Guardian

Guardian Free App

Rated 4.17/5 (35) —  Free Android application by SpazeDog

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About Guardian

Sophisticated device monitoring tool that, not only alerts about rough applications, but is also able to do something about it.


Features

Live Overview of Process Activity. This includes CPU Usage, Wakelock time and additional details about owning processes etc.
Option to terminate individual processes, although this should not be used unless a rough app needs to be put down
Choose between a Persistent or Scheduled Service to monitor processes in the background and have the app alert you of both extensive CPU and Wakelock usage
Option to automatically handle rough applications, like terminate it or release it's wakelocks
Plenty of configurable options to make the above features fit your needs


Do note that Wakelock Monitoring will need Xposed Framework or Cydia Substrate. Android has no support for applications getting Wakelock information. This information is hidden deep inside the Android framework. Also note that some of the additional options will only work with the In-App Premium addition.

Any issues, feature request or help should be done via email. Save the comments for just comments.


About

Unlike similar tools, Guardian is build to analyze a problems before handling it. Just because an application seams to be running rough does not mean that this is the case. For an example if you are playing a game. This game will of cause be using a lot of processing time, but that does not mean that your game is running rough. If however you quit this game and it is continuing to be using a lot of processing time, then this application is running rough. A monitoring tool should only have an interest in this rough application in the last scenario. It should not interfere in the first.

Guardian has also been build to give applications a chance to calm down themself. If Guardian detects an application that is using to much processing time, but it seams as if this application is about to calm itself down, Guardian will give the application some time to do so before interacting. In other words Guardian will only interact and report if there truly is a reason to, unlike similar tools that constantly interrupts users with false alerts.

Guardian can be configured for two states. One configuration for when the device is interactive (when you are using the device) and one configuration for when the device is not interactive (when it should be sleeping). It can also be configured to handle rough application automatically. Alerting a user is fine but there might be circumstances where you might not be able to respond to an alert and handle it manually, for an example if you are sleeping. This way you can avoid waking up to a burning device or one which battery has just been completely drained.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Guardian version 1.4.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 5,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.spazedog.guardian, download Guardian.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
1.4.0
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- Added Android 6 support
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- Optimized Native Process Scanner
More downloads  Guardian reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Guardian was updated to version 1.4.0
Version update Guardian was updated to version 1.3.4
More downloads  Guardian reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads

What are users saying about Guardian

H70%
by H####:

Really cool

R70%
by R####:

Only display current process. Does not monitor over time. Stock task manager has more info that this app.

R70%
by R####:

Impossible to launch

D70%
by D####:

Scheduled service crashes several times a day and persistent mode leaves a less-than-beautiful static icon on statusbar/notification in notification panel that could also be put to better use, ie process monitor. Also, requires xposed for wakelock monitoring and while the description says so (on second look) it could be much clearer before buying premium. As a result, this was a purchase I could have done without.

D70%
by D####:

I'm upgrading my review to 3 stars due to fast dev response (that I didn't see). My phone started burning up, my battery died like no tomorrow. I removed the app and the phone works like normal. Put the app back on - burning phone. Specific issue: "secure_storage". Both the Note 4 and the Nvidia Shield Tablet were effected.

Q70%
by Q####:

Really cool

Y70%
by Y####:

Don't have an opinion of functionality, but speaking on aesthetic terms: In the configurations, I had to actually try tapping on Root and Linux options to know they weren't selectable (most likely unlocked by IAP), A way of knowing without needing to tap would be better █ A toast description for long-pressing items in the action bar would be good, I mean, I can deduce the lock is to unlock features, but what does the play/pause button do? █ The drawer could use bigger buttons, to make use of the white space


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Rating Distribution

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