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iPulse for Mac

Monitor system activity, CPU, memory, network, and more.

$9.99
In English
Version 3.1415
4.2
Based on 14 user rates

iPulse overview

iPulse is a system monitoring application that lets you peek at the inner workings of OS X through a clever and visually compact user interface. Using iPulse's customizable gauges, users can monitor system activity such as CPU and memory usage, free disk space, network activity and more. However, unlike other OS X monitoring apps, iPulse takes up minimal screen real estate, and does so with a unique, informative and visually pleasing user interface.

What’s new in version 3.1415

  • Efficiency and performance cores are now displayed in CPU info window:
    • Roll over CPU gauge to open information window.
    • Window shows if core is effciency (sparkles) or performance (lightning).
    • Number of cores in use/total is displayed at end of statistics.
  • Mobility info now shows external UPS for battery:
    • Connect UPS to Mac using USB cable to see information.
    • Shows charge level, run time remaining, and line voltage.
    • Works with UPS devices supported by macOS (e.g. APC Back-UPS).
  • CPU info now shows VRAM usage on Apple Silicon.
  • Memory info now shows App usage (like Activity Monitor).

iPulse for Mac

$9.99
In English
Version 3.1415
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4.2

(35 Reviews of iPulse)

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  • User Ratings

James-Igoe
James-Igoe
Sep 29 2018
3.0.4
5.0
Sep 29 2018
5.0
Version: 3.0.4
My sense is that it’s a beautiful utility capable of providing a wealth of information. I’ve been using this for as long as it has been around, compared it against other similar utilities for system status, but keep coming back to it. It’s very customizable, but I’ve got a favorite I’ve modified that gives me time, date, memory usage, CPU activity and has bubble messages if I want to drill down into the details. Even then, it is capable of so much more...
lacwbo
lacwbo
Sep 24 2016
3.0.2
0.0
Sep 24 2016
0.0
Version: 3.0.2
No trial? No buy!
Jessebacon
Jessebacon
Oct 27 2015
3.0
5.0
Oct 27 2015
5.0
Version: 3.0
HIGHLY configurable and easy on the resources. Very cool utility.
Nontroppo
Nontroppo
Oct 27 2015
3.0
5.0
Oct 27 2015
5.0
Version: 3.0
I used to use the excellent iStat Menus but wanted something that used less menu space, and iPulse 3 is really really perfect for that. The window packs in lots of info in an immediate visualisation (probably not for everyone), and uses negligible resource. Lots of tweakability, well worth it!
Fabro
Fabro
Aug 17 2012
2.5.1
4.5
Aug 17 2012
4.5
Version: 2.5.1
Still the best system monitoring app, even with Mountain Lion does it job neatly with no fuss and, most important, it doesn't overload your system. I have used MenuMeters (free but lacks some features) and iStatMenus (useful and with a plethora of features and options, but too resource-intensive). If only iPulse could show a graph with the history of my network interfaces utilization into its Info window...
James-Igoe
James-Igoe
Sep 29 2018
5.0
Sep 29 2018
5.0
Version: null
Jessebacon
Jessebacon
Oct 27 2015
5.0
Oct 27 2015
5.0
Version: null
Nontroppo
Nontroppo
Oct 27 2015
5.0
Oct 27 2015
5.0
Version: null
Fabro
Fabro
Aug 17 2012
4.5
Aug 17 2012
4.5
Version: null
tddisc-1
tddisc-1
Apr 20 2012
5.0
Apr 20 2012
5.0
Version: null
Cerniuk
Cerniuk
Jun 1 2009
2.0
Jun 1 2009
2.0
Version: null
sansk
sansk
Apr 6 2007
5.0
Apr 6 2007
5.0
Version: null
Lee123
Lee123
Apr 6 2007
5.0
Apr 6 2007
5.0
Version: null
Mr-Kitty
Mr-Kitty
Nov 24 2006
2.0
Nov 24 2006
2.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jun 29 2005
4.0
Jun 29 2005
4.0
Version: null
zoom77
zoom77
Feb 4 2005
2.0
Feb 4 2005
2.0
Version: null
Dave-Fick
Dave-Fick
Oct 9 2003
4.3
Oct 9 2003
4.3
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Sep 28 2003
4.8
Sep 28 2003
4.8
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Dec 21 2002
4.8
Dec 21 2002
4.8
Version: null