Usage Timelines Free
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About Usage Timelines Free
Usage Timelines is a CPU and process monitor with a graphical cpu load history in the notification bar and a list of running apps.
A trial version is available at http://www.refined-apps.com/trials/UsageTimelinesPro-release.apk
Please note that Usage Timelines cannot show information about individual processes (other than itself) on Android N/7.0 and above. Starting with Android N/7.0, Google intentionally restricted access to /proc/<pid>/ where this information comes from. This does not affect other information, like total cpu usage, the notification timeline etc. For more details, please see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=205565. There is no way known to us to work around this problem on normal devices without Googles cooperation.
This lead to the decision to stop further development. Sorry.
For questions, remarks, suggestions or feedback mail us at support@refined-apps.com
For an add-free version see "Usage Timelines Pro" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.als.usagetimelines.pro)
---- Features ------------
✓ Extended cpu load history as notification in the notification bar (like xload/windows task manager)
✓ Process listing
✓ Cpu and memory usage of processes (similar to "top" or windows task manager)
✓ Processes can be terminated and uninstalled
✓ Works without rooting
✓ Very low power usage
✓ Supports English and German
---- Free vs. Pro Version ------------
The pro version supports all features of the free version plus
✓ a widget to quickly start/stop the cpu load history notification
✓ settings to change the notification colors
✓ no ads and thus smaller resource consumption
---- Power Consumption ------------
Some remarks about power consumption and performance
✓ tl;dr
Set your update intervals as high as acceptable for you. Power consumption should be fine then.
Shorter update intervals lead to higher power consumption since the values are updated more often.
You may also use it just when you experience problems and turn off the notification otherwise.
✓ Usage Timelines has been highly optimized
✓ If everything is fine, Usage Timelines should be the app in the app list that uses most cpu since all other apps should be paused by android. That's normal and expected behavior.
✓ Displaying the process list needs some additional power, especially if you are working with the app (e.g. scrolling). If the process list is not shown (e.g. while you are using another app), the process list does not use any cpu power.
✓ If the screen is off, only the values for the notification history are acquired to be able to properly update the usage history as soon as the screen is switched on again. Neither the notification history nor the process list are updated if the screen is off since you could not see the update anyway, saving cpu power and lowering power consumption.
✓ The ad library uses some cpu power. You can get rid of this by using the pro version.
A trial version is available at http://www.refined-apps.com/trials/UsageTimelinesPro-release.apk
Please note that Usage Timelines cannot show information about individual processes (other than itself) on Android N/7.0 and above. Starting with Android N/7.0, Google intentionally restricted access to /proc/<pid>/ where this information comes from. This does not affect other information, like total cpu usage, the notification timeline etc. For more details, please see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=205565. There is no way known to us to work around this problem on normal devices without Googles cooperation.
This lead to the decision to stop further development. Sorry.
For questions, remarks, suggestions or feedback mail us at support@refined-apps.com
For an add-free version see "Usage Timelines Pro" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.als.usagetimelines.pro)
---- Features ------------
✓ Extended cpu load history as notification in the notification bar (like xload/windows task manager)
✓ Process listing
✓ Cpu and memory usage of processes (similar to "top" or windows task manager)
✓ Processes can be terminated and uninstalled
✓ Works without rooting
✓ Very low power usage
✓ Supports English and German
---- Free vs. Pro Version ------------
The pro version supports all features of the free version plus
✓ a widget to quickly start/stop the cpu load history notification
✓ settings to change the notification colors
✓ no ads and thus smaller resource consumption
---- Power Consumption ------------
Some remarks about power consumption and performance
✓ tl;dr
Set your update intervals as high as acceptable for you. Power consumption should be fine then.
Shorter update intervals lead to higher power consumption since the values are updated more often.
You may also use it just when you experience problems and turn off the notification otherwise.
✓ Usage Timelines has been highly optimized
✓ If everything is fine, Usage Timelines should be the app in the app list that uses most cpu since all other apps should be paused by android. That's normal and expected behavior.
✓ Displaying the process list needs some additional power, especially if you are working with the app (e.g. scrolling). If the process list is not shown (e.g. while you are using another app), the process list does not use any cpu power.
✓ If the screen is off, only the values for the notification history are acquired to be able to properly update the usage history as soon as the screen is switched on again. Neither the notification history nor the process list are updated if the screen is off since you could not see the update anyway, saving cpu power and lowering power consumption.
