Watchdog Task Manager Lite 3.6.7
Free Version
Publisher Description
Stop killing your apps randomly. Start monitoring them with Watchdog.
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.
Package verification problems: If you installed the Lite version via the Amazon app store, you'll have to upgrade it there(should be available shortly), or uninstall and reinstall the market version. This will solve your problem.
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.
About Watchdog Task Manager Lite
Watchdog Task Manager Lite is a free app for Android published in the System Maintenance list of apps, part of System Utilities.
The company that develops Watchdog Task Manager Lite is Zomut, LLC. The latest version released by its developer is 3.6.7. This app was rated by 1 users of our site and has an average rating of 3.0.
To install Watchdog Task Manager Lite on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2012-02-05 and was downloaded 45 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Watchdog Task Manager Lite as malware as malware if the download link to com.zomut.watchdoglite is broken.
How to install Watchdog Task Manager Lite on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Watchdog Task Manager Lite is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Watchdog Task Manager Lite will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Watchdog Task Manager Lite will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
