discover status of AWS, your Jira Tickets, and so much more.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Beaconly VS Activity Monitor

     
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