✓ The ad library uses some cpu power. You can get rid of this by using the pro version.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
1.12.1
+ Updates for Android 7/Nougat
1.12
+ Bugfixes and library updates
1.11
+ New setting to hide the notification on secure lockscreens
+ Bugfixes, including refresh of notification icon on Android 6.0
1.10
+ Adjustments for Android M
+ Library updates
+ System (non-app) processes can be displayed now
(except on Android M where access is denied by the system)
1.9
+ Material theme
+ Various bug fixes
1.12.1
+ Updates for Android 7/Nougat
1.12
+ Bugfixes and library updates
1.11
+ New setting to hide the notification on secure lockscreens
+ Bugfixes, including refresh of notification icon on Android 6.0
1.10
+ Adjustments for Android M
+ Library updates
+ System (non-app) processes can be displayed now
(except on Android M where access is denied by the system)
1.9
+ Material theme
+ Various bug fixes
Version update Usage Timelines Free was updated to version 1.12.2
Version update Usage Timelines Free was updated to version 1.11
Version update Usage Timelines Free was updated to version 1.9
Version update Usage Timelines Free was updated to version 1.8.4
What are users saying about Usage Timelines Free
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Worked extremely well until I sadly upgraded to Android N before realizing there was an issue. Wish I could downgrade Android now....
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Used to have good days but goodbye. This app is totally useless on Android Oreo. Have to say goodbye.
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Sadly no longer relevant since Android 7.0
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Please update the code to support new required permission to access app stats on android N.
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Great system monitor for android<7.0. not recommend for android 7
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look people, it only eats extra CPU when it's fully opened and it's showing you CPU on every thing....
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Have a white notification bar as opposed to black??? Zenfone 2 cm13
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Usada por varios años. No me agrada su tamaño de 100MB.
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Thank you
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I didn't have any issues with how well it works but frankly don't understand what a lot of the info means. A help screen would be beneficial. But I mainly got it to show me CPU usage which it does really well.
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While this app is kinda useful n informative, it constantly uses 128M Ram n 11% CPU resources, which always top5 on the chart. Too wasteful IMO. Note 3 LTE
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Easy to use and see which apps are sucking up my CPU usage
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No memory usage in notification timeline
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Just for the color changing option. Keep up the great work.
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Great app...except it prevents my lock screen on my Galaxy S5 on lollipop from sleeping after I receive a notification. This only happens when the option to Show Load Time Line is set to "on". If I get a message while I'm not near my phone, the screen stays lit & it kills my battery. This alone is enough to make me look for another CPU monitoring app.... :(
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Most excellent. Complements Micro CPU Monitor very well to notify of high usage and what causes it.
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This app gives you a history of cpu usage in your notification bar, in a very nicely designed widget. A+
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Thanks for the Lollipop update. But can you please change the system red back to system blue. The red makes the notification look off. Or atleast add an option to switch to back to the old color. Thanks.
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Native Linux Processes It does not show me Native Linux Processes(like a app named "OS Monitor") please add this feature to the next version 'cause people that use custom ROM want to know which Native Linux Process use CPU most of time If add it to next version I give 5 star
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Good feedback on what's eating up your CPU, but compared to other monitors for Windows & Linux, eats up 2x as much CPU time and can't unload it once it's started. Also couldn't find it on the listed website, just a church organ app.
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Very good. Exactly what I was after.
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Super useful. Simple design.
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Would be nice if the app had a CPU-usage history graph for each app, instead of just one cumulative graph for total CPU load. This would really make it useful in determining which apps are the biggest battery drainers
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Nice app
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I like it.
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Thanks dev
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Great app with easy ui, thx for this ;)
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Very good like it
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Useful
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Perfect
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Tankyou
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So with a total load of 76% and only two processes reporting 4% you have to wonder where the other 68% of the cpu is going to. Well wonder no more, it is being pumped into this app to display ads and stuff. That is a pretty heft load considering what the app does... I do like the history, although a more detailed history would be useful - ie 5 mins ago what was causing my cpu to spike to 100%...
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Just like xload on Unix. Can see step changes when an app is consuming a lot of cpu and then drill down to find it & kill or uninstall. Look no further when your device is running slowly. Just realised that there is a Pro version - time to support the developer for this great app!
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A excellent application. I use it all the time.
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997183/084
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Still room For improvement
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Useful app for keeping an eye on your processor.
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I didn't have any issues with how well it works but frankly don't understand what a lot of the info means. A help screen would be beneficial. But I mainly got it to show me CPU usage which it does really well.
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Does exactly as described. Very handy is the history and top-like process overview
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The reason why this won't work on Android N (7.0) is that Google now blocks apps from observing what and how other applications are running. We should complain to Google.