iPulse

iPulse

By The Iconfactory

  • Category: Utilities
  • Release Date: 2015-10-09
  • Current Version: 3.1415
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 3.77 MB
  • Developer: The Iconfactory
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 10.13 or later.
$9.99 On itunes

Description

Thousands of customers have been using iPulse to keep an eye on their Mac’s performance since it was introduced back in 2002. Now, the first app to display system status is optimized for modern macOS and Apple Silicon! Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of macOS on your desktop, menu bar or Dock. The presentation is totally configurable so you can set exactly what you need and view it just the way you want. iPulse comes with ten built-in presets that let you quickly choose a setup that works best for your needs. You can also download new looks from the Iconfactory website. Check out the different configurations in the screenshots below! The app is fully compatible with "rootless" System Integrity Protection: it's designed to use system resources efficiently and securely. FEATURES • Monitors numerous macOS statistics including: ‣ CPU activity ‣ System load over time ‣ Network bandwidth and activity ‣ Memory activity and usage ‣ Battery & wireless signal strength ‣ Disk usage ‣ Current time and date • Compact, clever & fully customizable user interface • Presents information both graphically and with text • Beautiful on Retina display • Fits in perfectly with the new system appearances • Save & load custom appearances • Minimizes impact on system performance • View data on the desktop, in the menu bar or Dock • Show & hide windows using system hotkeys

Screenshots

Reviews

  • Fun and useful

    5
    By M A 4
    I like to customize mine to look very clean and simple, with bold solid colors on a black circle.

  • Awesome utility

    5
    By hiskov
    Have used ipulse since forever. This is a fantastic utility to tell you about the state of your computer in a single icon. Is my computer irresponsive due to CPU, memory, network load, or what is going on. Great way to capture status. It takes you a minute to get used to interpretation of the icon, but it is invaluable once you get used to it.

  • Great little Utility for your desktop

    4
    By Telchure
    I've used iPulse from icon factory since it was introduced. It can be re-size for any monitor. I have it the corner of my second monitor. What makes this shine is at a glance to can see "Real time" what your computer is doing, CPU usage, drive activity, network access and more, in an attractive little circle. I would recommend going into preferences and turning on "Show Text"for CPU usage, memory in use, total disk space used on startup disk, and Network activity. Pros: At a glance to can see your CPU usage (aka. why is my computer acting slow), or your disk storage is now full. Also with a right click on the center you can get to diagnostic tools like Activity monitor or network utiltiy. Cons: This really doesn't show an extreme indepth view of your computer activity. It also doesn't have graphs of activity over time. If you want that, get iStatisitica Pro. Also iPulse comes with 7 customizable Graphical looks. When iPulse was first introduces devs made dozens of custom Graphical looks for iPulse. I'm using Purple Turbine. Wish icon factory would sell the others as a package, as a in App purchase.

  • Catalina changes?

    4
    By borborygmi
    I've been a big fan of iPulse for many years. Something changed with macOS catalina, however - since the upgrade, iPulse can't tell me how full my hard drive is. Used to work fine. I hope an update is coming.

  • Pretty but not all that useful to me

    3
    By aapple1945
    I was hoping for more information, e.g. temperatures (yes, if I were to pay more attention to the description...). That is the problem with things you cannot preview. It is only after downloading and running that I realized what the circle icon did and that is pretty much all it does. You can click on the icon and see details, but selecting where to click is problematic to see what you want to see. You have to get used to the colors or to the “o’clock’ position to click. I suppose once one gets used to using it 24/7 for a few weeks, it becomes more user friendly but I am not that patient, sorry.

  • Fanastic, efficient way to keep tabs on your system

    5
    By OshCFII
    iPulse has been my “go to” system monitor for years. I was thrilled to learn that not only would it be supported Mojave, but actually re-written and improved! The compact presentation is wonderfully data-rich. It get’s many positive comments from others, and helps to quickly highlight any potential performance anomolies with your Mac. I strongly recommend iPulse!

  • Beautiful, Informative, Concise

    5
    By JamesIgoe
    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, on several iterations of iMac, 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, and CPU activity, and has bubble messages it I want to drill down into the details. Even then, it is capable of so much more...

  • what does it do

    1
    By Lundberg02
    it put a little icon in my menu bar, but you can’t get it to show anything but a white bar, you can click on it all you want but it does nothing.

  • Beautiful system monitor

    5
    By justin.mi
    iPulse is a beautiful system monotring app. It presents a wealth of information at a glance, and details can be viewed just by hovering the cursor over the app. iPulse is highly customizable and a very solid application from Iconfactory.

  • Top Notch

    5
    By Mick6329
    I just downloaded & installed iPulse, at first glance I knew this would be the go to app for a quick diagnostic view. The hud is well done and compact, with the ability to resize to your preference.Being older I needed to max the size out. As I get comfortable with the app & its display I am certain that I can make the graphics much smaller. As I went through each option for each view I gained a better understand of the app. If you have not used an app such as iPulse before I recommend going through each setting for each feature. Play around with colors and opacity. I spent about a half hour just playing, as I played I learned. Great app and well worth the price.

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