Watchdog Task Manager Lite keeps your phone’s background apps in check by monitoring their behavior and letting you kill only the misbehaving ones. It has a solid 4.38 rating from 43,118 reviews and over 1,000,000+ installs, offering a safer alternative to blanket task killers. The Lite edition includes ads, while the Pro upgrade unlocks a blacklist feature for CPU-threshold-based control.
Pros & Cons
Strong, targeted per-app control to avoid blanket task killing
Real-time alerts when apps misbehave
Lite edition supports ads with a clear upgrade path to Pro
Android 2.2+ compatibility with safe background-management behavior
Lite version contains ads; Pro is required for an ad-free experience and the blacklist feature
Note in long description about occasional launch crash after upgrades; re-launch and restart option mitigates it
About Watchdog Task Manager Lite
Watchdog Task Manager Lite was a tools app developed by Zomut, LLC. It was removed from Google Play Aug 18, 2018 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Watchdog Task Manager Lite had been downloaded 2.2 million times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Watchdog Task Manager Lite was rated 4.38 out of 5 stars, based on 43 thousand ratings.
App Information
Watchdog Task Manager Lite was free to download. The APK download size was 626.07 kB. The last available version was 3.6.7. The last update was on February 7, 2012.
Technical Requirements
Watchdog Task Manager Lite required Android 1.5+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play May 2010.
Description
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Comments on Watchdog Task Manager Lite for Android
★★★★★
Almost every Android sleezes* something onto any device when it's installed. Android system monitoring apps are some of the worst, but the good news is Watch Dog not only is 100.00% not sleazy, the developer'sthe are zealously focused on a strict and narrowly function for tracking background apps and geting them turned off. Most Android apps restart automatically after being shut off. Watch Dog knows how to keep bad acting apps from running. So what's so special about that? The answer there are four qualities in Watch Dog what it does special. Quality 1- Watch Dog goes its job exactly the smartest way and does not do anything else*. There are a billion ways of identifying and knocking off apps. Watch Dog does it the one smartest way. The details are published already. If you think the method used Watch Dog for dealing with bad acting Apps doing additional stuff that were not looking for when yiu installed it is what I call "sleazy."
★★☆☆☆
UPDATE 11MAY18 - Just uninstalled: After 7 days of use the only app it showed as being used was...itself. Seriously, I haven't used a single other app in a week? Worthless!!! So far doesn't seem to work...no matter what apps i open the only thing listed under CPU is the watchdog app itself and the widget only ever displays 1 app. I would think there are dozens of processes running all the time because when you go into the settings--app manager...there are literally of dozens of active processes listed! Will check again later to see if anythign changes but seems completely worthless!!
★★☆☆☆
Crashes every minute on Xperia XZ with Android 8. Last app update was 2012, so modern Android not supported.
★★☆☆☆
This app does nothing. Even with all optional processes selected, the only process this app showed was itself with my CPU pranking 91%
Technologies used by Watchdog Task Manager Lite
7 permissions·3 libraries
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Trust & Safety: Permissions requested include ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, INTERNET, KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES, RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED, RESTART_PACKAGES, VIBRATE, and WAKE_LOCK. These align with its goal of monitoring and managing background apps, but users should review the requested permissions and use the app in accordance with app-store safety guidance.
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