User Rating4.43/5One click to kill applications running background. This one is faster than free version. Features: click to select or unselect the app, long press to activate pop-up menu, Menu>Settings>Notification bar icon, AutoStart Ignore.
Price: Free, $2.99
Advanced Task Killer Android App allows you to stop running background processes or apps in memory. The Android operating system can run multiple apps in memory concurrently which currently is its own Gift and Curse. Cursed… as some processes and apps can bring an Android phone performance to a crawl. By default, you can’t easily close open applications or running background processes unless you go to:
Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> (wait for list to load…) -> (select app) ->Force Stop ;-(
Not exactly convenient then…
The alternative is to download Advanced Task Killer from the market and use that instead. The name says “Advanced” task killer but it does everything TasKiller does; stops background processes and apps, specify an “Ignore List”, or kill all apps running with one button (at a higher cost without a home screen widget).
This app is very useful, I would even recommend for new users who have no clue why their Android phone may be sluggish.
Advanced Task Killer Android App is simple and intuitive.
Could potentially be used multiple times daily or sparingly as needed.
The user interface is simple yet intuitive.
(4.0 out of 5)
Should you Download Advanced Task Killer? Yes! Definitely Worth Downloading!
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TK is a “killer” app, no pun intended.
It does its job perfectly except for one minor issue. Tasks are killed with one single tap, without confirmation. This can be bad because sometimes a user might tap the wrong app and when he notices it, it’s already too late.
To get a full 5 star rating I’d like to see a confirmation before killing the app and/or, a settings preference to turn it on or off.
Other than that, it’s a very convenient app.
I downloaded and use but notice each time I use their are apps in the list that I did not open. For instance I kill and immediately run again and there are 3-4 more open that did not get killed or were not their when I just killed seconds before. Any suggestions.
Personally I unistall app like that, the persistant ones reinserting themselves in the background.
Can someone explain to my why this app requires Location data (network granular)? Just seems fishy to me…
I would like to know why it requires my information as well. Seems to me it’s not needed.
simple to use however once killed apps just come back within seconds. any suggestions?
I usually uninstall those apps. No app should need to persist so much unless absolutely needed.
I liked that it “kills” itself as well. I mean, well you know what I mean. I still have the free version for now and it works just fine… for now.
how do you download it??
i like it but can’t get rid of it’s icon in the upper task bar. not the biggest deal in the world but would like to get rid of it.
So I have Ad. Task Killer…
Say I have tcallblocking lite … until now, it has never opened in A.T.K…. because I didn’t expect the single number I have in the tcall blocking lite to call me… EVER.
And I go in to kill a few apps using ATK… and there it is. the tcallblocking lite didn’t update… and I haven’t touched it in weeks since I bought the phone….
…could it just ‘open up’ by itself in the ATK menu??? Thanks!!!!!!!