iStat vs

[sparkie7]

Is there any other applications as good or better than iStat, or even better free?

Failing that is there any deals / discounts on iStat going

TIA

 

[Alpha Centauri]

I asked a similar question earlier this year after having used iStat many moons ago.

There was a suggestion for the Stats App but I ended using the free trial period of iStat Menus6 directly from the Developer's site. Suffice to say, I bought it. Highly customisable and clear UI, plus the fan speed control feature works a treat.

Cannot see any deals on their site but I'm happy with the cost vs functionality aspect (unless vs7 gets released today).

Perhaps download the free Stats App and compare during the iStats trial period.

 

[sparkie7]

How much do they compare cost / feature wise

 

[maflynn]

Failing that is there any deals / discounts on iStat going

I may come across poorly, but I don't think we can have our cake and eat it too.

What I mean by that is we complain incessantly about how awful subscriptions are (and they are). Yet when a developer offers a great program for short money, we try to avoid paying full price. 10 bucks isn't really that much for such a useful application and the developer should get paid a fair amount for their work. There's way too many utilities that have succumbed to the subscription model, so when a developer doesn't, I try to reward such behaviors.

I'll get off the soap box and say, its your money and your decision.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

How much do they compare cost / feature wise

Well, one's open source, the other has a free trial. You're really best off comparing these for yourself as they're quite feature packed.

It took seconds to find their single user and family pricing tiers:

iStat Menus

The ultimate system monitor for your menu bar, with CPU, GPU, memory, network, disk usage, disk activity, temperatures, fans, battery info and more.

bjango.com

That's off course if you're in the US, which I'm not. So local taxes will likely be added purchasing from outside the US.

 

[sparkie7]

I may come across poorly, but I don't think we can have our cake and eat it too.

What I mean by that is we complain incessantly about how awful subscriptions are (and they are). Yet when a developer offers a great program for short money, we try to avoid paying full price. 10 bucks isn't really that much for such a useful application and the developer should get paid a fair amount for their work. There's way too many utilities that have succumbed to the subscription model, so when a developer doesn't, I try to reward such behaviors.

I'll get off the soap box and say, its your money and your decision.

Actually, I didn't know of any utility applications that are on a subscription payment model, as I seldom buy them. Only Little Snitch and CCC6

But I agree that a developer should be remunerated for their hard work and publishing a useful well supported, bug-free program. I just looked and it USD $10.99 for a single licence or $16.49 for a Family Pack of 5 macs, which makes it good value

 

[Corefile]

Is there any other applications as good or better than iStat, or even better free?

Failing that is there any deals / discounts on iStat going

TIA

Definitely try Stats as system monitoring tools shouldn't cost money.