Taskglass
Under reviewMac activity monitor alternative that explains slowdowns
Shows which app is slowing, heating or draining your MacBook or iMac battery, with plain-English reasons and fixes. Native macOS app, one-time purchase, free live demo.
Built by Junaid · Productivity · Developer Tools · Paid
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Taskglass is a Community listing on Launch Llama with 0 total upvotes, founded by Junaid who joined in Nov 2026, compared against 6 alternatives.
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Shows which app is slowing, heating or draining your MacBook or iMac battery, with plain-English reasons and fixes. Native macOS app, one-time purchase, free live demo.
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Taskglass groups each app's helper processes under the app that launched them, so Google Chrome or Slack appears as one row with one total, instead of dozens of separate entries. It keeps a timeline of events such as macOS slowing down to cool off or memory running tight, and it ranks apps by energy use since you unplugged. Each app is also checked for its developer signature and notarization status.
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Key Features
- Shows the app behind slowdowns, heat, fan noise and battery drain
- Groups each app's helper processes into one row and one total
- Explains high CPU, memory and power use in plain English
- Logs a timeline of when your Mac ran hot or ran low on memory
- Ranks apps by energy use since you unplugged your Mac
- Suggests fixes such as closing tabs or disabling unused extensions
Use Cases
- Finding which app is making a Mac slow, hot, loud or draining its battery
- Checking which app used the most battery energy since unplugging the laptop
- Spotting when macOS slowed down to cool off and identifying the app responsible
From the founder
Who it's for
“Mac users whose Mac get slow, hot or loud, who open Activity Monitor and find a list of cryptic process names that doesn't say what's wrong or what to do.”
Why I built it
“I'm Junaid, an indie Mac developer. When my Mac heated up, I'd open Activity Monitor and couldn't tell which processes were normal and which were the problem, so I built an app that explains them in plain English.”
Who it is for
- Mac owners asking why their Mac is slow, hot, loud or draining its battery
Pricing
$5
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