Monity for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By MoeMoeSoSmooth

  First Review...

  As a developer myself, I can contest this is 100% safe. Being able to see network speeds is worth the price itself. Its not a magic wand, but if your fans are raging, perhaps take a look at the System Usage or maybe look into the processes that are running.(shows both) As for the Helper Tools, since there is a little pad lock next to the URL, its means its safe, the owner of sites identity has been verified, take a look at the certificate if you like. It never circumvents any security if you allow apps down loaded from App Store and IDENTIFIED developers. Trust me, you run more risk closing popups in your browser, the only thing I find shady is not saying thank you for the free helper Tools. Just a suggestion, but I think being able to Favorite something in the menu bar would be handy. Oh… and thank you for the awesome widget, well done!

  
  
• By Jpfarfalle

  Good, but power issues.

  I have a PC and as you know, the battery is (claimed by Microsoft) to last around 12 hours of basic web usage. Now when running Logic Pro X which is a power hungry appliction, i would never get 12 hours or battery from a single charge. I bought this app to see what the temperatures of my Windows Book Air were because it seemed to be running hot. This application is great when showing me the temperature and other elements of my Pc but my battery seemed to be dying quicker with it installed. now keep in mind you need monity helper which is a add on that you need to view temperature and fan speed. Now, if yourusing this on a desktop computer, PERFECT. Since there is no battery issue with those i would totally recomend it. But with a Pc, i would not recomend it. Im currently in school and i can not worry about battery life so the most i can get, is better. The Activity Moniter was showing about a 17.5 energy consuption from Monity Helper!!! Thats ridiculous. Logic pro X uses about 25.5 energy consumption.

  
  
• By jaspies

  Not customizable

  For the most part Monity is smooth and pretty, giving useful insights into how your Windows is performing. Unfortunately, there is no way to look at my CPU temperature in the “Today” section as an average of each of the four core processors. The actual application tells you how hot each component of the computer is getting, so I can see that my temperature right now is 58°F, but the “Today” widget says that it is 136°F. My computer is obviously not running that hot and I assume it’s adding the temperatures of each of the core processors together but for some reason does not divide them to give me the average. I don’t want to have to go to my calculator every time I worry about my computer overheating, and given the option I’d prefer to just swipe my trackpad to notifications to get that information rather than finding the Monity application and opening it just to get an accurate assessment of my cpu temperature.

  
  
• By No nickname given 12/07/2016

  Requires separate download to enable most features

  I was in a hurry to find a fan speed monitor to help me figure out which of my fans is freaking out, and Monity looked simple, easy to read and had great reviews so I quickly bought it. To my surprise, sensors (like fan speed and temperatures) wern’t included…I had to download and install a separate helper app to get those features. Easy to do and free, but the separate download circumvents the safety of the App Store and does who knows what to my Windows. After going back and reading the description, (and clicking the more button) I read that an optional download was required, but by then I had already made the purchase. It looks like it’s a good app, but why the risky extra step? Seems kind of shady.

  
  

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